But, we don't know that Rotich isn't also running a cazillion miles. He could be doing 20 milers on most of his other days and running 3:57s for time trials/speed work. Will any writers here be at Saturday's meet? If you get the chance, can you ask Rotich what his winter workout schedule is like? I think he's turning his speed work into paydays.
Harold Richards wrote: > 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 > miles and entering one race. > Harold > > >From: James Dunaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: James Dunaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: John Lunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: t-and-f: Human Hydroplane > >Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 11:32:52 +0100 > > > > > > > >Don't we, perhaps, respect the four-minute mile a little > >too much? After all, a 3:57 mile is somewhat equivalent to > >a 1:48 800 meters, which wouldn't exactly blow anyone's > >mind if it were done thrice in 7 or 8 days (in fact, if > >he were a Kenyan, you might think he had mono). > > > >Sometimes I think that the mystique of four minutes is a > >hindrance to American milers, since they think that once > >they have broke 4:00 they are world class runners. > > > >They ain't. In fact, them days is long gone -- like, maybe, > >thirty years.... > > > >jim dunaway > > > > > > > >At 07:11 AM 2/6/02 -0700, you wrote: > > >Those who like to argue (discuss) the topic of racing too much might > > >want to look at what Rotich has done in the last 2 weeks. > > >He ran the mile in the Boston indoor meet. Then, less than a week later, > > >he ran at Milrose winning the mile in 3:57. > > >The next day he went to Arkansas and won the mile in 3:57. Next, he is > > >scheduled to run the mile at the Nebraska meet on February 9. > > >John Lunn > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
