A front-running group of 14 passed 15M in 1:25:10, and a dozen still remained in contention at 19 (1:47:31). The leaders pushed on with big names Emily Sisson, Sara Hall, Laura Thweatt and Kellyn Taylor being fixtures at the front. “It was real iffy especially on the hills and at 12M I lost the group and from there it was all about finishing,” and she did, a far-back 26th in 2:37:57. “My lower back has been an issue this past week,” she lamented afterwards. Halfway was reached in 1:14:38 and top-seed Jordan Hasay was lagging behind 21 seconds off the pace. Not much changed as the lead clump of 21 stretched across the road as they passed 10M in 57:02 (2:29:30 pace).
After cruising the opening 2M in a paltry 11:51, the pace picked up a little by 5M in 28:54 (2:31:33 pace) with a megapack of 27 runners crammed within 2 seconds. The race pace and drama got off to a slow start facing the prospect of a hilly course on a windy day.
(KEVIN MORRIS)ĪTLANTA, GEORGIA, February 29-After months of anticipation, the women’s Olympic Trial marathon was chock-full of surprises as many of the favorites were dropped by 20M, and the unexpected trio of Aliphine Tuliamuk (2:27:23), Molly Seidel (2:27:31) and Sally Kipyego (2:28:52) ran themselves onto the Tokyo team. Aliphine Tuliamuk emerged from a large lead pack for a surprise win.
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