Author Topic: Fast Women - OTQ 2020 edition (Read 13559 times)

Coyote Mas Loco · « **Reply #20 on:** February 25, 2020, 02:49:52 PM »

Revised--just shuffling the favorites around a little bit. I still think Hasay and Linden are somewhat question in the question mark category.

Emily Sisson (less experienced but young and seems made for the marathon)
Sarah Hall (prolific racer but as tough as nails and a gamer)
Kellyn Taylor (look for her to run aggressively in the middle miles but maybe fade toward the end)
Molly Huddle (breakthrough?)
Jordany Hasay - Des Linden (I think one of these two will drop or maybe even not line up but either could be in the top 3 as well)
Aliphine Tiliamuk
Emma Bates
Sally Kipyego
Stephanie Bruce
Lindsay Flanagan
Laura Thweatt

2:25 to win. At least 2:27s to make the team.

diablita · « **Reply #21 on:** February 25, 2020, 04:55:34 PM »

Bourbon is whiskey, Larry

She's running both. Desi isn't going to sandbag. The Olympics is more likely to have cheating but she can't not try. She loves Boston.

nadra's babydaddy · « **Reply #22 on:** February 27, 2020, 10:36:58 PM »

Talked with former XC teammate who is running today (if a garbled message in all-caps about eating other people's souls followed by a 'hahaha thanks!' counts as talking). Confirmed, she is going to eat all the souls this weekend!

nadra's babydaddy · « **Reply #23 on:** February 28, 2020, 10:12:33 PM »

GOGOGOGO!!!!!

teetime · « **Reply #24 on:** February 28, 2020, 11:03:38 PM »

Quote from: Coyote Mas Loco on February 25, 2020, 02:49:52 PM

Revised--just shuffling the favorites around a little bit. I still think Hasay and Linden are somewhat question in the question mark category.

Emily Sisson (less experienced but young and seems made for the marathon)
Sarah Hall (prolific racer but as tough as nails and a gamer)
Kellyn Taylor (look for her to run aggressively in the middle miles but maybe fade toward the end)
Molly Huddle (breakthrough?)
Jordany Hasay - Des Linden (I think one of these two will drop or maybe even not line up but either could be in the top 3 as well)
Aliphine Tiliamuk
Emma Bates
Sally Kipyego
Stephanie Bruce
Lindsay Flanagan
Laura Thweatt

2:25 to win. At least 2:27s to make the team.

I listened to several of the contenders interviewed for the clean sport collective podcast recently and totally agree with your top three, just going from the psychological-vibe I got from each. I don't follow women's running closely enough to know who has done what recently but Sisson in particular struck me as being healthy and strong (in mind and body) enough to win. Huddle did not sound good in those same terms. I don't think they interviewed Hasay (no Nike runners and I'm sure baggage there with the clean sport group) and I didn't listen to Desi but think she needs unusual conditions to win.

Coyote Mas Loco · « **Reply #25 on:** February 29, 2020, 08:18:02 AM »

On letsrun there is someone saying that this is banned Nike coach Alberto Salazar at the host hotel in Atlanta. Could be, but also likely just a hoax just to get people riled up.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D-rpss8YruJeSj1bP029ue8p93zVDqfx/view

teetime · « **Reply #26 on:** February 29, 2020, 09:04:05 AM »

I mean, it does look like him but very tall thin runners with that certain posture aren't rare either.

He went to my high school (long before me) and our indoor field house had his records on the wall and our warm ups were called Salazars.

It's too bad his name is so sullied now.

nadra's babydaddy · « **Reply #27 on:** February 29, 2020, 12:21:45 PM »

SLAYER!

diablita · « **Reply #28 on:** February 29, 2020, 01:03:38 PM »

Women’s first lap about 4 miles up

Arrojo · « **Reply #29 on:** February 29, 2020, 03:01:10 PM »

Aliphene Tuliamuk apparently has 31 siblings.

Coyote Mas Loco · « **Reply #30 on:** February 29, 2020, 03:32:34 PM »

Wow! Seidel surprise of the year. First marathon and makes the team, how legendary is that?! Has long had potential but her injury issues, going back nearly a decade, have held her back. Great story.

