No, but the point is, the rules allow entrance to people obviously not
capable of competing at that level while disallowing others who could
realistically challenge for a medal, just because their country exceeds a
rather arbitrary cutoff of how many can participate. Limit the number of
freebie en
--- edndana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you want to complain that including the Afghani woman hurts the
> competition and is contrary to the spirit of the World Championships,
> I'd agree wholeheartedly. But. . .don't think for a second that this is
> negative coverage or that the "average" fa
Yup Mike, the Letsrun mentality has infected you. Find one
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From: Michael Contopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 7:02 PM
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Subject: RE: t-and-f: 12:57 last 5000
Malmo, on Letsrun
IAAF DECISION ON JON DRUMMOND INCIDENT
25 August 2003
PARIS - The IAAF Advisory Board met this afternoon to review an incident
that took place last night during Heat 2 of the quarter finals of the Men's
100m at the IAAF World Championships, now taking place in the Stade de
France, Paris St-Denis
Netters:
Steve Slattery did just about what I expected he would at Paris,
though I didn;t think he would get quite that close to a final berth. And he
might have made it but for the minor inuury which cut into his training
schedule a month or so ago.
His comments summed up things
This whole argument might be a moot point because it
seems Bekele's closing 200 in 24.x is one of those
urban Internet legends. I haven't seen the race but
here are Bekele's final splits from Track & Field
News:
12.9, 26.1, 55.0, 1:56.6, 2:59.4, 4:02.8
Very impressive indeed but not close to the
> Ok then, where's the overwhelming coverage of the women's 100m final? For
> the Afghani situation to not hurt the sport, I posit that it has to
> actually increase the coverage devoted to the true world class
> competitors. If it takes away from that coverage or even does not affect
> it, then
You see, Malmo, I wish that is all it is! I truly believe our guys don't
work out as much as Geb. Maybe put in the same mileage, but not as many
w/o. I don't think its some magic formula, or one specific regimen like a
lot of people think. But at the same time, find me one athlete save Kenne
John -
You'll get no arguments from me on this point - I do agree that most of
the 'top" Americans at 10K probably can't break 24 seconds. And I agree
that this puts them at a disadvantage. But it was 24.5 and 25 seconds that
were being tossed around and I think there's a world of difference
The statement below makes you wonder whether somebody is going to suspend the
people who came up with the false start rule (and calibration of start detection
systems) that (at least as much as Mr. Drummond) 'has brought the sport of
athletics into disrepute'. It is not like we have not had warning
Seb Geb Meb Webb wrote:
> Not one medal and not many qualifiers. All in all,
> one of the worst days in the history of American track
> and field.
Yeah, my sentiments too. I real bummer today.
I wish Dragila would get back on track. I had heard that she had
switched coaches and/or was trying
Ed points out what I think is one of the fundamental differences between the
US athletes and many of the rest of the world. Slattery sees this as a
learning experience and a drive for 5 years from now. How many of the
Africans do we see taking their time and seeing if they mature and worry
about
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit
there."
- Will Rogers (1879-1935)
American humorist
Tony Banovich wrote:
> Ed points out what I think is one of the fundamental differences between the
> US athletes and many of the rest of the world. Slattery sees this a
Cedric, the truth does hurt, doesn't it? As for my
citizenship which you have called into question, my
name should tell you the only two things that really
matter: (1) I love track and field; and (2) I am a
citizen of the world.
SGMW
--- "Cedric E. Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Not
An interesting point of view!!
Hi Sam
Sometime people in high places who set the rules to suit TV coverage and
not athletes - are too pompous and have limited hearing of public sentiment
from athletes and then the only way to show them how bad something is, to
get public attention attracted to an u
True enough!
John
--- edndana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John -
>
> You'll get no arguments from me on this point -
> I do agree that most of
> the 'top" Americans at 10K probably can't break 24
> seconds. And I agree
> that this puts them at a disadvantage. But it was
> 24.5 and 25 secon
The real question is how does Geb define "easy" on his
training runs.
I'm sure easy for Geb is about 5:45 pace.
Schiefer
--- malmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yup Mike, the Letsrun mentality has infected you.
> Find one
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Contopoulos
> [mailto
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/gen/wire?messageId=22385312Kebba Tolbert ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
=
Head Coach -- Portland State University
Track & Field/Cross Country
GO VIKS!!
www.goviks.com
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John,
From his 5k, 10k and marathon times I'd guess he's running at 5:20 pace
for an easier recovery run, 5:00-5:20 for your everyday - garden variety
long run, maybe even dropping it down to 4:48 pace near the end.
Something I read from Dellinger a number of years back sticks out in my
mind.
Maybe the Americans(and Can men) should take a page out of the books of the 2
best distance runners in North America right now-Emilie Mondor and Courtney
Babcock. Mondor broke a 15 year old national record today and Babcock missed by
.18.
Joe Rubio wrote:
> John,
>
> From his 5k, 10k and maratho
scroll down
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3183291.stm
Kederis pulls out
World and Olympic champion Konstadinos Kederis pulled out of the 200 metres at the World Championships with a thigh injury.
The Greek sprinter said he did no
I tend to think that Khalid Khannouchi and Deena Drossin would have
something to say about who the 2 best distance runners in Norh America are
if you include marathoners as distance runners. I'm not so sure Regina
couldn't still break 14:59, either.
As for the moderate volume at faster paces, it'
A young man I coach trained in Ethiopia for a month or so and was able to run
with and observe Haile's training patterns (not too long after Haile ran a
decent marathon debut of 2 hours 6 minutes).
His reflections were:
HAILE AND THE ETHIOPIAN TRAINING APPROACH
Hard workouts three times per week
Starting to run like Webb, too, unfortunately. See results from 200 QF.
Kebba Tolbert wrote:
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/gen/wire?messageId=22385312
Kebba Tolbert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) = Head Coach --
Portland State University Track & Field/Cross Country GO VIKS!!
www.govik
I'm biased obviously but, yeah, as soon as I hit send I realized that I forgot
about KK. I don't even think the yanks really compare themselves to him though.
Immigrant and all that. Point taken about Drossin though. No Jacobs in Paris so
who knows. Keep in mind that Mondor was running 15:42 last y
08/26/2003 14:23:11 EST
Drummond Quits Track Championships
By STEPHEN WILSON
AP Sports Writer
American sprinter Jon Drummond pulled out of the World Championships on Tuesday rather
than being forced to withdraw because of his track protest.
Drummond, who threw a tantrum after being disquali
Joe -
Well. ..you and I are arguing over semantics, and I don't think our
argument has anything to do with whatever "problem" there is.
Five years ago, I sensed more of the "excuse" mentality from American
runners - I don't so much any more. Maybe they aren't training hard
enough - I really
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