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I am a big fan.
i hope she makes the team
I mean, Sara Hall almost pulled off something similar by running New York City after PRing at Berlin. (She dropped out at Mile 18.) Those races are 5 weeks apart. This is what? 7 weeks... Run her last trials in Atlanta, cash that appearance fee check, and enjoy all the bourbon whiskey she wants.
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Bourbon is whiskey, Larry.
Runners run
Bourbon. Whiskey. It's all good. Go Desi!
Mmmm Bop
You can’t beat a good Irish coffee. 👍
36 isn’t that old for a marathoner and 51 days is plenty of time.
5k - 17:53 (4/19) 10k - 37:53 (11/18) Half - 1:23:18 (4/19) Full - 2:50:43 (4/19)
Are we there, yet?
You can’t beat a good Irish coffee. 👍 36 isn’t that old for a marathoner and 51 days is plenty of time.
Take a look at the top 100 women marathoners. All but a handful, maybe a half dozen, are in their 20s. We're not talking hobbyjoggers where the average age is close to 40.
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
At 36 you’ll still have a shot at the marathon (compared to middle distances) Kipchoge is 35, Farah is 36. Seven weeks between marathons isn’t ideal whatever age you are, but she’s obviously going to pick up a lot of dough running Boston. If the race isn’t going to plan then she can DNF. Good luck to her. 👍
At 36 you’ll still have a shot at the marathon (compared to middle distances) Kipchoge is 35, Farah is 36. Seven weeks between marathons isn’t ideal whatever age you are, but she’s obviosly going to pick up a lot of dough in appearance money at Boston. If the race isn’t going to plan then she can DNF. Good luck to her. 👍
Of course there are outliers. Mary Keitany is still a podium threat in any marathon she runs, but that's the exception. The peak age seems to be late 20s.
Look at Yuki Kawauchi
I am a huge Yuki fan ever since his daring third place finish in Tokyo years ago but his ill advised over racing had kept him out of the 2016 Olympics in my opinion.
She certainly has a lot of motivation to run Boston given the attendance pay she must be pulling just to toe the line. I can't blame her but it's a bad move if the Olympics are her goal. I don't think it is.