Tiliamuk, we knew she and NAZ elite would be ready and that was a great win!

Kipyego, Mama take takes it home holding off Desi and Laura Thweatt.

Half the story will be what happened to Sisson, Hall, Hasay, Huddle?

nadra's babydaddy · « **Reply #31 on:** February 29, 2020, 03:36:01 PM »

I had to google Seidel. There was a great runnersworld article about her a few days ago. First marathon and a lot to overcome to get here.

https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a31093821/molly-seidel-marathon-trials-comeback/

Also from the article...

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“Tenth to 20th range would be a good day for me. All of these women are really good and have the times [to back it up]. I want to go out and be realistic, but not count myself out.”

I love it!

I also wish I'd gone to vegas and made a prop bet on exactly zero of Letsrun's "Big Five" making the team

Coyote Mas Loco · « **Reply #32 on:** February 29, 2020, 03:38:01 PM »

She was not on any of my top 10-12 lists because of not having run a marathon. But this course favored strong XC types like her and Thweatt.

Arrojo · « **Reply #33 on:** February 29, 2020, 03:56:45 PM »

Quote from: Coyote Mas Loco on February 29, 2020, 03:38:01 PM

She was not on any of my top 10-12 lists because of not having run a marathon. But this course favored strong XC types like her and Thweatt.

And she lives in Boston. I assume she’s been training up here. It’s been a mild winter.

SnarlyMarly · « **Reply #34 on:** February 29, 2020, 05:22:29 PM »

Quote from: Coyote Mas Loco on February 29, 2020, 03:38:01 PM

She was not on any of my top 10-12 lists because of not having run a marathon. But this course favored strong XC types like her and Thweatt.

I didn’t even put it together that she was from WI Her dad came up this way years ago with someone DH was coaching to get lactate tested. Remember that he had 3 kids running at University Lakes school (very prestigious small school). I just remembered that one was named Isabel. Small world

diablita · « **Reply #35 on:** February 29, 2020, 06:46:27 PM »

It was SUCH a tough day and course. Wind was whipping. They were gamers.

Headed to have a beer with the Rogue crew so might get the scoop on what happened to Allie, etc

nadra's babydaddy · « **Reply #36 on:** February 29, 2020, 09:56:35 PM »

And there is a podcast!

https://runningonom.com/podcast-225/?fbclid=IwAR3jiX2pT6410kWD9r5-ueBA1ts5CEOlk3MotzIexbBmIjvDZjatMGCYj8Y

nadra's babydaddy · « **Reply #37 on:** February 29, 2020, 10:08:10 PM »

In fairness, she wasn't a total unknown as she did make letsrun's "It would be a humongous upset if any of these women made the team, but I’ll mention them here just in case." list.

There was so much weirdness today, but I think her run takes the upset cake. Abdi is fucking crazy and was never mentioned as a contender either, but he's also a gamer and has been there before with the marathon and has a history of dropping huge surprise performances.

Tip of the cap to Korir and Desi for the razzie awards (or whatever 4th place pejorative) by not very much. It played out pretty much exactly how I thought it would with Desi. Spending much of the race perched at the front grinding it out, then not quite having the gears to hang with the top contenders, but not completely falling apart either to hang on for somewhere from 5th to 7th. Of course she did me one better and got 4th, beating everyone from 'the big five' in the process. The commentators were acting like it was a huge upset that she didn't make it, but I thought she ran a hell of a race!

nadra's babydaddy · « **Reply #38 on:** March 01, 2020, 03:55:56 PM »

Also my college teammate placed 51st/390 with a ~2:41. About a minute faster than her CIM qualifying time from december. Looking at how others fared on this course relative to their previous marks, that was pretty damn impressive! Almost picked off Hasay too

diablita · « **Reply #39 on:** March 01, 2020, 09:03:46 PM »

that's super impressive!

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Author Topic: Fast Women - OTQ 2020 edition (Read 13559 times)