ROJO analysis of the good and bad is fairly accurate

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2 months ago 05/21/2024 2:15pm EDT

I agree 100 percent with what he said about Grant Fisher. Grant is my favorite runner and the one I want to see medal more than any track athlete. I just don't think Grant has the closing speed to medal. His best chance is if a couple guys go for the win and he can get bast guys like he did at 2022 Worlds in the 10000m. His best chance at a medal is the 10000. I don't think he has any chance in the 5000. I really want him to get that elusive medal but he needs to find another gear by early August assuming he makes the team

2 months ago 05/21/2024 2:19pm EDT

re: michiganrunner58

Grant does need to wind it up from pretty far out at Worlds (and USAs) or he will face a grim fate. He should have confidence as the American record holder to go for it early if no one else is willing. The spirit of Pre flows through him.

2 months ago 05/21/2024 4:39pm EDT

re: the bencher

Not entirely sure I agree about Paul Chelimo, Patrick Dever beat him by 10 seconds and 2 places and combined with his 27:08 at the TEN means he will get a ranking and jump well ahead of Chelimo. Tadesse Getathon finished in a similar time and is already ahead of him, Felix Bour also finished ahead of him and has similar rankings. I don’t know what the deal with the Belgian winner is either. Hopefully not all the XC qualifiers will go either. I Guess there are still some ranking points to be gained at euros and NC’s although they are less likely to produce the times.

2 months ago 05/21/2024 4:55pm EDT

re: michiganrunner58

The WA ranking thing is a nightmare for hard-core fans to follow. The bonus points are pretty much kind of unfair in many instances. I really think they should have quota reallocation for all countries that have trials and actually mandate all countries to have trials.

2 months ago 05/21/2024 5:21pm EDT

re: rojo

In theory I agree on the trials, but for the vast majority of countries that don’t have the same depth and shoe dollars as you in the US, trials are an incredibly expensive way to pick a team when for the majority of events you won’t have more than 3 with the qualifying standards anyway.

in the UK the trials are only 2 days long which rules out most people doubling up. without a discretionary selectors pick for the final spot pick it’d be impossible to double up at all. I suspect this year people like George Mills for example will still have a very tricky decision (5 or 15) to make about what to enter at trials.

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