Re: t-and-f: F%*# Baseball!!!

2002-05-23 Thread Harold Richards
If that makes you happy, what is going to happen if they show more than 30 seconds of the race? You'll probably do back flips. I would brace yourself for a split screen, you might have the big one. What would you do if they showed the rabbits and the Americans? I suggest that you tape the show

t-and-f: Leaders have no vision

2002-03-22 Thread Harold Richards
This might start another thread: With track being the largest sport in terms of participation among high school athletes, why is there so little interest among the public? -- Wayne T. Armbrust, Ph.D. One might look at the last Indoor Championship Meet at the Armory in New York for

Re: t-and-f: There goes all chances of USATF indoors getting good coverage inthe NY press

2002-03-04 Thread Harold Richards
Walt, Was the coverage what you expected it to be? HR From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: There goes all chances of USATF indoors getting good coverage in the NY press Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 06:58:03 EST Dragila's

Re: t-and-f: Inexcusable coverage

2002-03-04 Thread Harold Richards
It's OK to bitch. Who makes the decisions as to what events and what graphics are to be shown? Who would make the decision NOT to show an American record in the 800? HR From: Michael J. Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Michael J. Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: TF Listserve [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: t-and-f: Reuters version of USATF-Rogge story

2002-02-12 Thread Harold Richards
This self pontificating idiot had the gall to sit on the Today Show this morning (Monday, Feb 11th) and say that an athlete MUST know everything about any vitamins or supplements they take, even if the label does not indicate that a harmful substance is in it. How are most athletes, who are

t-and-f: Pound this, Dick

2002-02-12 Thread Harold Richards
Dickey Boy, All other issues aside. What are the big boys doing with the money that they are not paying out? Does the money go back to the meet organizers? the sponsors? the paying customers? I picture this conversation: Hey Guys, after the fallout of the Salt Lake City scandal, our bribery

Re: t-and-f: Human Hydroplane

2002-02-07 Thread Harold Richards
I think that you missed the point.Rotich ran 3 all out races in a short time, unless you think that he eased up. He'll run another one on Saturday. The way some coaches think, this is a whole season inside of 3 weeks. I think that a runner learns to compete by competing not running a cazillion

RE: t-and-f: Human Hydroplane

2002-02-07 Thread Harold Richards
Was this type of schedule unusual for Scott? Do you know if he did this outdoors as well? Harold From: Post, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Post, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'John Lunn' [EMAIL PROTECTED], trackfield server [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: t-and-f: Human Hydroplane Date:

Re: t-and-f: Human Hydroplane

2002-02-07 Thread Harold Richards
. Harold From: Mike Prizy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Harold Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: Human Hydroplane Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:43:36 -0600 But, we don't know that Rotich isn't also running

Re: t-and-f: Ban USA Track?

2002-02-04 Thread Harold Richards
Does anyone know what Pound wants? That is, does he want the names of A positives?, B positives?, names of athletes who have been cleared after they have gone through the approved proceedures? Where does he get his numbers? Harold From: Kelley Halliburton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Kelley

Re: t-and-f: NYT - U.S. Athletes Must Guess on Supplements

2002-01-30 Thread Harold Richards
Chris, The hypocracy goes deeper than just the USOC. We have Runner's World featuring a story on the cover to run farther with a banned drug. The best known coffee shop sells tea containing a banned substance. Watch out for your Mac-N-Cheese, it may be next. Harold From: Christopher Goss

Re: t-and-f: USATF Advertising idea...

2002-01-30 Thread Harold Richards
Wow! I think that you are on to something. Let's start WWT. We'll capture their interest with the wacked out stuff and then once they catch on we'll have them for the real stuff. I can picture something like the roller derby 400. Helmets, shin guards,elbow pads-all included. The mile team race

t-and-f: Know what is in your body

2002-01-30 Thread Harold Richards
Every athlete in our sport knows that he/she has the responsibility to know what is in their body. Ignorance is no excuse. Everyone makes a leap of faith every day. You trust the water in most areas. You trust the milk on your cereal. You trust the hot dog. Do you trust your multi vitamin?

