• Evan Jogger
      • Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 6:02PM
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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.
    • troll under a bridge
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      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 6:10PM - in reply to Evan Jogger
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      • 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.
    • Sand Dunes
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      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 6:14PM - in reply to Evan Jogger
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      • I want Gwen Jorgensen to win just to trigger all the haters here.
    • Check my papers
      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 6:57PM - in reply to Sand Dunes
      • Check my papers
      • Thweatt. 2:24
        Gwen 2:31
        Pappas is not able to represent USA and should not be discussed in an American thread
    • Ghost of Igloi
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      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 7:00PM - in reply to Evan Jogger
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      • Funny. Fades due to fuel management.
    • Check dis
      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 7:00PM - in reply to Check my papers
      • Check dis
      • 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
    • Hounddogharrier
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      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 7:00PM - in reply to Sand Dunes
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      • 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 🐶.
    • Oh Please
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      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 7:06PM - in reply to Hounddogharrier
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      • 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 🐶.

        Gwen is the obvious answer. Pappas will be off the back within a mile.
    • Another clueless predictor
      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 7:55PM - in reply to Oh Please
      • Another clueless predictor
      • 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.
    • Concupiscurd
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      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 8:46PM - in reply to Another clueless predictor
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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.
    • troll under a bridge
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      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 8:49PM - in reply to Another clueless predictor
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      • 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.
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      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 8:55PM - in reply to troll under a bridge
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      • 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 . 🐕 🐶
    • Twipple Thweat
      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 9:24PM - in reply to Hounddogharrier
      • Twipple Thweat
      • Gwen has yet to win a major u.s. footrace, and this will continue. Laura FTW.
    • Ghost of Igloi
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      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 9:28PM - in reply to Twipple Thweat
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      • Get Alexi some Gu show she can take the race!
    • Old Running Fart
      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/5/2018 10:55PM - in reply to Evan Jogger
      • Old Running Fart
      • Personally Im looking forward to seeing Joan Benoit Samuelson break the record for 60+.

        I predict a sub 3 from her.
    • Weak field
      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/6/2018 12:59AM - in reply to Evan Jogger
      • Weak field
      • 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.
    • ***Weak***
      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/6/2018 1:00AM - in reply to Weak field
      • ***Weak***
      • 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.

        *weak
    • common sense1234
      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/6/2018 7:13AM - in reply to Weak field
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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.
    • ruppnroll
      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/6/2018 7:31AM - in reply to Evan Jogger
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      • Americans will go Thweatt then Jorgensen

        Pappas will be the top Greek if she doesn't DNF.
    • i can sometimes see the flatirons
      • RE: Jorgensen, Pappas, Thweatt -- Top USA woman at the Chicago Marathon: Who Ya Got?? 10/6/2018 7:53AM - in reply to ruppnroll
      • i can sometimes see the flatirons
      • Thweatt 2:25 (2:24s-2:27s)
        Jorgensen 2:28 (2:27s-low 2:30s)
        Pappas 2:32 (2:30-2:35)