a boston marathon question

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could someone explain to me why the boston marathon which
is america's most pretigious marathon if not the world's is
never the site for our men's and women's olympic trials?

Prior to the mid-60's it was Boston a lot of the time. Since
then, they use a system of "awarding" the marathon qualifier
to different cities. Blame the political hacks and their
need to have favors to dispense, I guess.

Why should the trials always be in the same place?

Wouldn't it make more sense to have the trials in someplace
similar in climate & course to what the Olympics will be? bj

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

could someone explain to me why the boston marathon which
is america's

most

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

pretigious marathon if not the world's is never the site
for our men's

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

women's olympic trials?

Prior to the mid-60's it was Boston a lot of the time.
Since then, they

use a

Quoted message said:

system of "awarding" the marathon qualifier to different
cities. Blame

the

Quoted message said:

political hacks and their need to have favors to dispense,
I guess.

It is going to be hard to have the same climate since you
need to have the Trials fairly far out from the Games.

One issue is money USATF can make from the Trials. Another
is that you need to have a fairly fast course to make sure
that as many people as possible get an "A" standard. Boston
does not lend itself to running fast times.

Some would argue that Boston has lost its prestige,
certainly on the world scale where I am guessing London,
Chicago and NY outrank it (maybe even Rotterdam and Berlin)
mainly because they pay big money and are fast courses (flat
courses except for NY). "bj" <[email hidden]>
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Quoted message said:

Why should the trials always be in the same place?

Wouldn't it make more sense to have the trials in
someplace similar in climate & course to what the Olympics
will be? bj

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

could someone explain to me why the boston marathon
which is america's

most

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

pretigious marathon if not the world's is never the
site for our men's

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

women's olympic trials?

Prior to the mid-60's it was Boston a lot of the time.
Since then, they

use a

Quoted message said:

system of "awarding" the marathon qualifier to different
cities. Blame

the

Quoted message said:

political hacks and their need to have favors to
dispense, I guess.