Fauble, Hall, Huddle, Sisson, Ward - what happened?

Seemed to work okay with using LA to replicate Rio conditions. Galen won there and medalled in Rio. Ward 6th in Rio. Then all 3 women in top 9 (moving up as dopers get pulled). So using a hilly course made sense for Tokyo before the Sapporo move.

i agree. rupp was playing with the field by doing repeated surges and then almost jogging to let them catch up. i was obvious by 15 miles that unless he got hurt it was game over. he is just in a completely different class, the kind of class it takes to medal in the olympics. on paper there are many runners with faster times in the world but there are not many that can beat him. his 10k and mile times are way better than 99.9% of the world's best marathoners. once he retires, it might be a very long time before another american can compete on the world stage at distance.

runnerdave wrote:

Just wondering if our next Olympic trials shouldn't be held on a flatter course (unlike Atlanta) and in the cool of the day (unlike L.A.). Not to take anything away from the winners, but why have, by all accounts, a nasty course that takes out so many of our best runners. Would a fast, flat and cool course be such a horrible choice?

Is the Olympic Marathon usually a cool flat race?

Everyone ran the same course under the same conditions and the cream rose to the top. The best won the race. If someone is being labeled as one of our "best runners" then they should have performed better on race day. That's why we have races not time trials. 'Erbody goes to CIM or Chicago and runs some blazing time then come race day on a real course people like us go "what happened?" when they "underperform".

Alan

Those athletes are all media/social media sensations. All of them are incredibly marketable in their own unique way. Running well had little correlation to social media or media likability.

on the gram wrote:

Sission said in IG that she dropped at mile 21 to save her body for the 10km when it was clear she wasn’t able to compete for a spot. She said that was the race plan she had from her coach from the start

That right there is why she didn't make the team. You cant go into a race like that with a contingency plan in case you are way outside the top 3. Not when you are one of the pre-race favorites. Don't give yourself an out of it start getting tough. Don't let yourself even consider that you might not finish top three. If things start going south, you push through them and get back on track. Or you completely blow up and legitimately DNF, none of planning to fail nanny-panny.

2:10 Rupp wrote:

Icouldbeyourmom wrote:

Rupp is 5’11. That isn’t short for a male marathoner at all. This makes no sense. I guarantee you male runners who are shorter than Rupp are probably also lighter.

I’m 5’10” myself, and 130 lbs. A runner who looks as thin as me and his similar BMI but is 5’6” is going to be 115 lbs. 15 lbs less weight to haul up those hills

Are you a woman?

This. If you’re 5’10” and over the age of 17 you need to go to Burger King and start pounding some cheeseburgers.

not meant to be wrote:

There were people that thought Lagat and Derrick and Austin Brogan had a chance.

It’s Brogan Austin and he’s the US champ, show some respect, lol.

I think among all top finishers Riley wanted to make it the most. Other 5 winners have a pro contract . And koror and des already made olympics and earns from their contract.

Riley knew if he lost today, he is done. He rejected a pro contract for this. This was do or die situation for him

Anybody know what happened to Ritz?

Homer Daily wrote:

WaddleOn wrote:

Sounds fishy. Think it was one of those Bib Mule situations?

Did Ward mule for McMillian, or was it the other way around? I think I saw Ward on the broadcast at one point, but that doesn't prove anything as we've see some of the recent marathon cheats have learned from Rossi's mistake and managed to get on course here and there to be photographed.

I've emailed Doubler to look into this situation on marathoninvestigation.com - hopefully we can stop these guys (IF they did cheat) before they use their times to get into the 2021 Boston Marathon.

I was watching in the chute, McMillan and Ward both ran by into the finish.

Mod, Rojo, Wejo, whoever,

Please change the name of the thread to "Unofficial Post OT Course/Rupp Analysis Thread."

WaddleOn wrote:

on the gram wrote:

Sission said in IG that she dropped at mile 21 to save her body for the 10km when it was clear she wasn’t able to compete for a spot. She said that was the race plan she had from her coach from the start

That right there is why she didn't make the team. You cant go into a race like that with a contingency plan in case you are way outside the top 3. Not when you are one of the pre-race favorites. Don't give yourself an out of it start getting tough. Don't let yourself even consider that you might not finish top three. If things start going south, you push through them and get back on track. Or you completely blow up and legitimately DNF, none of planning to fail nanny-panny.

Same feelings about Sara Hall. Back to back DNF's at the Trials because it didn't end well. Idk man, no other sport can you just walk off field/court/rink/field of competition because it's not panning out in your favor. Just not a fan at all of this entitlement approach. Unless something is seriously structurally wrong, you just don't quit because your feelings are hurt. It's hard to find sympathy in that.

It IS a business, too, man. Dropping out means a chance to use Trials fitness for a payday in a month or two, as a consolation.

older runner wrote:

i agree. rupp was playing with the field by doing repeated surges and then almost jogging to let them catch up. i was obvious by 15 miles that unless he got hurt it was game over. he is just in a completely different class, the kind of class it takes to medal in the olympics. on paper there are many runners with faster times in the world but there are not many that can beat him. his 10k and mile times are way better than 99.9% of the world's best marathoners. once he retires, it might be a very long time before another american can compete on the world stage at distance.

Look at Rupps splits . His Almost jogging pace was still Sub 5 , even on the uphill sections. Plus his tactics . He was where he should be the first 10 miles. Behind a wall of front runners. I have no idea why sara hall, and sisson felt they needed to be at the very front the first 10.

Someone start a petition to get Derrick and Bumbalough, the two most likely to retire after a disappointing result, to race Boston and the 10,000 trials. This is the wrong way to end solid if not Rupp-level careers.

on the gram wrote:

Sission said in IG that she dropped at mile 21 to save her body for the 10km when it was clear she wasn’t able to compete for a spot. She said that was the race plan she had from her coach from the start

This is a bad plan. Those who succeed in these races are singularly focused on the task...NO MATTER WHAT! Most runners that I know that have a plan B...when the going gets tough...and it will...they take the plan B instead of stick it out!

Yes, I’m female. 5’10” and my weight hovers around 130-132. I’ve noticed many of the elite male runners are shorter than me though. Many of them in the 5’7”-5’9” range. Galen always stood out to me as one of the taller ones even though he isn’t *that* tall for a male in general.

I think shorter lighter women are more built for the sport than I am (5’4” and 110 lbs for example). But I’ve always been lean and smaller boned and can eat what I want so I’m not complaining too much about being tall. I do think it hurts me on hills though

slow guyyy wrote:

Basically everybody who was a "sure thing" today went home devastated, except, guess who, Galen MF Rupp. His sub-2:10 today on this mountainous course may in fact be his "best" marathon to date.

Galen Rupp was the only sure thing. Far above every other competitor when healthy. Every one else are running 1980 times. Pathetic.

oldmanstillrunning wrote:

Ward and one of his training partners, Connor McMillan, ran exactly the same mile splits throughout the race according to USATF results. They finished 26th and 27th in 2:15:55. I'm guessing Ward knew early it wasn't going t be his day and decided to just stay with the recent BYU graduate and try to stay up with him or help him out.

These guys couldn't win if they were running in the 1980 trials when the top 3 all ran under 2:11 led by Tony Sandoval. That's how far we've come folks.