The Waterboy wrote:
The runningtimes article says that Max is training to make the Olympic team for the marathon
Does anyone think he actually has a shot? I feel like it's up in the air. Hall has never raced a bad marathon and as defending champion I feel he'll take it, but what about second and third?
He definitely may be in the running. I think for sure he'll get top 5 at the trials, and make the team if someone has an off day.
Unless Hall is injured he's pretty much a lock to make the team and he has no history of serious injury or blown races.
Ritz, Meb, and maybe Abdi are heavy favorites to make the team if healthy, but, looking at recent history, there's a good chance that a couple of these guys won't be in top form.
That means someone of the next tier will probably be on the team, Gotcher, Arciniaga, Hartmann, Lehmkuhle, and Torres come to mind.
After that you have the dozen or so darkhorse guys, including Max, any of whom could step up their game by the time trials rolls around to be in the running if (and probably only if) one of the top guys fail.