Anyone know which legitimate trials-qualifying contenders are running in Louisville this weekend?
And what financial incentives is the KDF marathon offering qualifiers?
Anyone know which legitimate trials-qualifying contenders are running in Louisville this weekend?
And what financial incentives is the KDF marathon offering qualifiers?
Don't know who's coming, but there are incentives of $2,000 for anyone hitting the "A" standard and $750 for anyone hitting the "B." I would think there would be at least a few taking a shot.
1st $3000
2nd $2000
3rd $1000
4th $500
Men's A (2:20) $2000 bonus
Men's B (2:22) $750 bonus
Same for women (diff time standards of course)
I'm sure Charles Njeru will be back to try for a fifth title (2:17 is his course record). I know there's a handful of 2:25-2:28 guys going for the standard, but I'm not sure of the names or exact numbers.
Also, the races (miniMarathon and Marathon combined) are capped at 10,000 and has already reached the cap but will allow 500 more to register through the Expo.
Course has a few sketchy miles, but overall isn't too bad and has a lot of flat straight stretches
Alan
Stay awake the last few miles. 2 out of the top 3 went the wrong way around 23 miles last year. Good race, I had a good time last year.
Yeah, you take a lot of turns with some through residential areas after 20 miles. Then it can get confusing once you cross the bridge. I think they ended up running too far in Indiana instead of just looping back under the bridge. Hopefully with the better weather this year there will actually be people on the course after 1/2 way..:)
I've lived in the area all my life and have run these roads thousands of times. I could likely run the course blindfolded. Hopefully that will work to my advantage.
Alan
It was after we came back from Indiana. I counted them when I saw them coming back across the bridge and I moved up a couple of places after that.
Dave--Isn't Stew Ellington running this one?
Weird. After coming back from Indiana you basically run a square...unless they changed the course since then..:)
Alan
Here are the announced elites for this year's races.
That's one hilly course. No idea why they save the bridge hills for the end, but they don't come at a good point. The hills parallel Boston in many ways but it looks slightly harder than Boston.
The bridge is gradual so it's not much of a hill, just a gradual incline. The wind on the bridge might be a pain though. I've never run Boston, but I'd say it's MUCH harder just by looking at the course maps. Total elevation variation is about 150ft, from a low of 430 to a high of 576. The high is early, the low is late, and the course is a net downhill. Total of 800ft climbing and 820ft descending. Flat to downhill from 1-3. Ups and downs from 3-6. Flat from 6-14. Ups and downs from 14-18. Flat to downhill from 19-22. Across the bridge and back from 22-24. Flat from 14-26.
Alan
doesnt look like many americans are trying to qualify here.
It's not really a fast course. If you haven't already broken 2:22 in your lifetime or you aren't very close it's unlikely you're going to do it here...I could be wrong though. Could be some dead dogs out there at the end though.
Alan