Way too early top 5 picks, bust and wild cards for the US Marathon Trials

I’d put Emma Bates somewhere on that list. Maybe Wild Card.

I think Jard will perform well and make the team. I think Danthan will surprise people and make the team.

Be careful, if you diss the Black Cactus in anyway, the mods will delete your post AND ban you.

Fauble doesn't win races. He won two in college - 2012 WCC Preview and the 2014 Oak Knoll Loop Run in 2014. As a pro he seems to have won only one race - Lake Nona 15k in 2015. Anyways, you obviously have a bias against NOP and for Tyler Andrews.

OP, how is Lagat not on your list?

Hey watch your mouth wrote:

I think Jard will perform well and make the team. I think Danthan will surprise people and make the team.

Stanely will be a close third.

Kung Pow Chicken wrote:

OP, how is Lagat not on your list?

Did you see how he did at NYC? I guess if I did put him on the list it would be on the bust list.

Jordan, Molly AND Amy Cragg as Busts? Hell no. Maybe one of these will not do well. Cragg hasn't raced a ton lately and might be out of shape/dealing with injury again. But Hasay has never been beaten by an American woman. She'd have to have a REALLY bad day. As in really really bad to not come in top 3.

My two safe picks are Hasay & Sisson and the third is wide open.

Wild card on men's side:

Any of the umpteen US guys due to run sub 2:10 any moment now.

Meb is now retired. (Meb retired since 2017 TCS NYC marathon.)

2020 US men's top 5:

1. Scott Fauble

2. Tyler Andrews

3. Chris Derrick

4. Noah Droddy

5. Parker Stinson

NYC - first marathon for Lagat

Second marathon - 2:12

My pick

Galen

Jared

Lagat

This is the worst post I've seen in a week.

Although he hasn't raced since his surgery to show where his fitness is, I would have to guess Rupp's fitness will be where it needs to be come Trials Day and he is as more of a lock to make the US Team than Kipchoge is to win any marathon he enters. (In other words, a healthy Rupp is a couple of minutes faster than Fauble/Ward/etc. so he has room for error.)

My wild card would be Martin Hehir. (If Korir is running the Trials, you can't really say he is a wild card.)

Ackley wrote:

Although he hasn't raced since his surgery to show where his fitness is, I would have to guess Rupp's fitness will be where it needs to be come Trials Day and he is as more of a lock to make the US Team than Kipchoge is to win any marathon he enters. (In other words, a healthy Rupp is a couple of minutes faster than Fauble/Ward/etc. so he has room for error.)

My wild card would be Martin Hehir. (If Korir is running the Trials, you can't really say he is a wild card.)

Rupp has an incredible base so it's not as if he was starting from square one when he resumed running. All he would need is six months of training well to be a shoo-in to win the trials. Ward has run 2:09 and has been very consistent so there is only one spot open. If Ritz has another DNF or finishes in 2:15, or so, at Chicago, I give him little chance of making the team.

Tyler Andrews in the top-5?

GTFO

LoyalFriendAndTrue wrote:

This is the worst post I've seen in a week.

Impossible, for it's about running.

Definitely too soon to say, but on the men's side my picks are Rupp, Ward, Fauble. If Biwott has a great day, he could beat Ward or Fauble, or if Rupp's bounce back from his injury goes bad (and he can't start) Biwott is my next pick.

The women's picks are even harder because of not knowing for sure who's gonna be on the start line, and in what shape. But I'm going with Hasay, Sisson, Huddle. Kellyn Taylor is my #4 and has a legit chance.

I can't consider Rupp a potential bust. Whether you like the guy or not, he's raced smart in his championship marathons. Also, Huddle races very smart as well. I can't see either of them missing the team if they're both fully fit or maybe even only 85-90%.

I think Jared Ward is a good pick to make the team because the guy is just really good at the marathon. He knows how to execute. A sleeper pick for the men, if he races and qualified, would be Tyler Pennel. He races with guts and he's performed well in the marathon and other USATF road races. Wamsley is also very intriguing because he's rather unknown for how he'll perform in this, but I can't count that guy out.

Women's team: 1. Sisson, 2. Huddle, 3. Linden

Mens team: 1. Rupp, 2. Ward, 3. Stinson

This is really so easy. There used to be a lot up in the air, but with Flanagan and Cragg injured, there is a clear top 3 on both sides.

1. Rupp

2. Ward

3. Fauble

1. Hasay

2. Sisson

3. Huddle

With the way NOP is rolling now and hasay and rupp both seeming healthy, there's no way they will be beaten.

Do you only follow running through Social media or what?