Who do you got winning this thing?
Derek
Luke
??Newbie??
Isn't there a team component to this event as well?
Who do you got winning this thing?
Derek
Luke
??Newbie??
Isn't there a team component to this event as well?
Derrick easy.
I think Alisha Williams might challenge Simpson in the women's race.
Luke? Luke Wilson?
Derrick is the most male likeable runner we've had in generations. He digs cross country, he races (and wins) internationally, he is not a drama queen, and he will win in Boulder.
It's hard to analyze the race if you don't know who is racing.
Men's and women't entries can be found here:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2014/02/entries-2014-usa-cross-country-championships/
damn when was the last time Brent Vaughn raced? didn't he win USA XC 3 years ago?
top 5
Derrick
Mack
Puskedra
Joe Gray
???? McCandless/Rizzo/Arcignia/Vaughn/other?
not sure what kind of shape everyone is in. lots of guys haven't raced in awhile or are coming off Houston, hard to tell who is fit.
Vaughn raced pretty well, coming off an injury, at Club Nats back in December and then raced really well at a local xc race in Boulder a few weeks ago. I hear he's pretty fit, and given that he now lives back in Boulder, should fare well on Saturday. I think he'll finish between 2nd-5th, probably behind Derrick, Mack, and maybe Puskedra.
LetsRun.com wrote:
It's hard to analyze the race if you don't know who is racing.
Men's and women't entries can be found here:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2014/02/entries-2014-usa-cross-country-championships/
I knew who was racing. Luke Wilson would have about the same chance as Luke P.
Interested to see what Smyth does. He retired after the 2012 US Olympic Marathon Trials, but recently has run and won some of those silly XTERRA Trail Running Championships. Surely Nike didn't really pick him back up? Being from SLC might help in a race at altitude.
...and it's Derrick in a blowout. Guy is crazy talented but we did not look deep today.
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damn when was the last time Brent Vaughn raced? didn't he win USA XC 3 years ago?
top 5
Derrick
Mack
Puskedra
Joe Gray
???? McCandless/Rizzo/Arcignia/Vaughn/other?
not sure what kind of shape everyone is in. lots of guys haven't raced in awhile or are coming off Houston, hard to tell who is fit.
Wow! You were really close!
Derrick
Puskedra
mack
gray
Quigley
Vaughn
Now that this race has been over for 5 hours WHERE ARE COMPLETE RESULTS? Come on Boulder.
Not complete results, but I posted video footage of the races (you can kind of see the order people finished in):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJo9dpt4cuc&feature=c4-overview&list=UUh_w_vLvlZNBeTAP8qaWhoA