Trafeh & Meb in 61 in Duluth, 39 US guys under 65

99 guys under 1:09:00

pretty exciting to see so much depth in the u.s. It will be interesting to see who can step up and take over the world of american marathoning with meb on the edge of retirement and hall struggling.

I think the window for the OT doesn't open until August 1.

Where will we likely see a lot of these guys go for it this fall? Philly?

I wouldn't call it that impressive when Japan can assemble 65 under 1:03:30 in a single half marathon

Downhill course with wind at back. Not that impressive.

Agreed. When it's downhill and wind aided, I'm not impressed by anyone's times. The women's field was especially weak.

It isn't a downhill course. It starts and finishes right next to the lake, so unless its a net zero w/ about 200 feet of total climbing on the rolling hills. A fast course but not aided. The wind died by the time the race started.

The fast times today were a result of a lot of fast guys running fast!

The elevation drop for the full marathon is legal, but just barely. The permissible drop is 136 feet (1 part per thousand of the course distance), and the course drops 130 feet.

The half marathon course has almost no net change and is easily legal. The only question for record quality is windage.

Beardsley's record shouldn't have lasted this long. True, the course he ran was 150 yards long and if it had been the correct distance his time would have been a new American record, the fact is that 2:09:37 (or even a corrected 2:09:13) is not really a world class time today.

Global warming is making June marathons more difficult. If a 2:05 guy like Worku couldn't come close in today's decent conditions, Beardsley's record might last for a lot longer.

I wonder how many runners had a conflict between the track national championships in Iowa and the USA half marathon championships in Duluth.

