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    • rojo
      co-founder
      • Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:27AM
      • rojo
        co-founder
      • The men's race starts in about 40 minutes. Galen Rupp appears to most definitely be in as he's been seen in the hotel lobby.

        If you haven't entered our Prediction Contest, please do so now.

        https://www.letsrun.com/forum/f...ad=7025190

        The top 10 votes of the LRC nation are as follows.

        1. Dathan Ritzenhein (347) – 2:09:45 9653
        2. Galen Rupp (549) – 1:01:20 9396
        3. Meb Keflezighi (135) – 2:08:37 8276
        4. Luke Puskedra (75) – 2:10:24 7908
        5. Bobby Curtis (5) – 2:11:20 3929
        6. Elkanah Kibet (16) – 2:11:31 3527
        7. Jared Ward (8) – 2:12:56 3505
        8. Diego Estrada (7) – 1:00:51 3443
        9. Sam Chelanga (15) – 1:02:59 3132
        10. Jeffrey Eggleston (3) – 2:10:52 2048

        1. Desiree Linden (622) – 2:23:54 10307
        2. Shalane Flanagan (455) – 2:21:14 10170
        3. Amy Cragg (20) – 2:27:03 7906
        4. Kara Goucher (5) – 2:37:03 5126
        5. Sara Hall (3) – 2:31:14 4726
        6. Kellyn Taylor (2) – 2:28:40 4510
        7. Serena Burla – 2:28:01 3943
        8. Annie Bersagel (4) – 2:28:29 3560
        9. Janet Bawcom (1) – 1:10:46 1645
        10. Misiker Demissie Demissie (1) – 2:29:02 1579

        Full vote results can be found here:

        https://www.letsrun.com/news/20...on-trials/

        It should be exciting.
    • Montesquieu
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      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:32AM - in reply to rojo
      • Montesquieu
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      • I'm liking Ritz, Rupp, and Puskedra, and Desi, Shalane, and Goucher. Yes I know--way out on the limb. I'm hoping, though, that Meb and Ritz especially make the team, and all the women I named. I'm pumped. Always a spectacular day in distance running.
    • Montesquieu
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      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:33AM - in reply to Montesquieu
      • Montesquieu
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      • Temps appear to be a couple of degrees cooler than predicted. Still, it will be quite warm, especially with little shade. I'm thinking Kibet will take it out sooner rather than later.
    • Montesquieu
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      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:37AM - in reply to Montesquieu
      • Montesquieu
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      • I'm remembering the days years ago when this website would crash during any major race. Congrats to the brothers for the site and the improvements.
    • agip
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      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:37AM - in reply to Montesquieu
      • agip
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      • I think this race will be a changing of the guard - I'd guess only 2 or 3 of the favorite 7 among the men and women will make the team.

        Very slow, it will be, and having a hot weather 10k race after a 20 mile warmup can create many surprises.
    • TDF
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      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:40AM - in reply to agip
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      • I've got Rupp, Kibet, and Pukesdra and Linden, Burla, and Hall.
    • 345elmore
      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:44AM - in reply to rojo
      • 345elmore
      • Rupp, Ritz, Meb, Puskedra, Chelanga in no particular order. Biatch!!!
    • Pope of Prognostication
      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:45AM - in reply to TDF
      • Pope of Prognostication
      • Rupp, Curtis, Kibet.

        Flanagan, Linden, Cragg.
    • optional
      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:47AM - in reply to Pope of Prognostication
      • optional
      • Definitely excited to see what goes down...considering 2008 and 2012...is this the weakest trials field in some time?
    • fan of the marathon
      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:49AM - in reply to Montesquieu
      • fan of the marathon
      • odds are one of the favorites can't handle the heat.

        I think it will be one of the runners with PRs from 2011 (except Meb).

        This should be exciting.
    • rojo
      co-founder
      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:53AM - in reply to Montesquieu
      • rojo
        co-founder
      • Montesquieu wrote:
        Temps appear to be a couple of degrees cooler than predicted. Still, it will be quite warm, especially with little shade. I'm thinking Kibet will take it out sooner rather than later.
        Correct. The guy in the media room just said the high will 'only' be 78.

        Just got a text from Chris Lear. He' s living in Boston and biased but here are his picks.

        Rupp
        Ritchie
        Estrada
        Ritz

        Weldon is sitting next to me and said, "Who is Ritchie?"

        Here is who I picked.
        1. Galen Rupp
        2. Dathan Ritzenhein
        3. Elkanah Kibet

        Women's Individual Picks
        1. Shalane Flanagan
        2. Desiree Linden
        3. Kellyn Taylor
    • sehon40
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      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:54AM - in reply to rojo
      • sehon40
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      • will streaming have an option to watch just mens or womens or will it just be a mirror of the TV coverage?
    • fan of the marathon
      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:54AM - in reply to agip
      • fan of the marathon
      • agip wrote:
        changing of the guard - I'd guess only 2 or 3 of the favorite 7 among the men and women will make the team.

        I agree. I see only one of Shalane, Desi, Kara and Amy making the top three. I only picked Shalane to make it in the contest with two other longshots (who were late to confirm).
    • Jonathan Gault
      LRC guru
      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:55AM - in reply to fan of the marathon
      • Jonathan Gault
        LRC guru
      • Today is a great day to be a running fan. I can't wait for what should be two fantastic races. Let's do this!

        For the record, my official picks are (in order):

        Ritz, Meb, Rupp

        Linden, Flanagan, Cragg
    • dtbrooklyn
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      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:56AM - in reply to rojo
      • dtbrooklyn
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      • Is the live stream already running? I am on the NBC Live App and only seeing a fixed commercial.
    • Bring Back the 880
      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:57AM - in reply to NOOOOO
      • Bring Back the 880
      • NOOOOO wrote:
        Please share login info

        You can only watch IF you have cable , or can log into your cable.

        Please anyone who has any provider listed here

        http://stream.nbcsports.com/nbc/?pid=20702

        can you share your login info so we can watch !!

        no one included this info when they publicized hey watch it live streaming .....

        I have xfinity internet only and i cant watch it !!!

        please help !!!!!

        Read more: https://www.letsrun.com/forum/f...z404VWK14m
        Huh? A TV with a $10 antenna will get you this (and any show on the major broadcast networks) for free. You don't even need a web connection.
    • fan of the marathon
      • RE: Official 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials LIve Discussion Thread 2/13/2016 11:58AM - in reply to Jonathan Gault
      • fan of the marathon
      • My number three pick was "other". Gebre wasn't listed separately and you get the whole rest of the field with that pick... Maybe it was a bad choice.