Men's Olympic Trials Marathon 2 weeks out

[nadra's babydaddy]

Who is this dork??   

[diablita]

My phone’s gonna die but if you follow me on IG @ ginger_in_wnc you can see a few vids

[nadra's babydaddy]

You’ve got to be shitting me

[nadra's babydaddy]

ABDIABDIABDI!!!! How the hell is he even up there?

[nadra's babydaddy]

ABDI FUCKING ABDIRAHMAN ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

[Arrojo]

Abdirahman is 43. Never heard of him, but that’s pretty cool.  Good finish.

[Coyote Mas Loco]

Abdirahman is 43. Never heard of him, but that’s pretty cool.  Good finish.

This is his 5th Olympic team for USA.

He's a gamer. I was thinking Lagat maybe.

[Coyote Mas Loco]

Walmsley fans go home devastated.

Sorry about Ward! I really wanted him to make another team.

Rupp dominant and back into form.

Abdi makes his 5th Oly team and smashes USA masters record by 2+ minutes on a tough course!

Riley ran the race of his life, peaked at the right time. Lee Troop is a very good coach. 

[nadra's babydaddy]

YESYESYES!!! I told you bitches Walmsley would beat Ward! And I'm sure after investigations are completed and it's proven that the first 21 runners cut the course that he will be awarded his rightful spot on the team 

[SnarlyMarly]

YESYESYES!!! I told you bitches Walmsley would beat Ward! And I'm sure after investigations are completed and it's proven that the first 21 runners cut the course that he will be awarded his rightful spot on the team 

 

Race was exciting.   With 1.5 to go I thought  AA’s legs looked iffy.

[CheryG]

Walmsley's training has fascinated me. It's like he only runs at race pace twice a month?

[Coyote Mas Loco]

Race was exciting.   With 1.5 to go I thought  AA’s legs looked iffy.

yeah looked like he was falling apart and that was almost a walk of sorts, but those guys were going sub 5s

[diablita]

The lead packs were amazing to watch.  Very little form breakdown from any of them where we were watching which was close to the top of the course so one of the hardest spots: they came up a looooong hill, crested then down a short hill to the turnaround, then back up again before the next long down.  We had a couple of the mortals drop to the ground by the ATC staffer next to us, then get back up to gut it out.  I'm not surprised that by the time they got close to the finish they were on their last legs.

[Coyote Mas Loco]

I guess I never updated a prediction list so this is just seed times-

2:06:07 Galen Rupp (1st)
2:07:56  Leonard KORIR  (4th)
2:09:09 Scott Fauble (12th)
2:09:25 Jared Ward (27th)
2:10:36  Jacob RILEY (2nd)
2:10:37  Jerrell MOCK (dnf)
2:10:53  Parker STINSON (dns, and his MIL is really really REALLY mad at him, something about an encounter with a 'barfly' 10 days before OTs)
2:10:56  Andrew BUMBALOUGH (dnf)
2:11:10  Matt MCDONALD (10th)
2:11:14  Matt LLANO    (38th)
2:11:14 Scott SMITH     (19th)
2:11:38  Brendan GREGG (14th)


Ward and Fauble falling off and 43 year old Abdi finishing third were the biggest surprises here. I thought Riley might make top 6, esp after Stinson Stinsoned the start.