Fwd: Re: t-and-f: National Indoor

2002-01-14 Thread Harold Richards
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: National Indoor Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:55:11 EST Harold, The seating capacity will be just over 5,000. Thanks, Lou Vazquez Director of Operations Armory Track Field Center

Re: t-and-f: National Indoor

2002-01-11 Thread Harold Richards
This response from Mr. Contopoulis was part of an answer to three questions that I had about the Armory. Many people responded to me off list in addition to the responses which hit the list. All of the respondents said that the area was safe and that there were adequate places to warm up. The

t-and-f: National Indoor

2002-01-04 Thread Harold Richards
I have some questions about the national indoor championships at The Armory in New York: 1. What will be the seating capacity? 2. Where will the athletes warm up for the running events? 3. Is that area of town safe? I have heard that some of our athletes will skip this event because of the

Re: t-and-f: 1500: ain't we got fun?

2002-01-04 Thread Harold Richards
What are the arguements against having a rabbit for the race? HR From: Ed and Dana Parrot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Ed and Dana Parrot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: \Athletics\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: 1500: ain't we got fun? Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 13:29:01 -0800 Maybe something to

t-and-f: What are we really saying?

2001-12-31 Thread Harold Richards
My Runner's World, January 2002, tells me how to perform better with drugs. So, I'm wondering what we really believe about the use of performance enhancing drugs. Are we telling our youth to take drugs, just not too much?If caffeine is OK, what about ephedrine? If these two are OK, what

Re: t-and-f: What are we really saying?

2001-12-31 Thread Harold Richards
Better? Harold BTW You jumped me for reading Runner's World and you admit to having this issue for some time. What's this? From: Mike Prizy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Mike Prizy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Harold Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: What are we really

Re: t-and-f: Message from Craig Masback

2001-11-01 Thread Harold Richards
be held accountable. You should resign. Harold Richards _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

t-and-f: Runner's World Article

2001-10-26 Thread Harold Richards
I encourage everyone to go to the Runner's World website (www.runnersworld.com)and read the article by Joseph de Pencier. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

t-and-f: Support for resignation

2001-10-25 Thread Harold Richards
I have had many responses supporting my request for the resignation of Masback. So far the response has all been private. Somehow we need to create a board that people can sign. Ideas? Harold _ Get your FREE download of MSN

t-and-f: Masback resignation

2001-10-24 Thread Harold Richards
resolve, then go get him, Arne! Harold Richards Ever since the Sydney Olympics, the imperfections of the drug-testing systems within USATF, the American athletics federation, have been the subject of considerable disapproval from the IAAF, the world governing body. Meanwhile, Arne Ljungqvist

Re: t-and-f: Athletes fighting their own battle on drugs

2001-10-22 Thread Harold Richards
I have a mixed reaction to the announcement of the positive test for caffiene on Miller. I realise that she has been in the sport long enough to know the rules, but her story is plausable. At least the ingredients were listed on the can and were no surprise to her. A more unfortunate

t-and-f: distance development

2001-10-11 Thread Harold Richards
After watching many of the young talented runners in Boulder at the Shootout, several of us old school runners were talking about the usual topics concerning the development of the prospects whom we had just observed. One idea which held some interest was the creation of an Olympic

Re: t-and-f: the wussy patrol strikes again

2001-10-11 Thread Harold Richards
I would suggest the following explanation: The coaches do not believe that the runners are mentally tough and believe that their fragile egos will never recover if they lose. If I were still in school, I would be offended if the coach didn't let me run against the best. From: [EMAIL

Re: t-and-f: Barry's pedigree

2001-10-09 Thread Harold Richards
Therefore I call for an allowance of 5.479% for altitude. From: Kurt Bray [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Kurt Bray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: Barry's pedigree Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001

t-and-f: Ritz

2001-10-08 Thread Harold Richards
It was a real treat to see Ritzenhiem in his first race as a freshman. He handled the course very well and although, according to the newspaper, he was instructed to keep his effort at 90%, his stride lengthened toward the later stages of the race and he looked to be giving more than 90%. Also

Re: t-and-f: Banned substance????

2001-09-28 Thread Harold Richards
Mike, I hope that you are recovering well. I know someone who had a cup of tea at a restuarant and tested positive. Take care of yourself. Richards From: Michael Contopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Michael Contopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: Banned

Re: t-and-f: Banned substance????

2001-09-28 Thread Harold Richards
Paul and others, Here is something that may be more helpful. Pick your favorite search engine and type in two words: starbucks and ephedrine. I know of an Olympic hopeful who paid an extreme price for a cup of tea. Richards From: P.F.Talbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: P.F.Talbot [EMAIL