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One of the gripes about the UK Olympic marathon selection process was that London wasn't announced as the trial race till well into the qualifying period. So Scott Overall was a bit pissed off for example, having run the qualifying time in Berlin in September, but having to run again.
Also looking at the longer term view of marathon-running development, there's the issue of incentives for good club runners over here.
Prize list for US trials top ten, men & women.
You're not gonna make a living from running over here unless you're Mo Farah, but I can imagine there would be a good handful of our better club runners who would put more commitment into marathon training if they could win several grand from running 2:15-2:16.
(I'd need a sex change to get into the prizes but I suspect this would also mess with my testosterone levels and VO2 max...)