Kellyn Taylor Runs 2:26 Th Hard Way- Womens OT Race Will Actually Be Interesting

Of those I would pick Sisson, Huddle and Taylor as the safest bets right now. In a year this will change of course.[/quote]

I'd say the safest bets are Hasay and Sisson, followed by Huddle, Taylor, Cragg, and Flanagan (if running)

Sloinnorcal wrote:

American men are weak wrote:

Because American men are weak and only want to run Beantown and Big Apple.

Shut up.

Could it be that besides maximizing potential American men also want to put food on the table for their families?

"Shut up"

-spectacular debate skills you've got there.

Yes and no wrote:

Time yes...but why do you claim that a 4th place at Prague is an automatic qualifier???

Top 5 at Prague according the the race announcers.

I wondered why she went out so fast- but she looks good and will be in the mix at the trials.

thinkerofot wrote:

Of those I would pick Sisson, Huddle and Taylor as the safest bets right now. In a year this will change of course.

I'd say the safest bets are Hasay and Sisson, followed by Huddle, Taylor, Cragg, and Flanagan (if running)[/quote]

The Marathon is a strange bloody event (Rod Dixon at the 84 Olympics).

No one is a lock but I think Hassay is the best bet to place.

I'd go with Huddle next but it's truly wide open.

runn wrote:

No one is a lock but I think Hassay is the best bet to place.

I'd go with Huddle next but it's truly wide open.

I agree that Hasay is the favorite if healthy but I'm curious why you'd go with Huddle over Sisson, Cragg or Flanagan. I get that Huddle is a serious talent but she has yet to really convert her 10000m and 1/2-marathon times to the marathon. So far her Huddle's best marathon netted her a 3rd place in NYC with is terrific but Flanagan has won that race and all three of those women have significantly faster PRs.

I agree. Why does Huddle make everyone's top 3? She is 7th on the trials qualifying list. Her time is closer to Roberta Groner(?) than being in the top 3.

1) Sisson 2) Hasay 3) Taylor or Linden

Ackley wrote:

YMMV wrote:

Of those I would pick Sisson, Huddle and Taylor as the safest bets right now. In a year this will change of course.

Hasay isn't as safe a bet as Taylor?

"Safe" takes into account injury history. If Hasay is 100% healthy, she is as good as on the team, but Taylor seems more durable (although I am not as familiar with her injury history). Huddle is also solid as far as injuries, and Sisson has the best overall combo.

team Unruly Bush wrote:

I agree. Why does Huddle make everyone's top 3? She is 7th on the trials qualifying list. Her time is closer to Roberta Groner(?) than being in the top 3.

I haven't been able to figure this out yet either. Every marathon, Huddle is the favorite. Every marathon, someone else wins.

You heard it here first wrote:

1) Sisson 2) Hasay 3) Taylor or Linden

Linden’s agent has indicated to several people that she is not running the trials. I think she already has a contract with Boston to run 2020.

She's a good runner.

Honestly, no sarcasm.

Firefighter Level 2, with a potential MA in Emergency Mgmt. in the future.

Raising a family.

Raising chickens.

And doing this marathon thing, running sub 2:30 consistently.

Damn!

reed wrote:

she went through 10k in 33;20. that's 2;20 pace I think. So dumb, don't know what she was thinking.

Dude did you even look at the race results or have any sense of what she was trying to do from the beginning? Heading in, on paper at least, Kellyn was in contention for the win with just a few other athletes. Prague isn't as deep as some other races out there so the choice was basically to run alone for 26.2 miles or to run with other people, compete, and try to hit a fast time. At least six were together through the first 5k & 10k, which means she beat two of them. 2:24-26 shape might not be good enough to make the team. She has run 2:24 and gave herself a chance to run 2:22. No shame in that. We criticize runners all the time for not going for it. Yeah, she started off fast but she gave it her all and ran hard. Time might not even have been 100% on her mind. She wanted to run with the top athletes and you just come on here to call her dumb. Chill, my guy. Kellyn is super tough & I hope she has a great race at the Trials.

I'm a Kellyn fan and agree that the criticism is a little overblown, but going out too fast is also kind of her MO. So it's a little frustrating to watch her seemingly make the same mistake over and over.

She's been in the grind for a while and continues to improve, so I'd be really happy to see her make the Tokyo team. I just hope she is willing to run for third instead of lead and blow up.

Why's no one mentioned Gwen yet on this thread?

She won't just make the team. She's taking home gold!

team Unruly Bush wrote:

I agree. Why does Huddle make everyone's top 3? She is 7th on the trials qualifying list. Her time is closer to Roberta Groner(?) than being in the top 3.

Not 100% saying she should firmly be in everyone's top-3 but she is the AR holder at 10k and the half marathon. She dominated the 10k for years. Daniels converts her 30:13 10k to 2:19:20. She clearly has untapped potential at the marathon. She has run 4 of them now and really only has tried to run fast in one of them. It didn't go great but it's impressive that not great for her is 2:26 (just like Taylor). I'm gonna take her at her word that she was off that day for whatever reason. She is clearly talented enough to get into the top-3.

An (incomplete) list of Trials Contenders: Hasay, Cragg, Sisson, Taylor, Hall, Flanagan if she runs/gets healthy, Huddle, Tuliamuk, Linden, Kieffer, Bates, Bruce, Jorgensen, Tabb, Nukuri, Kipyego.

I don't think anybody has been consistent enough to make them a lock. You have to like Hasay but I honestly would not be surprised to see any of these runners in the second or third spot. It's not ridiculous to put Huddle in there based on her past.

Right now I would say Hasay and Sisson are pretty solid to make the team. I don't think Huddle is a lock for the marathon. The 10K yes. Taylor has a good shot. Hall-longshot, Cragg-don't know her condition.

Aussiestatman wrote:

Gold label in riga 19th May. Maybe only three will go 2.11.30. Chance for two American men to make the Olympic trial not breaking 2.10

On the men’s side, this was the chance.

Third was 2.14.04.