How about this for a unique double. Mark Carroll has won the Milrose wannamaker mile and will certainly be in the running for top honors this weekend in the Marathon. He will have his work cut out with Jifar, Meb, Baldini and Brown. I think anyone of them could win it on a different day. It would be an nice double though!
Carroll will not win and will struggle on Sunday. He is not giving the distance enough respect. He should keep his mouth shut re. Treacy's Irish record.
BalloxyBill, you are taking bollox! Yes, he might not win but he surely will not struggle. Treacy's record of 2:09:15 was world class for his era but I believe Carroll will bring this record up to date as he has done with the other Irish records from 3k to 10k that were set in the 80's. He might not do it in New York but once he gets a run out in Chicago or London, look out! The guy is a class act and a true professional it is disrespectful of you to tell him to keep his mouth shut!
Marc has definately been giving the event the respect it deserves. He's done at least 1 tempo of 24 miles, that I know of (I'm sure he's done more) and his workouts are crazy. I think the pace will be a joke for him until people start surging. I don't think he'll win, but top 5 is a definite, with top 3 a strong possibility. The comment about aiming much higher than the irish record should be taken with a grain of salt as he's really not that cocky, but is aiming for under a 2:09 at NY.
~MP
p.s. not to bring up the hottest girl thread again but Mark is with Amy Rudolph and they came into the running store I work at on Mon. to pick up water bottles before they left for NY, and she looks better in person than she does in pictures.
Little known fact...Eamonn Coughlan another winner of the Wannamaker mile ran 2:25 in New York aged 40.
Not bad range for a master...3:58 mile and a 2:25 marathon.
what's up pelletier?? how's life in rhodyland??
p.s. rudolph is alright i guess. but not blazing hot by any means.
It was a joy he shared with the likes of Eamonn Coughlan, the brilliant miler of the past decade who ran a respectable 2:25:13 in his debut at 38, and Nystrom, who scored the winning goal for the Islanders in their first Stanley Cup championship 11 years ago. Naturally, someone asked the latter whether the thrill matched the one he knew on that long-ago day at Nassau Coliseum. He laughed.
Sorry Paddy, a wee bit more info. for ye.
Eamonn be only 38 when he run 2:25 @ NYC. I ncredible that he could run a sub four minute mile after completing a marathon! hahahahahhahahhahahaha.
How many 25 year old American milers can run 2:25 on a lark?
I know, long runs are over-rated!
Even at his peak as a mile Coghlan would often run a 20-miler on a sunday.
Any self respecting miler type would do the same. unless they think that long runs are over rated!