Are any of Canada's big guns running London or Rotterdam?

Reid Coolsaet is running.

I believe Coolsaet is in the mix, but more or less trying to get the CR that has stood for so long

Not that it matters much wrote:

Reid Coolsaet is running.

Thanks! I just went to his blog where he has the whole elite line-up. Not that many guys in 2:10 land so I hope he has company. I see the UK's Chris Thompson is debuting so maybe he'll have pacing in that territory.

Canadian runfan wrote:

Not that it matters much wrote:

Reid Coolsaet is running.

Thanks! I just went to his blog where he has the whole elite line-up. Not that many guys in 2:10 land so I hope he has company. I see the UK's Chris Thompson is debuting so maybe he'll have pacing in that territory.

"I (Ryan Vail) will be in my own little world with 4 other great athletes (Chris Thompson, Scott Overall, Reid Coolsaet, and pacemaker Fernando Cabada), so I imagine we'll miss a lot of great action. It looks like Cabada will be taking us out in 64:45,"

There are Canadian big guns? :)

luv2run wrote:

There are Canadian big guns? :)

that was exactly my thought as well

How many Americans ran sub 2:12 in 2013?

Poor choice of words really. Just saying the best guys in Canada would have sufficed, as "big guns" can be interpreted as some do to mean "really good in and of themselves on an absolute level".

Not that there a lot of "big guns" in US marathoning either these days (unless Hall and Ritz line up and finish or Meb - and his is less for time performance than for Olympic results).

Certainly, given the quality of Kenyan and Ethiopian performances these days, 2h10 is no longer the respectable performance that it was almost 40 years ago (Shorter - USA, Drayton - Canada). Be that as it may, it would be nice to see one of these Canadian guys (Coolsaet is my best bet) break 2h10, to finally put that CR to bed (as happened with the women last fall), and start moving toward a truly "big gun" level, which is a few minutes, or more, faster than they are currently striving to beat.

Doesn't anyone else think it's time to move on from the Coolsaet and Gillis duo and find some younger talent? I'm tired of seeing their faces.

Type A Douchebag wrote:

Doesn't anyone else think it's time to move on from the Coolsaet and Gillis duo and find some younger talent? I'm tired of seeing their faces.

Coolsaet and find some younger talent in the same sentence? Nah, too obvious.

How about Japan? Any of those sub-62 min Japanese lining up?

Interestingly, it doesn't look like Japan has any of their elites lining up. Seems they only run in Asia.

It should be a fun matchup between Canada and the US though.

Coolsaet seems he's in good shape for this one and I think he takes it over Vail. If they hit the half in 1:04:45, Coolsaet crosses in 2:09:15 to 2:09:45 for Vail.

Coolsaet will run 2:09:57.

Deal with it.

Good call. He should at least run a pb based on his training of late and run 64 on tired legs and the similar competition he will have around him. He ran Toronto without competitions nearby....

http://athleticsillustrated.com/uncategorized/coolsaet-set-to-challenge-the-2014-virgin-money-london-marathon/

Meanwhile, looking at the incentives for Sub-2:05 and winning etc etc...this could be a hell of a ripper.

Track Marathon wrote:

luv2run wrote:

There are Canadian big guns? :)

that was exactly my thought as well

Cam Levins.

Loves the mileage. He should skip this track stuff and move to the big 26.2km leagues.

I think of Cam Levins, Nate Brennan, and Mo Ahmed when I hear Canada's big guns. But none of them run the marathon.

smarmf wrote:

Type A Douchebag wrote:

Doesn't anyone else think it's time to move on from the Coolsaet and Gillis duo and find some younger talent? I'm tired of seeing their faces.

Coolsaet and find some younger talent in the same sentence? Nah, too obvious.

For the < 1% of LetsRun who caught your reference, that was the POD.

Faaak aaaaf. Who cares?

chuck forever wrote:

Interestingly, it doesn't look like Japan has any of their elites lining up. Seems they only run in Asia.

Pretty much no and no.

There is one elite Japanese woman in London.

Most of the top Japanese tried to make the national team for this year's Asian Games, which meant they had to run domestically this season. But even so marathons outside of Asia that have had/are going to have Japanese elites this season:

Dubai

Paris

Brighton

London

Vienna

Rotterdam

Boston

Hamburg

Gold Coast