t-and-f: Kenyans/Juniors/Standards, etc

2001-08-30 Thread Martin J. Dixon
Kebba wrote:-Of course they can. No one think anything of it when a US kid runs 10.30 or 11.30 or 22.80. It all depends on the events and what your view of the world is. Our mindset about distance running in the US is all wrong. we get excited and train our athletes for the wrong things -- we

t-and-f: Kenyans/Juniors/Standards, etc

2001-08-29 Thread Kebba Tolbert
From: Mcewen, Brian T [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's just that the ones you see winning the junior championships in XC and track are not actually 19. Tell me that you believe a 16 year old can run 8:19 or 27:43 (as the records would have you believe) and I will shut up ... there won't be any point in

Re: t-and-f: Kenyans/Juniors/Standards, etc

2001-08-29 Thread Conway
Kebba wrote: Of course they can. No one think anything of it when a US kid runs 10.30 or 11.30 or 22.80. It all depends on the events and what your view of the world is. Our mindset about distance running in the US is all wrong. we get excited and train our athletes for the wrong things --