{"comments":{"846184":{"pb_id":"3026","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"846184","comment_id":"846184","member_id":"3026","comment":"As Scott already noted, Tara Erdmann is a scratch. Stephanie Pezzullo and Jen Rhines are also scratches.","date_added":"Sep 1st 2013, 1:25pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"35","email_settings":"7168","email":"chrisnickinson@gmail.com","address":"chrisnickinson","gender":"m","member_id":"3026","member_name":"Chris Nickinson","avatar_location":"av-3026.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-3026.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":171195,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-3026.jpg","pb_title":"Chris Nickinson","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=3026","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/chrisnickinson.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"35"},"845401":{"pb_id":"1111","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"845401","comment_id":"845401","member_id":"1111","comment":"
<\/a>Kevin, on , said:<\/p> <\/a>Chris Nickinson, on , said:<\/p>
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\nAre you referring to Erdmann? If so, then yes. Katie at USATF told me in an email just before she posted my preview.","date_added":"Aug 31st 2013, 10:27pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":171195,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-1111.jpg","pb_title":"Scott Bush","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=1111","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/Scott-Bush.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"624"},"844338":{"pb_id":"1111","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"844338","comment_id":"844338","member_id":"1111","comment":"
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\nYeah he does. He's had such an up and down past few years, dealing with injuries. When he's healthy, he's still among the best in the U.S. As you heard in the call, while he's not going to be setting 5k and 10k PRs any more, he can certainly compete from the 10k on up with nearly anyone in the U.S. if he's got some good training under his belt and still feels he can PR from 12k on up.
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\nIf he doesn't do NYC or Chicago, I wonder if he's consider doing Twin Cities. He could win the race, thus increasing his USARC point total (probably putting him in the lead heading into the .US champs, and he's have over a month to recover in between races. In my mind, that's really the only way he can get ahead of Teg at this point in the standings. It wouldn't surprise me if Mo Trafeh did Twin Cities either, assuming he's healthy!","date_added":"Aug 30th 2013, 3:55am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":171195,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-1111.jpg","pb_title":"Scott Bush","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=1111","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/Scott-Bush.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"624"},"844294":{"pb_id":"3026","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"844294","comment_id":"844294","member_id":"3026","comment":"Abdi sounded ready to go after this morning's conference call.","date_added":"Aug 29th 2013, 9:47pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"35","email_settings":"7168","email":"chrisnickinson@gmail.com","address":"chrisnickinson","gender":"m","member_id":"3026","member_name":"Chris Nickinson","avatar_location":"av-3026.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-3026.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":171195,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-3026.jpg","pb_title":"Chris Nickinson","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=3026","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/chrisnickinson.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"35"},"844241":{"pb_id":"1111","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"844241","comment_id":"844241","member_id":"1111","comment":"I just learned this morning that Tara Erdmann has withdrawn from Monday's race with some inflammation issues.","date_added":"Aug 29th 2013, 6:38pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":171195,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-1111.jpg","pb_title":"Scott Bush","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=1111","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/Scott-Bush.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"624"},"845392":{"pb_id":"6","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"844241","pid":"845392","comment_id":"845392","member_id":"6","comment":"Is this from a reliable source, Scott?","date_added":"Aug 31st 2013, 9:29pm","nest":1,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":171195,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-6.jpg","pb_title":"Kevin","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=6","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/kevin.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"25"},"844042":{"pb_id":"3026","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"844042","comment_id":"844042","member_id":"3026","comment":"