A bunch of B & C tier American men got a big lesson in tactics today.
If you want to have a chance of meeting a guy with a much quicker Half Marathon time than you (1:01:45) but who has no marathon experience. The absolute worst thing you can do is to jog the first 15 miles of the race and make it tactical. Pennel made them pay for that mistake.
2:13 isn't really impressive at all for a 1:01 guy but it was all Pennel needed to do today.
Field much weaker/slower than last year.
Erb on the other hand showed her maturity as a marathoner, running her own race and once again hitting a slight negative split race and pulling off the win in her first national championship.