At the 1983 Boston Marathon, 71 American men broke 2:20. On a single day.
Last year, a total of 24 American men broke 2:20. For 366 days.(And the guy
at the top was born and spent his early training years in Morocco.)
Marty Post
Senior Editor
Runner's World Magazine
www.runnersworld.com
Weren't there well over 100 qualifiers (maybe close to 200?) for the 1984
Olympic trials?
I've always held that the main difference is milage. Not too many people
are hitting 100+ mile weeks in college and high school any more so the
post-collegians have a much rougher transition to the
To: Post, Marty
Cc: 't-and-f@darkwing. uoregon. edu' (E-mail)
Subject: Re: t-and-f: national class American marathoners
Weren't there well over 100 qualifiers (maybe close to 200?) for the 1984
Olympic trials?
I've always held that the main difference is milage. Not too many people
are hitting
And I know for women, but I'd have to check further for men, in
several Olympic marathon trials one could qualify by bettering a time
standard at a non-marathon distance or winning a non-marathon road national
championship
Not the case for men in '80 or '84. They started this practice
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Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 1:34 PM
Subject: RE: t-and-f: national class American marathoners
There were 201 qualifiers for the '84 men's trials and 225 for 1980, while
for 2000 the number was 114.
But you just can't compare simple numbers as the time cut-offs have
changed
for each
Marty related:
There were 201 qualifiers for the '84 men's trials and 225 for 1980, while
for 2000 the number was 114.
But you just can't compare simple numbers as the time cut-offs have
changed
for each Trials, as well as the length of time the qualifying window was
open.
I don't know
