RNR Arizona

Kara will do bad. No he will not.

Technically, can he win the marathon AND set the 50k?

No doubt he has the ability but I don't know how his health and training stands.

He coasted in Vegas and won

Kara Kara Kara

side stitch wrote:

Technically, can he win the marathon AND set the 50k?

Interesting point. Anyone know the answer? Im thinking he can cos the press about it has him named as favorite for the marathon but Im not sure

Just found this:

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/azetc/articles/2011/01/14/20110114arizona-marathon-josh-cox.html

Guess he can win both? Seems kinds odd to me. Also, I was wondering why theres hardly any big name elites running it this year- $1000 prize money for the full? Pathetic

Kara will do mediocre.. She may well win but it will not be anything impressive. I expect eithe Forest or Crag(that is, if he actually makes it to the finish line) to win the mens half.Dont know anything about the marathon apart from Josh Cox is running it. I suppose he'll probably win it if hes trying to get that record

Anyone kniw how the mens half is going? The race tracker on competitor works fine for the other races but not for it.. RNR twitter says Foreste is in the lead but how about everyone else?

I can see 10-mile splits for men and women in the half. Madai Perez was up almost 2 minutes on Goucher (who was low 56, so probably a 1:13ish finish). Joseph Chirlee had solid lead for men at 10 miles.

smd wrote:

I can see 10-mile splits for men and women in the half. Madai Perez was up almost 2 minutes on Goucher (who was low 56, so probably a 1:13ish finish). Joseph Chirlee had solid lead for men at 10 miles.

Yeh I can see those times but they are not the same as what the RNR twitter is reporting. It says Forest was in the lead at 5k mark whereas the race tracker gives Joseph Chirlee as the leader the whole way through. Also there is no mention of Cragg.. I didnt know he was running but I assume if he is he would be right up there no?

The race tracker looks a little screwy--Chirlee is said to have won the half over Schoolmeester, even though Schoolmeester is said to have averaged faster per mile.

So who actually won it? I am very confused

Alistair Cragg was 2nd in 1:03:20. From a phone source.

xc dude wrote:

Alistair Cragg was 2nd in 1:03:20. From a phone source.

not

Josh Cox won the marathon, based on his Twitter feed, and was on pace for the 50k.

He was 2:20:32 when he set the AR... so we are seeing a great effort from Cox.

Cox finished 7 seconds short of the WR.. what a bummer

Still have no idea who won the mens half- Chirlee? Cragg? Forrest? confused.com Its the only result I m actually interested to know

2:43:45!!!!!!!!!1

7-sec off WR

Cox 2:17:32 according to the live results. That's three minutes faster than his AR pace. What is the WR for 50k? That's gotta be one of the softest WR out there.

Hey Really???

You were "really" off. (get it? O you will sooner or later.)

Kara did well, she got second (well for someone who just had a baby and is getting back into shape).

Josh Cox, well he missed the WR, wasnt even close to it. Those 7 seconds, really made your prediction correct, wasnt even close. /sarcasm

Keep your negativeness to yourself

Congrats to JC for giving it a solid effort, falling just short.

Kara Goucher 1:14:03. Not too shabby for her first race back. And with the stress of her child going to the hospital to boot.