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What are you expecting from many of the ladies expected to be contenders in the Olympic Trials in just 10 weeks?
Will the 37-year old Kara Goucher be resurgent? Can Cragg find her old form? Will Flanagan spank them all even though she's early in her training block?
women @ 5k:
Goucher 16:50
Flanagan 17:07
Hastings 17:08
Taylor 17:08
men @ 5k:
Braun 15:14
Eggleston 15:14
Goucher 33:57 @ 10k
No 10k splits for the men or anyone else.
Braun 48:49 @ mile 10
Eggleston 44 seconds back.
Goucher 54:15 @ 10 miles
Hastings 55:25
Taylor 55:40
Smith 56:46
No sure where Flanagan is.
Braun 58:32 @ mile 12
Goucher 59:47 @ mile 11
Braun FTW in 1:04:11
Eggleston 2nd in 1:05:44
Goucher 65:04 @ mile 12
Goucher FTW 1:11:11
Hastings 1:12:42
Taylor 1:13:21
Looks like Flanagan's chip wasn't working. She finished with Hastings. Not sure who got second.
Goucher 1st
Flanagan 2nd
Hastings 3rd
Flanagan finishing 90 seconds behind Goucher in a a half? That's a mailed in performance.
Flanagan is very early in her buildup and was using this as a tempo effort. She mentioned that Jerry wanted them to probably run "1:13 or 1:14". Given that they went out around 1:12 pace, seems they pushed a bit more than was in the game plan.
Anyone know how difficult the course was? Anyone there and see how Goucher/Flanagan/Cragg looked?
SA half wrote:
Goucher FTW 1:11:11
Hastings 1:12:42
Taylor 1:13:21
Looks like Flanagan's chip wasn't working. She finished with Hastings. Not sure who got second.
Great- here comes a 100 page thread from the LR sleuths on whether Shalane cheated on this tempo run.
Fisdbop wrote:
SA half wrote:Goucher FTW 1:11:11
Hastings 1:12:42
Taylor 1:13:21
Looks like Flanagan's chip wasn't working. She finished with Hastings. Not sure who got second.
Great- here comes a 100 page thread from the LR sleuths on whether Shalane cheated on this tempo run.
But was she paced by Steve Magness?
Fisdbop wrote:
SA half wrote:Goucher FTW 1:11:11
Hastings 1:12:42
Taylor 1:13:21
Looks like Flanagan's chip wasn't working. She finished with Hastings. Not sure who got second.
Great- here comes a 100 page thread from the LR sleuths on whether Shalane cheated on this tempo run.
POTD.
Gouch still got game.
Goucher seems to be gaining confidence. Still unsure if she has a shot at the trials, but at least seems like it could be interesting..
In the FloTrack interview Goucher said the course was hillier than she was anticipating, with lots of turns (this was before the race after only driving the course), so I think her run is better than her Big Sur half.
julsome wrote:
Flanagan is very early in her buildup and was using this as a tempo effort. She mentioned that Jerry wanted them to probably run "1:13 or 1:14". Given that they went out around 1:12 pace, seems they pushed a bit more than was in the game plan.
Anyone know how difficult the course was? Anyone there and see how Goucher/Flanagan/Cragg looked?
Just noticed Chris Chavez has some photos and a bit of description of the race on his Twitter:
SA half wrote:
Goucher FTW 1:11:11
Hastings 1:12:42
Taylor 1:13:21
Looks like Flanagan's chip wasn't working. She finished with Hastings. Not sure who got second.
Flanagan's PR is 2:21; Hastings' is 2:27
1:12-high seems like appropriate effort for Hastings based on her PR
Did Shalane take it too easy? If one of her goals is the AR, shouldn't a tempo like this be more in the 1:08 range?