true or maybe a little false wrote:
Let me continue to jump on the Kim Smith bandwagon. I see Kara as all show and no go.
Smith will finish first to third range
Davila will finish third to fifth range
Goucher will finish fifth to eight range.
Kara will be the first across the line to cry. I also predict that they will run the prop (Colton) out to her while she is still in the chute. She will do everything in her power to make this race all about her rather than those runners that finish in front of her.
And Kim what what Championship medals? What has Smith to show that in that league, much less being in a league ahead of Kara.
Kara is still coming back to speed, so it is hard to predict. If she ran that race while not backing off of training, I think that her slightly higher quality level will balance out Kim's training advantage and put them on even par (if Kara compromised her buildup by backing off for a while, it will have both dropped her training back and put a bit higher the standard on which to judge the quality of her race).
As for those half's -- which one had better quality competitors? I am betting that NYC was tougher, and the course might have been tougher also (Central Park is no waltz-in-the-park, although that matters more in a marathon than in a half).