Frank Shorter is quoted in the novel "Once a Runner" as having said
that everybody ran 4:30 in high school. Does anyone know who said it first?
Ed Koch
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From: The Barretts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, July 06, 2001 2:30 PM
Subject: t-and-f: Re: Liars Club
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>Yeah, right. First, he's contradicting BR, who said "everyone
>ran 4:30 in high school". Second, he was baiting you. Top 10
>possible responses:
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>10) Barefoot, uphill, into the wind?
> 9) You coulda made a good living as a marathoner...
> 8) I suppose this was drug aided? Perhaps Lemon-aided?
> 7) We'll, I ran 4:09 you loser...
> 6) If that was run in the spring in New England, you could
> ask for a 11 second deduction now, making you sub-4.
> :
> :
> 1) Was that for 1600m? Oh, right, you're _way_ too old for that one...
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>Ok, I'll keep the day job...
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>Richard
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>>Kurt, I had occasion to meet Jack Lemon about 10 years ago and having
>>heard
>>that he was a top New England h. s. miler I asked what he ran for
>>time....He
>>paused for a second, looked away from me, turned back to me and said "Oh
>>about 4.10 "....I smiled and said "that's terrific" thanked him for his
>>time
>>and left....Larry Rawson
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