Drew: You have completely missed the point and the context.(read the thread please before you "huh?" me. THis in not about 1500 meters) I DO KNOW exactly how the top runners think, and in this context they are not concerned with marathon trials qualifying times.
I cannot think of ONE, not ONE single marathoner of note that had the time 2:22 anywhere in their mindset. When in a marathon you race to run as fast as you can or win, OR BOTH. Mike Platt In a message dated 10/31/2003 11:59:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Huh!? You've got to be kidding. I don't know what level you've competed on, but > that's not, at all, the thinking of any top level athletes. Why waste the energy to > run faster than you need to to qualify. You need to run 2:20 so you'll try to run > 2:10???? when the purpose is just to qualify?? So, you're running in the second > semifinal heat and know what time is needed to get into the final...you just ignore > that and stupidly run 'as fast as I could'???? Qualifying times are there for a > purpose. If your own purpose is just that, to qualify, you'll ideally beat the time > by one second. Any faster is just > a waste of energy. /Drew
