World bronze medalist Amy Cragg out of the Chicago Marathon

As someone already said a few weeks ago on this boards.

Does Chicago pay similar to NYC in appearance?

FGBB wrote:

As someone already said a few weeks ago on this boards.

Yup, the guy nailed it on both Hasay and Cragg about 3 months ago.

Lol, the letsrun board strikes again.

Seriously mate? wrote:

FGBB wrote:

As someone already said a few weeks ago on this boards.

Yup, the guy nailed it on both Hasay and Cragg about 3 months ago.

Obviously a Nike guy that's dialed in with his ear to the ground. Who would be the commonality between nop and btc?

troll under a bridge wrote:

Lol, the letsrun board strikes again.

Exactly...........

I didnt know this 100% but i had a pretty sneaking suspicion. Gwen, Emily and shalane can be seen training together for the last few months with Amy nowhere to be seen

Terwilliger wrote:

Seriously mate? wrote:

Yup, the guy nailed it on both Hasay and Cragg about 3 months ago.

Obviously a Nike guy that's dialed in with his ear to the ground. Who would be the commonality between nop and btc?

Or just someone that pays attention.

Amy has not raced since Tokyo in February. She had planned to run on the track this year. That was why Tokyo instead of Boston. Then no build up rust buster races like she always has done in the past.

Jordan loves to race and hasn’t raced since Gate River in March.

Disappointing, I really like Cragg and her recent performances were super inspiring. Anyone have a clue as to why Cragg and Hasay signed up for a marathon that all signs point to them not running from the moment it was released they'd run it? I had not seen one clip of them training (not totally unusual for Cragg) on social media and Hasay's online presence seemed like a rehashing of former achievements. Is there some sort of payout structure for these events that incentivized them to say they'd run it? Seems very bizarre.

mcvred wrote: Anyone have a clue as to why Cragg and Hasay signed up for a marathon that all signs point to them not running from the moment it was released they'd run it?

That's how marathon running works. Same with hyped record attempts, only to have the runner DNF and then tell the press about his/her ongoing nagging injury. Happens all the time.

Devil Dog wrote:

mcvred wrote: Anyone have a clue as to why Cragg and Hasay signed up for a marathon that all signs point to them not running from the moment it was released they'd run it?

That's how marathon running works. Same with hyped record attempts, only to have the runner DNF and then tell the press about his/her ongoing nagging injury. Happens all the time.

Naw. WE do that as regular runners. You sign up for a race hoping that you will be healthy by then. It's not like people have to buy tickets to see the race, then that would be different, and would be considered hyping the race.

I learned my lesson, and I don't sign up for races months in advance. I usually wait until the the week of the race to sign, even though the price is much higher. If I'm having issues during my tempo runs related to the distance that I'm running, then I know that I am not healthy enough to race.

It was not so many years ago that fall marathon deals for elite athletes weren't absolutely finalized until the summer track season was over. Obviously some negotiations had been all but secured, but no one was making announcements six or eight months in advance like they do now.

Let's begin the Gwen Jorgenson FTW thread.

Does anyone think there is a chance she will run NYC a month later instead? Or perhaps CIM in December?

They are contractually not allowed to run another marathon for 60 days. But that doesn’t matter. THEY ARE HURT AND HAVE BEEN FOR 7 MONTHS.

Nope pay attention wrote:

They are contractually not allowed to run another marathon for 60 days. But that doesn’t matter. THEY ARE HURT AND HAVE BEEN FOR 7 MONTHS.

I forgot about the 60 days, thank you for the reminder. I didn’t know if it was the type of injury that meant they just needed more time to recover from/build backup from.

Runnerchx44 wrote:

Does anyone think there is a chance she will run NYC a month later instead? Or perhaps CIM in December?

no. she's definitely had some serious injury problems. She's gotta be re-assessing and thinking she just needs to get in shape for the Olympic trials at this point because she hasn't raced in 7 months. her job is to race and she's way behind

the marathon giveth, and the marathon taketh. big time.

Laura Thweat will be next to drop. Just wait for it.

Also wrote:

Laura Thweat will be next to drop. Just wait for it.

You need to work on that lisp, man.