dsfrer wrote:
Sesamoiditis wrote:
Keitany, Flanagan, and Linden (wind aided) ran about 5 minutes off their PBs. Tusa was about 3 and a half minutes off her PB. Cheruyot was over 7 minutes off her PB. It was tactical but she didn't even run the second half in sub 2:20 pace off a slow first half in perfect conditions.
The times at Boston may have been slow for the top women but it does count for her gaining experience in marathon training and racing. A 7+ minute improvement seems less likely now that we have seen what she can do after training for the marathon seriously for a few cycles now.
We'll resvisit this when Molly runs sub 2:20
I'm a big Molly fan and truly hope she can run 2:20.
However, I'm wondering if she is more like former training partner, Kim Smith, who was much better up to the half and never quite matched that in the marathon.