Today is the US Olympic Trials

Before heading out to volunteer at the Yellow water station on Shepherd, which is the western end of the course and the turnaround point, I wanted to paint the weather at this time.

At the start line right now, it's 43 degrees, a dewpoint of 28 degrees and a wind out of the southeast at 1 mph. A few miles west of the start line out of downtown, it's 36 degrees. Clear skies.

Now going out to meet up with KB and Michele.

Have fun! 17 mph winds in Nebraska are making me procrastinate my little 14 miler....

The field passed the 10k mark at around 30 minutes with the sun in their eyes, as they head back downtown with Ryan Hall in the lead.

The first group of women passed the 10k mark at 35 minutes.

The men are passing me on their second loop at around mile 14 in 1:09:10. A 2:07 pace with Hall and Abdi (sp?) in the lead

The women are passing me at 1:20 with Shalane leading a pack of 4. The women are very strung out.

thanks for the updates!!

The men are on their third and last lap at mile 22. They are lapping some ofthe women on the course. Their time is at 1:49:01, a 2;07:59 pace with Hall, Abdi and Meb the leaders with Ritz about 30 seconds behind.

Gotcherwas in 5th place, significantly behind the first 3.

I heard that Meb won and Hall was second. That would make Abdi third more than likely.

The women @ 22 are at 2:04:05 for a 2:29 pace with Davila just ahead of Shalame by one length.

This concludes our field coverage of the Trials.

Here are the numbers, courtesy of RW:

Men
1. Meb, 2:09:08.
2. Hall, 2:09:30
3. Abdi, 2:09:47.
4. Ritz, 2:09:55, also a PR by 5 seconds.

Women
1. Shalane Flanagan 2:25:38
2. Desiree Davila 2:25:55
3. Kara Goucher 2:26:06
4. Amy Hastings 2:27:17

Top 3 on the team, 4th is the alternate

Not to understate it, but that's some great running! I'm happy for all of you who got to see it.

Julie wrote:Not to understate it, but that's some great running! I'm happy for all of you who got to see it.

Yeah, the rest of us had to track it via live blogging, thanks to our friends at NBC.

I LOVED IT. Amazing. The atmosphere was ELECTRIC. Goodness gracious. I got to hang out with Joel, watch it on the Jumbtron...Great...

DVR'd it. Blasting thru the commercials and I watched it in an hour. Managed to stay in the "bubble" and not know the results in advance.

ounce wrote:
At the start line right now, it's 43 degrees, a dewpoint of 28 degrees and a wind out of the southeast at 1 mph.

What do I have to do to get these conditions?

Dave-O wrote:

ounce wrote:
At the start line right now, it's 43 degrees, a dewpoint of 28 degrees and a wind out of the southeast at 1 mph.

What do I have to do to get these conditions?

Dunno, Dave-), but Ritz did throw his water bottle at me - jealous?

Michele "1L" Keane wrote:

Dunno, Dave-), but Ritz did throw his water bottle at me - jealous?

Hell yeah! Did you keep it?

Dave-O wrote:

Michele "1L" Keane wrote:

Dunno, Dave-), but Ritz did throw his water bottle at me - jealous?

Hell yeah! Did you keep it?

How did I know you would ask that Dave?

Dave-O wrote:

Michele "1L" Keane wrote:

Dunno, Dave-), but Ritz did throw his water bottle at me - jealous?

Hell yeah! Did you keep it?

Actually yes, and Desi's as well. I need to rinse them out and use them to see if I can get that fast The guy I worked with kept Kara's for his daughter.

Dave-O wrote:

ounce wrote:
At the start line right now, it's 43 degrees, a dewpoint of 28 degrees and a wind out of the southeast at 1 mph.

What do I have to do to get these conditions?

You have to come to Houston.