I say Thweatt gets on the podium, 3rd overall woman with a 2:25. Jorgensen follows close behind, 5th woman in 2:27. Pappas runs a creditable debut yet fades a little in the late stages due to fuel management, 6th woman in 2:28.
Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got??
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Call it now, predict their placings and times.
I say Thweatt gets on the podium, 3rd overall woman with a 2:25. Jorgensen follows close behind, 5th woman in 2:27. Pappas runs a creditable debut yet fades a little in the late stages due to fuel management, 6th woman in 2:28. -
I like Jorgensen. And she'll only run high 2:20s. Pappas is a joke and Thweatt has had such a long layoff that it sill be tough getting back into top form.
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I want Gwen Jorgensen to win just to trigger all the haters here.
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Thweatt. 2:24
Gwen 2:31
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Funny. Fades due to fuel management.
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Check my papers wrote:
Thweatt. 2:24
Gwen 2:31
Pappas is not able to represent USA and should not be discussed in an American thread
But she's American Born, that means something on this website -
Sand Dunes wrote:
I want Gwen Jorgensen to win just to trigger all the haters here.
Jorgensen is ready to go 2:25. But I love the work Dena Drossin has done with Pappas . She seems more serious and less female Pee Wee Herman . She goes 2:32. You heard it from the hound dog 🐶. -
Hounddogharrier wrote:
Sand Dunes wrote:
I want Gwen Jorgensen to win just to trigger all the haters here.
Jorgensen is ready to go 2:25. But I love the work Dena Drossin has done with Pappas . She seems more serious and less female Pee Wee Herman . She goes 2:32. You heard it from the hound dog 🐶.
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If Thweatt is in decent shape I predict she will go out at 2:25 pace and Jorgensen will sit on her to about 24 miles, and then run by her to finish in the 2:24:45 to 2:25:30 range.
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Man, these predictions seem really optimistic. Thweat might be a couple minutes under 2:30 but I'm not sure Gwen will break it. If Pappas is faster than 2:35, that would be shocking and an excellent result for her. Or maybe I'm too conservative.
Another clueless predictor wrote:
If Thweatt is in decent shape I predict she will go out at 2:25 pace and Jorgensen will sit on her to about 24 miles, and then run by her to finish in the 2:24:45 to 2:25:30 range. -
Fyi, Pappas' 31:36 PR translate to a 2:25-2:26 marathon. By that logic, sub-2:30 should be within reach.
But I hope she runs like 2:40, loses all her undeserved press coverage, and all that goes to a female runner that actually races and runs fast. -
troll under a bridge wrote:
Fyi, Pappas' 31:36 PR translate to a 2:25-2:26 marathon. By that logic, sub-2:30 should be within reach.
But I hope she runs like 2:40, loses all her undeserved press coverage, and all that goes to a female runner that actually races and runs fast.
Yeah she is a media hound but I get the vibe Deanna Drossin has toned down the sideshow act and Imparted her work ethic . We will see Sunday sez hounddog . 🐕 🐶 -
Gwen has yet to win a major u.s. footrace, and this will continue. Laura FTW.
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Get Alexi some Gu show she can take the race!
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Personally Im looking forward to seeing Joan Benoit Samuelson break the record for 60+.
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How week is the field for American women runners if people are menthioned the Greek runnner Pappas as part of the top group? That’s embarrassing.
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Weak field wrote:
How week is the field for American women runners if people are menthioned the Greek runnner Pappas as part of the top group? That’s embarrassing.
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if Yiannis Kouros ran any big US ultra nowadays he would get press coverage. Your nationality doesn’t make you fast, your genes and training do.
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Americans will go Thweatt then Jorgensen
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Thweatt 2:25 (2:24s-2:27s)
Jorgensen 2:28 (2:27s-low 2:30s)
Pappas 2:32 (2:30-2:35)
