I was just curious if all, or some of the guys were going to run it. I figured that since Hall is running London that Sell could go ahead and do Boston. I assume some of the team are hoping to qualify at the track trials so they would pass on it. Anybody with some background knowledge please let me know.
Looking at their training logs on athleticore a lot of the LD-oriented guys are doing marathon-related stuff. Seems like they are more focused on getting a bunch of 2:12-2:13 performances at Boston, rather than the track trials.
Great to see US distance running at the point where we've got guys who will be reasonably competitive at Boston yet don't have a shot at the Olympic team.
Only Rizzo and Morgan are running Boston. Some of the other guys are doing London.
Morgan is not running Boston.
Sell's first race of 2008 will come later this month, when he and some of his teammates -- including Mike Reneau, Mike Morgan and Pat Moulton -- spend a week in Florida training before running the ING Miami Half Marathon on Jan. 27.
"It's a low-key event -- and that's intentional," Hanson said of Sell's quiet start after logging more than 6,000 miles in training last year. "Quite honestly, Brian struggles at coming back from his marathons. Because of his ability to focus and put everything into his marathon build-up and race day -- his mind really doesn't rest -- he's just not able to recover quickly. He's probably the worst at it from the entire group. And right now, he's struggling in his training. But as a coach, I've seen it a number of times, so I'm not concerned."
The group that's headed to Miami also plans to run the Austin Half Marathon in Texas on Feb. 17 and likely the USA 15K Championships on March 10 in Jacksonville, Fla. Chad Johnson and Kyle O'Brien are slated to run the London Marathon on April 13, while Nick Arciniaga and Pat Rizzo will run in Boston on April 21.
The spring build-up will culminate with a return engagement for Sell at the annual Fifth-Third River Bank Run in Grand Rapids on May 10. He won that race, which doubles as the USA 25K Championships, in 2005 and '07, and this year he'll aim for the American record Fernando Cabada set (1:14:20) in winning the '06 race.
As for Beijing, the tentative plan for Sell is to train in the heat and humidity in Orlando in the weeks preceding his trip to China, where the marathon will be final Olympic event on Aug. 24.
This group never races enough. It sounds like they are making the same mistake again this year.
Yes, they've had almost no success at all, especially considering how talented everybody in the program was coming out of college. If only they would race more...
freidalicious wrote:
This group never races enough.
What does that mean, what is "enough"?
You're talking enough. Especially about month-old topics.
Brilliant. I came across this thread while doing a search on something else, read through it and found a curious statement and so replied. What is your problem?
also on their website, the schedule has a marathon in italy on march 30th, and a half marathon on sunday march 16th in virginia. as well as london and boston, but the site does not say which members are running which events.
Clint is running the marathon in Italy. Im not sure if Rizzo is doing Boston after being hit by the car a few weeks back.
Mr. Met wrote:
Clint is running the marathon in Italy. Im not sure if Rizzo is doing Boston after being hit by the car a few weeks back.
I'd hate to see the car.