Re: t-and-f: IAAF shoots down Radcliffe plan

2003-03-16 Thread Martin J. Dixon
Or they could use one of these things: http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030315/USEGWN/International/Idx ...that can go up to 20 kilometres an hour and travel about 25 kilometres on a fully charged battery. Trouble is that it isn't fast enough nor does it have the

t-and-f: IAAF shoots down Radcliffe plan

2003-03-14 Thread Post, Marty
Istvan Gyulai is taking a rather strong stand against London Marathon plans to use male pacers for Radcliffe in the women's race next month. Saying he didn't see any way a prospective world best time there would be IAAF ratified, he added, What are they going to do next, put a car in front of

Re: t-and-f: IAAF shoots down Radcliffe plan

2003-03-14 Thread Martin J. Dixon
Taking such a strong stance against something that is so easily circumvented with a staggered start or mass start is just bizarre. Regards, Martin Post, Marty wrote: Istvan Gyulai is taking a rather strong stand against London Marathon plans to use male pacers for Radcliffe in the women's race

Re: t-and-f: IAAF shoots down Radcliffe plan

2003-03-14 Thread Kebba Tolbert
, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Post, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] uoregon. edu' (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: IAAF shoots down Radcliffe plan Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:19:46 -0500 Istvan Gyulai is taking a rather strong stand against London Marathon plans to use

Re: t-and-f: IAAF shoots down Radcliffe plan

2003-03-14 Thread Dan Kaplan
--- Kebba Tolbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why does the IAAF care what the gender of the pacer is? Distance athletes use pacers all the time. Heck MJ even used Kevin Braunskill as one in his 300m WR. I believe the key point is that a male rabbit can pace a woman throughout the entire race,