2020 USA Olympic Team Trials Marathon - As It Happens

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Note, as you read these reports, updates will appear in reverse chronological order. Newest updates will be at the top of each section.

The weather at the start is reported as 46 degrees with 15mph winds, gusting to 26mph. By the finish it should be getting to the low 50s. This is a good temperature for a marathon, but the wind will be a factor.

Men's Race | Women's Race

The 2020 USA Olympic Marathon Trials - Men

Finish (2:09:20). Galen Rupp wins his second Olympic Trials! Behind, Jacob Riley runs to a personal best finish of 2:10:02 and Abdi Abdirahman takes third place in 2:10:03 to earn his fifth trip to the Olympics!

Mile 25 (2:03:08). Galen Rupp will win. Abdi Abdirahman and Jacob Riley are both fighting for second and third. But let's not count out Leonard Korir just yet.

Mile 24 (1:58:10). Rupp is leading by 55 seconds. Meanhile three men are together vying for the second and third spots on the Olympic team: Jacob Riley (looking the strongest!), Leonard Korir and Abdi Abidrahman are all together.

Mile 23 (1:53:18). Galen Rupp has a 43 second lead. Behind, Abdi Abdirahman is in second place. But behind him, two Army runners, August Maiyo and Leonard Korir, are working together. We should mention that Jacob Riley has moved into fith place and has an outside chance of breaking into the top three spots.

Mile 22 (1:48:26). Leonard Korir (with a 4::49 last mile) has moved into fourth place, a few seconds behind Abid Abdirahman (with a 4:58 last mile). Rupp seems to have a lock on the win, but the other podium spots are still up for grabs...

Mile 21 (1:43:42). Abdi Abdirahman has moved into third place. If nothing strange happens, we can confidently say the top three finishers will be: Galen Rupp, Augustus Maiyo and Abdi Abdirahman. But, this is a marathon, so strange things can happen.

Mile 20 (1:38:51). Galen Rupp has opened up a three second lead ahead of Maiyo and Matt McDonald (a local runner!). Abdi Abdirahman has fallen a few seconds back - but we won't count Abdi out yet, he's done this before.

Mile 19 (1:34:00). Rupp is setting the pace. Leonard Korir has fallen back from the pack.

Mile 18 (1:29:12). The last mile was 4:40 - they are flying... Galen Rupp is starting to build a lead - he was the favorite and he looks like he will win this race. Rupp has never finished worse than top three in any marathon he has ever finished, and won every marathon he has ever finished in the USA (note, we did say finished). This might be another? Brian Shrader has dropped out.

Mile 17 (1:24:32). Galen Rupp and Augustus Maiyo are setting the pace; and they are chatting away at the front - what are they saying? Probably something like: "wow, we're going to go to the Olympics!"

Mile 16 (1:19:43). Galen Rupp has taken over the lead. A pack of five is forming: Rupp, Augustus Maiyo, Leonard Korir, Abdi Abdirahman and Matt McDonald.

Mile 14 (1:09:19-Shrader, 1:09:57-the rest). Mile 15 (1:14:24-Shrader, 1:14:47-the rest) Shrader's lead has declined as the main pack is increasing their pace. The men are finishing their second of three loops.

Mile 13 (1:04:19), Halfway (1:04:53). Shrader has a steady lead of 48 seconds. Based on his half marathon time, he might be able to keep this pace, but we think not. 45 men in the main pack, with Abdi Abdirahman leading that group.

Mile 12 (59:05-Brain Shrader, 59:53-the rest). Shrader is keeping his lead.

Mile 10 (49:07-Shrader, 50:02-the rest), Mile 11 (54:02-Shrader, 54:52-the rest). Shrader is holding his lead.

Mile 8 (39:32), Mile 9 (44:23-Shrader, 45:10-the rest). Shrader is running on pace for a 2:09ish finish time. The main pack of about 40 men is running a very conservative pace toward a 2:11 finish time. The main pack will speed up at some point.

Mile 7 (34:25). Mile 8 (39:32). Shrader and Nestor are 40 seconds ahead of the rest of the men. Stop it!!! You're ruining the television coverage, we want to watch the real competitors, not someone hogging the TV time. But maybe Shrader with his 1:01 Half Marathon thinks he can achieve the old trick of being ignored and sneaking in for a podium finish. We will see...

Mile 6 (29:31). Dan Nestor has joined Brian Shrader at the front, but his best is a 1:03:01 Half Marathon and this is his debut marathon, so let's just count him out.

Mile 5 (24:44). Brian Shrader is getting his TV time in. Shrader's best qualifying time is 2:13:27 at the Chicago Marathon, so he can not really keep this pace, but every Trials someone has to run out for the TV... Well, Shrader did run a 1:01:07 Half Marathon in January, so maybe he is more legit than we think?

Mile 4 (19:44). The pack has come back together. This is a pace which will turn out to be too fast for many of the runners. This is a race. There are about 65 men within the front group.

Mile 3 (14:36). Luke Puskedra is still running alone at the front, but this doesn't mean much. Behind are hundreds of runners!

Mile 1 (5:04), Mile 2 (9:46). Luke Puskedra is leading the field, with Clayton Albertson tagging along. The rest of the field is more than 10 seconds behind.

