Craig (Sheila) Mottram qualifies for Aussie Rio marathon team!!!

McMillan predictor puts his 5k pb of 12:55 as a sub 2:06 marathon and 10k pb 27:54 as sub 2:11. Maybe he fell.

I reckon his b*lls weren't big enough.

Tariku Bekele wrote:

I reckon his b*lls weren't big enough.

We'll see Bro, once he wears a dress.

Aye Carumba wrote:

But he has to wear a dress, his time of 2:28:39 was good enough for

woman's team, but not his goal of sub 2:15 for men's.

This guy was once a pro, and runs 1:07/1:21 splits, wtf!

went out too hard and blew up. We all saw this coming of course. No one expected him to run a 2:15 in his first real race in years. If he starts doing some more racing maybe he can get down to 2:15 by 2020

edward teach wrote:

went out too hard and blew up. We all saw this coming of course. No one expected him to run a 2:15 in his first real race in years. If he starts doing some more racing maybe he can get down to 2:15 by 2020

Given the downhill start, I thought his 67:04 first half was only a bit fast,

*assuming* he had the training to run sub 2:15. His last 12k was bloody awful, much slower than 6min/mile.

5K 10:15:55 00:15:54 15:54 03:11 18.87 -

10K 10:31:41 00:31:40 15:46 03:10 19.04 -

15K 10:47:25 00:47:24 15:44 03:09 19.07 -

20K 11:03:24 01:03:23 15:59 03:12 18.76 -

HALF 11:07:05 01:07:04 03:41 03:21 17.92 -

25K 11:20:38 01:20:37 13:33 03:29 17.27 -

30K 11:39:13 01:39:12 18:35 03:44 16.14 -

35K 11:58:52 01:58:51 19:39 03:56 15.27 -

40K 12:19:28 02:19:27 20:36 04:08 14.56 -

FINISH 12:28:40 02:28:39 09:12 04:12 14.32 27

edward teach wrote:

went out too hard and blew up. We all saw this coming of course. No one expected him to run a 2:15 in his first real race in years. If he starts doing some more racing maybe he can get down to 2:15 by 2020

Just goes to show, even elites are not immune to first marathon crashes. Tough day for Motts.

McMillan wrote:

McMillan predictor puts his 5k pb of 12:55 as a sub 2:06 marathon and 10k pb 27:54 as sub 2:11. Maybe he fell.

It's not a predictor. It's more of an equivalency calculator.

yjfyjf wrote:

McMillan wrote:

McMillan predictor puts his 5k pb of 12:55 as a sub 2:06 marathon and 10k pb 27:54 as sub 2:11. Maybe he fell.

It's not a predictor. It's more of an equivalency calculator.

Wrong. McMillan's junk calculator is what McMillan *thinks* you can run. It has no formal basis at all.

Tariku Bekele wrote:

I reckon his b*lls weren't big enough.

Might have been too big, actually.

recognizer of junk wrote:

[quote]yjfyjf wrote:

[quote]McMillan wrote:

McMillan predictor puts his 5k pb of 12:55 as a sub 2:06 marathon and 10k pb 27:54 as sub 2:11. Maybe he fell.

It's not a predictor. It's more of an equivalency calculator.

Wrong. McMillan's junk calculator is what McMillan *thinks* you can run. It has no formal basis at all.

define formal basis?

Also, since you're a recognizer of junk, maybe you can eval whether Mottram's b*allz are big or small.

Tariku Bekele wrote:

I reckon his b*lls weren't big enough.

Going out in 67, his balls were too big. A smaller balled man would've gone slower the first half.

It's fair to say his balls probably got ahead of him.

From the above article:

"If it went well then yes, (the Olympics) was a possibility, but as it didn't the positive is still that I was able to do a marathon.

"And this will be my first and last - never again."

Aye Carumba wrote:

This guy was once a pro, and runs 1:07/1:21 splits, wtf!

DRUGS

You can't just take years off and decide to jump back into elite level. Especially at his age and at the marathon. It takes years of consistent training.

Being a top elite is like playing king of the mountain. You're up there for a short while and when you kicked off you'll never be back in top. This is why Kipchoge's consistency is amazing. I think that guy is the best runner in our era just based on his 13 years of upper elite level performances.

McMillan wrote:

McMillan predictor puts his 5k pb of 12:55 as a sub 2:06 marathon and 10k pb 27:54 as sub 2:11. Maybe he fell.

What does his time from 12 years ago have to do with his marathon ability yesterday?

Does he care?, probably not. It was a pay day and a free trip and a chance to catch up with some mates and be part of the inner circle of a big event, something most on here will never experience. Could be having an extended holiday while he's there too.

He knew he had to go sub 2:15 to make Rio so that's what he went for, nothing ventured, nothing gained and in this case nothing lost.

Good on him.

Australian qualifiers to date:

Marathon (2:19:00) Australian Qualifying Time

2:11.19 Michael Shelley (Q) London GBR 26/04/15

(2:12:20 Shelley Berlin GER 27/09/15)

2:15:30 Scott Westcott (N) Berlin GER 27/09/15

2:16:00 Brad Milosevic (N) Melbourne AUS 18/10/15

2:16:09 Jeff Hunt (N) Hamburg GER 17/04/16

2:16:29 Liam Adams (V) Chicago USA 11/10/15

2:18:40 Vlad Shatrov (N) Berlin GER 27/09/15

He is done. And was never a hope