Nick Symmond's Arm Reportedly Worth A Lot

The Auction for Nick Symmond's arm has ended.  The final bid was $11,100!  Earlier predictions had it at 4-5k.  A similar auction for a British sprinter ended and the winner was found to be a fraud.  Hopefully, the winner of Symmond's auction is legitimate.  I was just hoping to win at $510!

Auction

Team USA Minnesota's Andrew Carlson Fast Debut

 

1. 2:08:24 Ryan Hall (24) London 2007 
2. 2:09:41 Alberto Salazar (22) New York 1980 
3. 2:09:41 Alan Culpepper (30) Chicago 2002 
4. 2:10:35 Brett Gotcher (25) Houston 2010 
5. 2:11:13 Rudy Chapa (26) New York 1983 
6. 2:11:17 Todd Williams (28) Chicago 1997 
7. 2:11:24 Andrew Carlson (29) Trials 2012  
8. 2:11:35  Dan Browne (27) Twin Cities 2002 
9. 2:12:06 Pat Petersen (23) New York 1983
10. 2:12:12  Bob Kempainen (25) Twin Cites 1991 

Andrew Carlson of Team USA MN, a graduate of the University of Minnesota, has joined elite company as of this morning.  Carlson's 6th place performance in the 2012 Olympic Trials makes him the 7th fastest American in their first attempts at the distance.  Only two of the men ahead of Carlson weren't Olympians; Gotcher and Chapa.  Chapa holds the American High School Record in the 10k at 28:32 and Gotcher will still have a good shot at making an Olympic team in the future.  Andrew looks to be one of the favorites to qualify for the Rio de Janiero Olympics in 2016 as Meb and Abdi will most likely retire before then.

Great Race today Andrew!

Women's Predictions- How did I do?

The women's race was just as exciting as the men's!  Let's see how off my predictions were!

+1 1. Desi Davila- It was a toss up and I picked the wrong one.
-1 2. Shalane
Right on! 3. Kara
Right on! 4. Amy Hastings
+5 5. Magda- not her best race but not horrible either.  Magda is very consistent!
Right on! 6. Deena
+57 7. Jen Rhines- I went for an upset and it went bad
+3 8. Katie McGregor- This pick was more of an "i want you to run well" pick than an "i think you will run well" pick but she still was pretty close
DNF 9. Steph Rothstein
-1 10. Dot McMahan- Those consistent Brooks Hansons runners!

I didn't pick and finished well; 5. JCB 7. Clare Grandt 8. Alissa McKaig

I am proud of these picks.  Yea Jen didn't run the best and Steph didn't finish but 3 Perfect and 3 just one spot away.