The men's race has started. With approximately 235 men in the field, the pack and the course will be crowded for a while. We'll do our best to report when a breakaway pack forms, but for now, all we can say is that the race has started.

The men's race is set to start at 12:08PM ET.

The 2020 USA Olympic Marathon Trials - Women

Finish (2:27:23). Aliphine Tuliamuk has won the 2020 Olympic Trials Marathon! Great job! Molly Seidel, qualifying for the Trials with a 1:09:35 Half Marathon, runs her first marathon to earn a trip to the Olympics, finishing in 2:27:31. Sally Kipyego holds onto third place with a 2:28:52 finish. Des Linden becomes first alternate for the Olympic Team with a 2:29:03 fourth finish.

Mile 25 (2:20:29). Aliphine Tuliamuk is going to win the Olympic Trials Marathon! Molly Seidel, in her debut marathon looks to definitely hold onto the runner-up spot. Behind, lots is happening: Kipego has a team spot to lose. Linden is moving ahead of Thweatt. Hmmm....

Mile 24 (2:14:54). Aliphine Tuliamuk and Molly Seidel continue at the front, running toward a 2:27 finish on this hilly course - they should be one and two... Sally Kipyego is 38 seconds back and should hold that to take the third team spot. Laura Thweatt is fifteen seconds back from Kipyego and if Kipyego has trouble could take that spot. Des Linden is also still within striking distance for a podium position.

Mile 23 (2:09:15). The top two women have put in a 5:25 mile compared to the followers running 5:40 for the prior mile. Sally Kipyego remains in third place.

Mile 22 (2:03:50). Aliphine Tuliamuk and Molly Seidel are alone in the lead. Note that this is Seidel's debut marathon! Sally Kipyego is seven seconds back. Three women are 13 seconds behind Kipyego: Laura Thweatt, Des Linden and Kellyn Taylor.

Mile 21 (1:58:34). Aliphine Tuliamuk is pushing the pace and has broken apart the pack. Molly Seidel and Sally Kipyego are with Tuliamuk.

Mile 20 (1:53:03). Des Linden is setting the pace, with the lead pack now down to 7 women: Des Linden, Sally Kipyego, Molly Seidel, Kellyn Taylor, Aliphine Tuliamuk, Laura Thweatt and Emma Bates.

Mile 19 (1:47:31). Twelve women still. And they are all capable of making the team - wow.

Mile 18 (1:42:00). Julia Kohnen has dropped out of the pack, but with bib 24 and a 2:31 qualifying time, she was not really expected to be in the lead pack this long. 12 women remain - who is going to the Olympics?

Mile 17 (1:36:35). Now the pack is starting to crack. The first to fall back: Lindsay Flanagan. But the remaining 13 still look strong.

Mile 16 (1:31:02). Oh no!!! For most people watching the marathon, they no longer see Laura Thweatt in the front, they see... Donald Trump!!! The national broadcast has been pre-empted by a presidential press conference on coronavirus. It's a good thing we're in the media center and can still watch. Now, we know more people will read these updates as they can no longer watch. But reading here is better than watching - good for you ;-)

Mile 15 (1:25:10), Mile 16 (1:31:02). Still fourteen women...

Mile 14 (1:19:30). The women are now strongly on pace for a sub-2:29 finish. Fourteen women still in the pack: Emily Sisson, Sara Hall, Laura Thweatt, Kellyn Taylor, Aliphine Tuliamuk, Sally Kipyego, Molly Seidel, Des Linden, Emma Bates, Julia Kohnen, Nell Rojas, Molly Huddle, Stephanie Bruce and Lindsay Flanagan.

Mile 12 (1:08:11), Mile 13 (1:13:58), Halfway (1:14:38). Fourteen women in the lead pack. Jordan Hasay has fallen out of the lead pack.

Mile 11 (1:02:37). Still 21 in the women's pack.

Mile 8 (45:57), Mile 9 (51:35), Mile 10 (57:02). The women have run their fastest mile for mile 10. Twenty-one women still in the lead pack. We hear reports that Allie Kieffer has dropped out.

Mile 7 (40:01). Still about 23 women in the lead pack. Some women are 10 seconds back from this group, others are 10 seconds behind, etc., etc. With 450 women who have run fast times, our reporting won't really be able to talk about multiple packs as we often do. It's just lots of runners strung out. Of the women who were expected to do well, only Allie Kieffer, bib 14, is not in the lead group, but is 10 secons back. But, we'll note, that is often Kieffer's style.

Mile 6 (34:24). The women have made it through the first fluid station - with this many women, the water stations are 36 tables long and there will be 3100 personal bottles through the course.

Mile 5 (28:54). The women are running on pace toward a 2:31ish finish time. This is a decent early pace. About 27 women in the lead pack.

Mile 3 (17:29), Mile 4 (23:13). The pace has increased and a lead pack is forming, led by Des Linden and Sara Hall. All of our favorites are still in this lead pack. The second pack is 10 seconds back.

Mile 2 (11:51). The pace is speeding a bit, but the second mile is quite downhill. The front group has 200 women in it, really... At the very front, Des Linden seems to be setting the pace, but there are numerous women running aside her.

Mile 1 (6:13). There is really no leader yet for the women, and the first mile was pretty slow...

The women's race has started. 450 women in the field - this is begger than many marathons in the USA!

The women's race will start at 12:20AM ET.