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How many of these pb's are on a downhill course? What are the best half marathon times from the debuts? Could any of them translate a 63 half into a 2.10?

Aussiestatman wrote:

How many of these pb's are on a downhill course? What are the best half marathon times from the debuts? Could any of them translate a 63 half into a 2.10?

downhill courses? where's your pr from boy?

Wilkerson Given for the win in 2:10:35

Shouts to CIM management for investing in and developing US marathoning. That list is pretty long and gives a whole lot of people a chance to hit an OTQ & for a whole lot of people to run the A standard.

Queue people coming on here before and after the race to say it's downhill and times don't count but I think most people that have run the race find it fairly honest. There are rollers in the front half. The nice part about the race is that it's a slight downhill the final 10k.

I think there's something to the hype of this race where people believe it to be a fast race and go in with positive vibes on race day. If you get a good weather day like last year, you get a lot of people putting together good races. It's not something we should be salty about -- we should celebrate fast times.

NewtotheSouthSide wrote:

Shouts to CIM management for investing in and developing US marathoning. That list is pretty long and gives a whole lot of people a chance to hit an OTQ & for a whole lot of people to run the A standard.

It's the US Championship, so the assembled field is a reflection of that fact, not actual recruitment by CIM management. Field is thick with numbers, but no depth whatsoever. About like last year, but maybe not quite as good overall.

See I am wrote:

NewtotheSouthSide wrote:

Shouts to CIM management for investing in and developing US marathoning. That list is pretty long and gives a whole lot of people a chance to hit an OTQ & for a whole lot of people to run the A standard.

It's the US Championship, so the assembled field is a reflection of that fact, not actual recruitment by CIM management. Field is thick with numbers, but no depth whatsoever. About like last year, but maybe not quite as good overall.

No depth whatsoever? What? It's thick but has no depth. Bro, that ain't right;)

Can we Expect Great Things from the all the people who have very little chance to making the Olympic team?

The answer is... Yes, as long as the skies aren't smoky and the 'thoners have dreams in their hearts.

S.O.W.P.

How many of the times listed are from the last 12 months? It seems really outdated.

NewtotheSouthSide wrote:

Queue people coming on here before and after the race to say it's downhill and times don't count but I think most people that have run the race find it fairly honest. There are rollers in the front half. The nice part about the race is that it's a slight downhill the final 10k.

“Our strong field featuring a mix of savvy veterans and talented debutants is poised and ready to take advantage of CIM’s famously fast ‘downhill to downtown’ course while chasing times, titles, and a piece of our nearly $150,000 championship prize purse.”

-CIM Race Director Eli Asch

am I See wrote:

See I am wrote:

It's the US Championship, so the assembled field is a reflection of that fact, not actual recruitment by CIM management. Field is thick with numbers, but no depth whatsoever. About like last year, but maybe not quite as good overall.

No depth whatsoever? What? It's thick but has no depth. Bro, that ain't right;)

Duh, it's a Choad field.

Captain Obvi wrote:

am I See wrote:

No depth whatsoever? What? It's thick but has no depth. Bro, that ain't right;)

Duh, it's a Choad field.

You won't be saying that in the afternoon of December 2nd when they rip that course to threads!!! There, I told ya so!!!!

thanks for that, been checking CIM and USATF all week, nada

Emma Bates has a 1:11 half, she will OTQ the question is how close to 2:30

Please post what year they ran those PBs.

Example

Arciniaga 2:11:30 in January of 2011. 7 years ago and hasn’t run under 2:17 in 5 years.

is that Tommy Rivers in there?

didn't he just do a marathon this past weekend (paced Kellyn Taylor halfway to her half PR)

William Nation has been training like an animal. His Strava is getting a ton of action. No one in the state of Texas would be shocked if he gets down in the 2:05-06 range.

65 women under 2:45 and you say there's no depth???????

Didn't Stephanie just run New York like 2 weeks ago. Is she really healthy enough to go compete less than a month later. Seems kinda risky to me.

Martin Hehir and Haron Lagat are two interesting names on the list.

Stephanie Bruce wrote:

Didn't Stephanie just run New York like 2 weeks ago. Is she really healthy enough to go compete less than a month later. Seems kinda risky to me.

Questions should be punctuated with a question mark (?) not a period.