men

20149 Mohamed Trafeh M 28 Duarte CA 1:01:16.3

20161 Meb Keflezighi M 38 San Diego CA 1:01:22.0

20018 Shadrack Biwott M 28 Eugene OR 1:02:24.0

20128 Timothy Ritchie M 25 Brighton MA 1:02:28.9

20020 Josphat Boit M 29 Mammoth Lakes CA 1:02:31.5

20001 Abdi Abdirahman M 36 Tucson AZ 1:02:56.6

20098 Bobby Mack M 28 Raleigh NC 1:03:09.2

20027 Ian Burrell M 28 Tucson AZ 1:03:12.5

20158 Scott Wietecha M 31 Hendersonville TN 1:03:12.8

20012 Christopher Barnicle M 26 Mammoth Lakes CA 1:03:14.1

20104 Tyler McCandless M 26 Boulder CO 1:03:15.7

20125 Sergio Reyes M 31 Los Osos CA 1:03:16.4

20150 Carlos Trujillo M 27 Middleton ID 1:03:18.2

20153 Andy Wacker M 24 Boulder CO 1:03:25.9

20116 Ahmed Osman M 25 Flagstaff AZ 1:03:38.4

20134 Mikhail Sayenko M 28 Bellevue WA 1:03:39.6

20061 Ricky Flynn M 25 Lynchburg VA 1:03:44.5

20077 Zachary Hine M 25 Boulder CO 1:03:57.5

20091 Craig Leon M 28 Eugene OR 1:04:01.5

20108 Joe Moore M 29 Minneapolis MN 1:04:05.2

20088 Dan Kremske M 24 Woodstock IL 1:04:08.4

20053 Josh Eberly M 32 Gunnison CO 1:04:08.9

20106 Danny Mercado M 25 Flagstaff AZ 1:04:13.0

20031 Andrew Carlson M 31 Minneapolis MN 1:04:14.3

20096 Eric Loeffler M 36 Fargo ND 1:04:30.8

20147 Christian Thompson M 24 Candor NY 1:04:31.1

20034 Kevin Castille M 41 Nicholasville KY 1:04:31.9

20109 Mike Morgan M 33 Oakland Township MI 1:04:34.8

20006 Nicholas Arciniaga M 29 Flagstaff AZ 1:04:36.6

20112 Enoch Nadler M 27 Richardson TX 1:04:37.2

20103 Brendan Martin M 24 Rochester MI 1:04:37.7

20057 Eric Finan M 24 Cincinnati OH 1:04:42.5

20139 Ethan Shaw M 23 Rochester Hills MI 1:04:44.7

20093 Paul Limpf M 26 Cheney WA 1:04:45.9

20154 Daniel Wallace-Periac M 26 Nyack NY 1:04:46.1

20029 Gian-Paul Caccia M 27 New York NY 1:04:46.8

20121 Drew Polley M 27 Rochester MI 1:04:50.5

20009 Abdelaaziz Atmani M 31 Indianapolis IN 1:04:51.6

20138 Robert Scribner M 27 Rochester Hills MI 1:04:52.2

women

20246 Adriana Nelson F 33 Boulder CO 1:11:18.3

20218 Desiree Davila F 29 Washington Township MI 1:11:25.3

20207 Kelly Brinkman F 32 Bloomington MN 1:11:32.8

20256 Stephanie Rothstein Bruce F 29 Flagstaff AZ 1:11:37.5

20262 Mattie Suver F 25 Jelm WY 1:11:55.2

20236 Maegan Krifchin F 25 Dewitt NY 1:12:05.0

20209 Serena Burla F 30 Falls Church VA 1:12:13.5

20245 Brianne Nelson F 32 Golden CO 1:12:22.5

20222 Michelle Frey F 31 Minneapolis MN 1:12:33.5

20265 Wendy Thomas F 34 Windsor CO 1:13:16.8

20240 Katie McGregor F 35 St. Louis Pk MN 1:13:18.1

20215 Sarah Crouch F 23 Blowing Rock NC 1:13:33.3

20223 Kristen Fryburg-Zaitz F 32 Broomfield CO 1:13:50.6

20201 Ladia Albertson-Junkans F 27 Minneapolis MN 1:13:58.9

20235 Melissa Johnson-White F 32 Lake Orion MI 1:14:09.4

20220 Esther Erb F 27 Blowing Rock NC 1:14:34.8

20252 Stephanie Price F 23 Minneapolis MN 1:14:38.7

20211 Nicole Camp F 27 Cleveland Heights OH 1:14:41.0

20225 Marci Gage F 25 Bend OR 1:14:48.5

The previous poster is half right. The half marathon is not downhill. It may be -20 feet or something like that, but it was certainly wind aided. I ran into the wind while spectating. It was a nice 10-15 mph tailwind for 12 of the 13 miles. Incidentally, Mo appeared to get zero tailwind push as Meb was running right up on Mo's butt for 11.5 miles stealing his free seconds. It seemed to bother Mo a little that Meb wasn't putting in work, but he had plenty left to throw down in the last kilo.

The depth was solid on the mens' side with lots of guys benefitting from the conditions.

BTW, the full grandmas marathon is a 96 foot net drop.

Thanks for these details.

Goucher needles wrote:

The previous poster is half right. The half marathon is not downhill. It may be -20 feet or something like that, but it was certainly wind aided. I ran into the wind while spectating. It was a nice 10-15 mph tailwind for 12 of the 13 miles. Incidentally, Mo appeared to get zero tailwind push as Meb was running right up on Mo's butt for 11.5 miles stealing his free seconds. It seemed to bother Mo a little that Meb wasn't putting in work, but he had plenty left to throw down in the last kilo.

The depth was solid on the mens' side with lots of guys benefitting from the conditions.

BTW, the full grandmas marathon is a 96 foot net drop.

RunWild wrote:

I wouldn't call it that impressive when Japan can assemble 65 under 1:03:30 in a single half marathon

Which race? Where? When?

Goucher needles wrote:

BTW, the full grandmas marathon is a 96 foot net drop.

Grandma's Marathon disagrees with you. Their interactive map shows a start at 740 above sea level and a finish at 610 above sea level for a drop of 130 feet.

Those times are at least 75-90 seconds fast! Wind does make a big difference

RunWild wrote:

I wouldn't call it that impressive when Japan can assemble 65 under 1:03:30 in a single half marathon

I wish people would stop making USA Japan comparisons in long distance running, Japan has more depth in the longer distances because it's what they focus on. Less than 5% of the competitive long distance runners in the U.S. focus on the half and marathon, while in Japan it's probable over 70%. If you lined up every NCAA XC and 5K/10K track all-Americans and put them in a half marathon, the USA would automatically have more depth than the Japan. Japan actually has college and corporate half & marathon championships; Japan puts more focus on the longer events, but they are certainly not better in a real sense.

glad to see that chris barnicle ran 1:03:14. I was under the impression that he had stopped running.

yogibear wrote:

The elevation drop for the full marathon is legal, but just barely. The permissible drop is 136 feet (1 part per thousand of the course distance), and the course drops 130 feet.

Idiot, the OT qualifying drop was set based on the Boston course-- it's 3.25 METERS per kilometer, which works out to just under 450 FEET. Grandma's is wellll under the legal limit. On the other hand, some of those point-to-point, screaming downhills in Arizona/Utah/Pennsylvania are definitely NOT legal. The window opens August 1st, so this is not a qualifier.

yogibear wrote:

20158 Scott Wietecha M 31 Hendersonville TN 1:03:12.8

Gotta give a shout out to Scott finishing 9th overall in this race (posts as blaznbison24). He ran a near 90 second PR...at that level, it is just astonishing. He beat a lot of pretty big names out there today and no doubt is on his way to some fast times. Great work!

And FWIW, I was in the race, the wind felt non-existent. I know everyone who runs in a tailwind says that, but even on the start line (as well as the warmup), I didn't feel anything. I don't think the wind played a part in fast times this year. What played a major part in the fast times this year (IMO) was the fact that they comp'ed hotel rooms for guys who broke 1:09. That means even hacks like me could travel to this race for relatively cheap and I think that brought a ton of 2nd-3rd tier US runners. I'm not sure if they'll go that deep in future years, but I was glad to take advantage of it while I could. And yes, the women's field was pretty weak, at least compared to the men...138 finishers vs 55 finishers tells the story itself.

NWS says that from 6-7am, the wind was from the North at 5 mph. The course runs NE to SW, so a north wind is favorable, but 5mph isn't exactly blowing you along for free. I ran in the race, and was about exactly where I thought my fitness level was. It was a great morning for racing... Around 50-55 degrees and super competitive.

Is this a glimpse at the future of our sport in the US? 5 of the top 6 were naturalized citizens from Africa.