Re: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR

2003-02-22 Thread Martin J. Dixon
Actually, I would go with 3-how fantastic a pacing job Hood did. Regards, Martin Bryan Beel wrote: On 2/21/03 2:13 PM, ghill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: am I the only one who wants to gag when he sees fantastic and paced in the same sentence? gh There are at least two translations of

t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR

2003-02-21 Thread Post, Marty
Haile Gebrselassie smashes the world indoor two mile record with a devastating display at Norwich Union GP. The Ethiopian legend knocks an incredible five seconds off the old mark as he clocks 8mins 4.69secs in front of thousands of cheering fans at the National Indoor Arena.

Re: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR

2003-02-21 Thread ghill
standard. gh From: Post, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Post, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:56:27 -0500 To: 't-and-f@darkwing. uoregon. edu' (E-mail)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR Haile Gebrselassie smashes the world indoor two mile record

Re: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR

2003-02-21 Thread Martin J. Dixon
As one of the token Canucks on the list it would be remiss of me if I didn't point out that Graham Hood paced him. A report is below that was posted to to TC. He corrects the number of seconds to 5 in a later message. Regards, Martin Subject: TF World Record Date: Fri, 21 Feb

Re: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR

2003-02-21 Thread ghill
am I the only one who wants to gag when he sees fantastic and paced in the same sentence? gh From: Martin J. Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 17:07:33 -0500 To: ghill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR Birmingham England .. In a display

Re: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR

2003-02-21 Thread JTFlash
In a message dated 2/21/03 5:08:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: notable yes, incredible no. Conversions between 3000m and 2M are still voodoo science, to be sure, if you want 100th-second accuracy, but by no stretch of the imagination is this even an indoor PR for Geb, who has run 7:26 for the

RE: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR

2003-02-21 Thread Matthew H Fraser Moat
to prominence. Matthew Fraser Moat AW Subs offer: http://www.athletics-weekly.com/tandflist.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ghill Sent: 21 February 2003 21:30 To: track list Subject: Re: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR notable yes

Re: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR

2003-02-21 Thread ghill
Reply-To: Matthew H Fraser Moat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:24:37 - To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR It's a bit like the old 1,500m / Mile conundrum - it is amazing how many 3.41 1,500m runners just can't beat 4 minutes for the mile. For 3k

Re: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR

2003-02-21 Thread Bryan Beel
On 2/21/03 2:13 PM, ghill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: am I the only one who wants to gag when he sees fantastic and paced in the same sentence? gh There are at least two translations of that phrase (display of fantastic paced running): 1) He did a fantastic job running with his pacer 2) He