I am ashamed of the letsrun prediction board. 33% of you believe that Deena will win on Sunday? Now I understand why people say stupid shit. Because even dumber people will believe it.
Prior to Deena's Beijing debacle she was fading fast. She had not run anything fast in the marathon for a long time.
Tmeline
Spring of 2009 tried to get healthy
Fall 2008 Broke Foot in Beijing
pring 2008 ran a slow time beating a group that she was 10 minutes better than
She skipped a fall marathon in 2007 to focus on the World Half where she ran poorly
Spring of 2007 ran 2:35 in Boston and blamed it on the weather even though some women ran 10 minutes faster
In the last 3 years she has looked good in the marathon only when running against a field that she was over 10 minutes better than.