Can he win now witht he top 2 seeds out? Will Fagan run with him or as noted in the Irish Times Friday hang back for the 2:16 WC qualifier?
I can't see them not working together now especially witht he top 2 seeds gone.
2:11:33 for Gotcher, 2:12:02 for Fagan
There is no way that Fagan will hang back. I don't think that he has that capability.
I wouldn't be surprised if he won either.
Brett will definitely have a good race. He is focused and as good of a marathoner out there.
I heard from an Irish runner here in Bangkok that Mr. Fagan and Mr. Gotcher are in really super condition, doing 15 milers in Flagstaff around 5:00/mile.
I say Gotcher wins in an okay time due to lack of decent pacing. 2:11 or something along those lines would be my guess.
Brett's most recent half indicates he can break 2:12 if all goes well.
I just hope that they don't use weather as an excuse. This group was enbarassing in Chicago,
EM not en.
Fagan will win. No contest!
219 and DNF or maybe DNS
DNF
4M Fagan, Martin M 27 M Flagstaff AZ USA
Event Start Offset Pace Proj Time Official Time
Marathon - 0:05:06 2:13:37 -
Checkpoints 5k 10k 15k 20k
0:15:25 0:30:55 0:47:07 1:03:21
Half 25k 30k 35k 40k
1:06:55 - - - -
What happened to Gotcher? 2:19?
Simply a bad day.