I thought she had retired. What are people's thoughts? Can she qualify by running the A-Standard of 2.37 as the Olympic Council of Ireland dont accept B-Standards? Is the Boston Marathon really an ideal course to achieve this? Is it too slow?
I thought she had retired. What are people's thoughts? Can she qualify by running the A-Standard of 2.37 as the Olympic Council of Ireland dont accept B-Standards? Is the Boston Marathon really an ideal course to achieve this? Is it too slow?
I think you are a little obsessed with Sonia O'Sullivan.
Sonia threads started by you wrote:
I think you are a little obsessed with Sonia O'Sullivan.
yeah its time to move on and live with your times.
I am currently obsessed with Fionnulla Britton
04072511 wrote:
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0321/1206024699210.htmlI thought she had retired. What are people's thoughts? Can she qualify by running the A-Standard of 2.37 as the Olympic Council of Ireland dont accept B-Standards? Is the Boston Marathon really an ideal course to achieve this? Is it too slow?
I thought that Sonia had taken Australian citizenship?
Do times from Boston count, the course definietly doesn't fit the IAAF rules.I think in 2004 you could qualify for the Olympic Marathon with a top-10 finish in Boston but finishing times didn't count.
But on the other hand the IAAF puts times from the Boston Marathon on their all-time top lists, while courses with far lower net elevation drop like the Lisbon half are not listed.
Usher wrote:
04072511 wrote:http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0321/1206024699210.htmlI thought she had retired. What are people's thoughts? Can she qualify by running the A-Standard of 2.37 as the Olympic Council of Ireland dont accept B-Standards? Is the Boston Marathon really an ideal course to achieve this? Is it too slow?
I thought that Sonia had taken Australian citizenship?
... she has but it doesnt make her any less Irish.
Does Dual Citizenship ring any bell to you?
Azmera Gebretzki wrote:
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eurobureau wrote:
Do times from Boston count, the course definietly doesn't fit the IAAF rules.I think in 2004 you could qualify for the Olympic Marathon with a top-10 finish in Boston but finishing times didn't count.
But on the other hand the IAAF puts times from the Boston Marathon on their all-time top lists, while courses with far lower net elevation drop like the Lisbon half are not listed.
According to the article, the Boston Marathon is a slow-ish course due to the "Hearthbreak Hill" at Mile 21. I dont know enough about it though.
Didn't she run for Oz in CWTH Games?Would she still qualify for Ireland?
she pulled out at the last minute due to injury/illness... never got to run for them.
I could be wrong--but I do not think the Boston Marathon course is certified for IAAF (Olympic) approval. I know the trials course in Boston is certified and fits the IAAF criteria. The "A" standard is 2:37:00 and has to have been run since Sept 1, 2006.
O'Sullivan, Sonia M. 38 F
5k 0:17:51
10k 0:36:23
15k 0:55:12
20k 1:14:21
Half 1:18:26
25k 1:34:08
30k 1:54:41
35k 2:17:10
40k 2:41:24
Finish 2:52:50
Well, she certainly did set out for a 2:37 or better, but, no, Boston is not a qualifying course:
http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Statistics/Standards/2008MarathonQualifyingRacesBeijing_588.pdf