Re: t-and-f: The 7th Hardest Thing to do in Sports

2003-02-27 Thread Martin J. Dixon
Roger Ruth will be happy about number 3. 2 out of 10(so far). Not bad. Regards, Martin http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ten-hardest-splash.htm Kurt Bray wrote: According to USA Today, running a fast marathon is the 7th hardest thing in sports to accomplish, one place ahead of completing the Tour

t-and-f: The 7th Hardest Thing to do in Sports

2003-02-21 Thread Kurt Bray
According to USA Today, running a fast marathon is the 7th hardest thing in sports to accomplish, one place ahead of completing the Tour de France: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2003-02-20-ten-hardest-marathon_x.htm They are counting down the top ten, one difficult thing each day, and today

Re: t-and-f: The 7th Hardest Thing to do in Sports

2003-02-21 Thread Philip_Ponebshek
Without reading the interview or article, I'd offer that the *really* hard thing is running a fast marathon on the day you really need to run a fast marathon, like in the Olympics. There are so many things that can go wrong, that being able to not only put everything together, but to them

Re: t-and-f: The 7th Hardest Thing to do in Sports

2003-02-21 Thread Ed and Dana Parrot
Ok, this will obviously startsomething, but. . . running a low two hour marathon is easier than simply completing the tour de france? I don't think so. Now, I know that just completing the tour within the time limits is a great accomplishment, but far lesser athletes than your typical 2:08