5 weeks out—Gimme your top 5 for the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials

I got D'Amato, Sisson, Bates

Men are tougher, Rupp, Fauble, Mekonen

I like that you included Mekonen.

However I don’t see any scenario that doesn’t include Saina or Panning.

I don't think Bates or Mantz will run. Half the field will drop at the half, once they realize they're not going to be in the top 5. Why finish a hot humid race 8 minutes off your PR? Save it for a bigger payday in a spring race. Recent race performances and scheduled upcoming races tell you who's not taking this one seriously or who has a coach that doesn't know what they're doing.

Could you give an example? Are you talking about those who are doing Houston or Naples Half Marathon 3 weeks out on Jan. 14th?

CJ Albertson, Clayton Young, Galen Rupp, Sam Chelanga, Scott Fauble.

Men- Fauble, Rupp, Mantz, Young, Albertson

Women - Sisson, Saina, Seidel, D’Amato, Hall

Mantz is not struggling with training. He’s fully back and his training is going great, aside from being a little sick this week. Despite a small illness, his week has been great.

Men: 1) Rupp, 2) Mantz, 3) Fauble, 4) Panning, 5) Futsum

Wild Cards: Korir, Chelimo (is he running?), Kipchirchir, True

Dark Horses: Ward, Bennie, Stinson, Pennel

Women: 1) Sisson, 2) Seidel, 3) Saina, 4) D'Amato 5) Hall

Wild Cards: Bates, Tuliamuk, Huddle

Dark Horses: Rojas, Rohrer, Taylor, half marathoners dk if anybody is running

Biya will be in the mix

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I'm a big supporter of US distance running, but this is pathetic. Depressing actually.

I like your picks. If Seidel is in good form she could challenge. Also Young and Mantz should have a decent shot.

Probably be more fun if you guys stopped making these threads

I'll take, in no order, a mix of Pannning, CJ (or he drops at 14), Rupp, Mantz, and Futsum as a wild card.

A guess at the order: Panning, CJ, Futsum, Rupp, Mantz. Interested to see how guys like Mickow, Lara, Bennie, Chelenga and Fauble compete. Mickow and Bennie can definitely take some scalps with the likely conditions- nothing for them to lose

In the women’s race, I would not sleep on Lindsay Flanagan, especially if it’s really hot in Orlando. She has been doing her pre-Trials training in Australia, so she should be acclimated to the weather, and I just feel like she is a gamer who would excel in those conditions.

Yeah I think he’s a great dark horse pick. 2:10 debut in the spring and four half marathons between 60:37 and 61:28 in the last two years. In fact I’ll take East African descendants with Iowa connections for both men’s and women’s teams.

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But let’s be honest, it’s a crapshoot.

Paul Chelimo

Surprised no mention of 2:23 Sara Vaughn.

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