With the course having a lot of climbing and descending, in each of its three loops, and 1500 feet total gain, is this an opportunity for someone like Walmsley to make the team? Seems like this would suit his lifetime of training skillset.
With the course having a lot of climbing and descending, in each of its three loops, and 1500 feet total gain, is this an opportunity for someone like Walmsley to make the team? Seems like this would suit his lifetime of training skillset.
lol
That tremendous elevation gain will cost him any chance at 2:09. I predict 2nd place in 2:13:46.97.
if the course had 8000' of gain, not 1000', Jim would probably win. but with 6000' gain I don't think he'd win.
No. Zero chance of a top 10 finish.
Maybe, if the Coconino Cowboys acts as pacers.
He has to qualify first. That being said, it is the marathon, so it is not that competitive anyhow. But it is over simplistic to think that none of the other competitors will be able to handle the whopping 1000 feet of vertical over 26.2 miles with over a year to train for it. I would be more concerned about rain, snow or humidity. Spring weather is never easy to predict and is often times rainy and or snowy in Atlanta that time of year
Given how weak current US Marathoners are; Jim should easily make the team. And yes, major disrespect to our Marathoners bc a culture of “2:15’ers” is a disrespect to our sport. Jim should make them pay and expose them.
Nostradumbass........ wrote:
That tremendous elevation gain will cost him any chance at 2:09. I predict 2nd place in 2:13:46.97.
I lol'ed at 'tremendous'. 1000 ft is nothing, especially on a smooth road.
Who?
The last hilly Trials course (other than NYC Central Park) was 2000 in Pittsburgh. Check the times and talent -
http://www.usatf.org/events/2000/OlympicTrials-marathon/men/results.asp
Best of luck to him running any race that has real doping controls.
Correct me if I am wrong, but a course that is three loops would have zero gain.
A course that finishes higher than it started has gain.
I'm sure a net gain would suit him.
lkjlj wrote:
The last hilly Trials course (other than NYC Central Park) was 2000 in Pittsburgh. Check the times and talent -
http://www.usatf.org/events/2000/OlympicTrials-marathon/men/results.asp
How was the weather during this race? Was it held in May?
Who?
UltraFan wrote:
With the course having a lot of climbing and descending, in each of its three loops, and 1500 feet total gain, is this an opportunity for someone like Walmsley to make the team? Seems like this would suit his lifetime of training skillset.
Why would Walmsley have any advantage over any other runner?
Everyone who qualifies and shows up to the start line will have incorporated more hill training into their workout to get ready for the "climbing".
lkjlj wrote:
The last hilly Trials course (other than NYC Central Park) was 2000 in Pittsburgh. Check the times and talent -
http://www.usatf.org/events/2000/OlympicTrials-marathon/men/results.asp
Here's a Rod DeHaven interview from around that time.
http://www.letsrun.com/dehaven.htmllkjlj wrote:
The last hilly Trials course (other than NYC Central Park) was 2000 in Pittsburgh. Check the times and talent -
http://www.usatf.org/events/2000/OlympicTrials-marathon/men/results.asp
How in the world did Todd Williams (13:19 / 27:30 / 42:22 15k) only run 2:30 marathon? That should have been damn near easy pace for him.
No advantage at all. The hills in Atlanta are not as hard as the hills in Boston. The course in Atlanta is a bit harder than the trials in NY, but not by a lot. The course is basically on the Peachtree Road Race route. There is a rhythm to the hills in Atlanta. Whatever goes up, must come down. So, you just have to balance your efforts going up with resting going down. Unless you do all your training in Nebraska, there should be no issue for runners to be prepared to run well on a rolling course in Atlanta.
Great interview with Rod Dehaven. Thanks for that link.
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Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
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