impressive. Nobody else will enter into this select club of great American distance runners, I suspect, due to the higher standards that runners must obtain to qualify.
the Ternowski solution: bring the standard back to 2:22 and allow the average guy runner to dream.
My apology to Mr. Eyestone for not proofreading and messing up the spelling. I always liked his column in Runner's World.
I think there are three women who have done it in the marathon trials.
Has the new standard for 2016 been announced?
I thought Clint Verran had a shot at qualifying for his 5th, but I may be mistaken.
Eyestone qualified for 5 Olympic marathon trials?
How? He probably qualified for the 10,000 in 1984. Made the Olympic Marathon Team in 1988 and 1992. Was still running under 2:20 in 1996 and beat Steve Plasencia as a 40 year old for the masters race at Chicago in 2000. Was Eyestone still running 2:20 marathons at age 42-44?
Darrell General's that guy who always won the marine corps marathon.
DK may've qualified for 5 but he was a total flop in the races - a non-factor. His schtick was breaking 2:20, a good time but he didn't stand a chance against a gathering of his peers.
I think Joanie may have qualified for 7 Oly Trials Marathons. She just missed for 2012 running a 2:47 at Chicago, 25 years after Olympic gold. Joanie is a goddamned boss if there ever was one.
Bad Wigins wrote:
Darrell General's that guy who always won the marine corps marathon.
Um, thanks. Nobody asked and we all knew that but, uh, thanks. Dumba$$.
DK worked a full time job, and didn't race the optimal two Marathon per year schedule.
gasser wrote:
I think Joanie may have qualified for 7 Oly Trials Marathons. She just missed for 2012 running a 2:47 at Chicago, 25 years after Olympic gold. Joanie is a goddamned boss if there ever was one.
she was qualified for the 2012 trials as well, as all runners who have represented the USA in the olympic marathon qualification rule.
douglas burke wrote:
gasser wrote:I think Joanie may have qualified for 7 Oly Trials Marathons. She just missed for 2012 running a 2:47 at Chicago, 25 years after Olympic gold. Joanie is a goddamned boss if there ever was one.
she was qualified for the 2012 trials as well, as all runners who have represented the USA in the olympic marathon qualification rule.
So that is how Eyestone qualified for his 5th.
Yes, she was eligible to run but she did not have a qualifying time during the window. She's a badass along with the guys being discussed here, figured she should be included in the conversation.