sagarin, I don't seem him missing out on the Olympic team in the marathon, because he'll still be worth 2:09/2:10, Meb and Abdi are getting up there, and while Ritz will be in the race, I don't think that Rupp will be. Gotcher and Vega will be a couple of the other threats to qualify. I would really doubt that a 2:10 wouldn't qualify for the team.
However, I still wonder why he can't understand that it is the connection with his track speed that brought him to sub 1 hr and 2:06. This may have just been marathon pace, with Chicago coming up in 3 weeks, but he almost never races and his results have been very much subpar for him. Boston was a good time, but still 2:24 off his pr. If he wants to continue to be good on the American level and competitive for top five at major marathons, good for him, but I thought once that he was more ambitious than that. Knock out a sub 13/sub 27 on the track next year, and then we'll see what he can do back at marathon. Year after year, we say this, year after year, he claims to be heading back to the track in the summer, and year after year, he skips out. Is he afraid of racing?