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Born in the USA: Everything you need to know about the Americans in the 2011 ING New York City Marathon, by Jon Gugala, note by Larry Eder

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This is Jon’s first contribution to Runblogrun. He has written for Running Times in the past and resides in Santa Cruz, California. We hope you enjoy his take on the Elite side of the 2011 ING NYCM Marathon, with a keen eye on the Americans….


Born in the USA:
Everything You Need to Know about the Americans in the 2011 New York City Marathon
by Jon Gugala

The U.S. Olympic team trials for the marathon are looming, but January 14, 2012 hasn’t scared away some of the most promising young marathoners to make their debuts in New York City. Also present is a cast of veteran racers eager to reestablish themselves as we head toward Houston. Here’s the pantheon before they attempt to ascend Olympus on Sunday:

2009 New York City Marathon champ and 2004 Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi was conspicuously absent from the Wednesday American press conference.

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Keflezighi_MebFV-SanJose11.JPGMeb Keflezighi, 2011 RNR San Jose, photo by PhotoRun.net


Keflezighi, who turned 36 in May, has had a year swirled with controversy. Debate raged as to why the former third-place finisher at Boston (2006) didn’t compete in a spring marathon. He comes into New York with a pair of recent half marathon wins (Rock ‘n Roll San Diego and San Jose, 1:02:50 and 1:02:17, respectively), but they were solo efforts without real competition. He’ll face a cast of 2:03-2: 05 marathon PRs in the field on Sunday (and a 58:46 half marathon debutante in Matthew Kisorio). (None the less, here is Meb’s record in New York: 2010: 6th, 2:11:38; 2009: 1st, 2:09:15; 2006: 20th, 2:22:02; 2005: 3rd, 2:09:56; 2004: 2nd, 2:09:53; 2002: 9th, 2:12:35.)

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Bobby Curtis, 2009 Brutus Hamilton/NYRR Distance Carnival,
photo by PhotoRun.net

Also on the men’s side are debutantes Bobby Curtis, 26, and Ed Moran, 30. Curtis is coming off a 1:01:53 half marathon PR in the 2011 Philadelphia Rock ‘n Roll and a fourth-place finish at the USATF Championships 10,000m. In May, he cut his 10,000m time down to 27:24.67–momentum is certainly on his side.

Moran-Rupp-USAout10.JPGEd Moran (and Galen Rupp), 2010 USA 10,000m,
photo by Photorun.net


Moran comes to New York as the prodigal son returning. Hailing from Staten Island, Moran notched a 13:25.87 5,000m PR while still in college in 2005. But more significant is Moran’s cross country background, most recently his 3rd at the 2011 USAs. “I’m not a pure trackster. I feel like I can handle anything that the course can throw at me,” he says. For a race that favors harriers (Gebremariam, anyone?), Moran looks promising.

Fleshman_Lauren-World11.JPGLauren Fleshman, 2011 World Champs, photo by PhotoRun.net


On the women’s side, there are the Right and Left Hand of the Father in Lauren Fleshman and Jen Rhines. Both of these girls are sharp; Fleshman really rounded into form after USATF Championships, winning the 5,000m at the Aviva London Grand Prix in 15:00.57 while simultaneously punching her ticket to the World Championships in Daegu (she would finish 7th in the final). But for all her speed, Fleshman is debuting, and her one half marathon to date was an XTERRA trail run.

 

Rhines_JenFV-Houston11.JPGJenn Rhines, 2011 USA Half Marathon Champs (Houston),
photo by PhotoRun.net

At a hale 37-years-old, Jen Rhines has been on a tear this year, taking wins at the USARC half marathon and 15km Championships, and pulling off two top-five finishes at USATFs (3rd, 10,000m; 4th, 5,000m). Rhines is looking as sharp as ever, and she’s already spent time with the marathon at the turn of the century, twice dipping below 2:30 (2004 U.S. Trials, 2:29:57; 2006 Rome, 2:29:32). She is a dangerous woman, and a dark horse candidate going in to Sunday.

There are a trio of American women who will be looking to run in the low 2:30s. The one to watch is Molly Pritz, 23, of Rochester Hills, Mich. Once with the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, she claimed the first women’s USARC title for the team ever (USA 25km champs, 1:25:28). Now sponsorless, Pritz is hungry, both literally and figuratively. “Pride’s on the line,” she says of her debut.

“You don’t want to run a marathon under everything you have.” Jennifer Houck, now of Minneapolis, is also someone you should expect to finish in the low-2:30s. This girl loves racing marathons, and frequently: she ran Boston in April (2:34:28) and then Grandma’s in June (2:33:00). “The ideal [is] to gain off of that first marathon . . . and to come into that next one stronger and fitter,” she says.

Finally, Sarah Porter debuts as well. Porter was a D-II 10,000m Champion in the spring for Western Washington University. She followed it up with a huge PR at the USATF Championships (32:57.15), and was fifth at the USA 10 Mile Championships (55:01).

The U.S. has a strong crop of both debutantes and veterans that will race on November 6. The biggest reason this race matters is that everything, everything going into the trials in January has to do with momentum. Look to see who’s got it on Sunday. 


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  • Larry Eder

    Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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