Simply put Road running and or road racing is for p******. Tell me again how hard your cushy 26.2 mile road run with 300 ft of elevation was. Why don't you cut that out take off the training wheels and jump on a Harley like real men. Try running your precious 2:30 Marathon on an ultramarathon trail with rocks Roots mud elevation decline switchbacks you name it 70% of you will try and and you will hit your head on a rock as Dean Lister said everybody has a perfect plan until they get punched in the face you can have your perfect running form with your perfect arm swing all you want but when you're running through some of the worst technical conditions imaginable will see who the real man is who can run fast then it's time to put up or shut up you either run a trail race at 50 miles and beat it or you don't complain