Now, I've not always agreed with what Mike has written on this list. For instance, I thought he was being far too idealistic and simplistic regarding promoting t&f in some of his recent post.
But, I've got to give him kudo's for this post. Assuming he can put together a training group, who knows whether or not any of them will reach regional, national, or international caliber. But, that, to me, is largely besides the point. I'm impressed that he is "giving it a go" and not just sitting around bitching and moaning how he could be so good if only this shoe company or that store or this corporation gave him something. His attitudes seem to harken back to the days of yore when a group of guys formed a group called the Florida Track Club; and another group started the Greater Boston Track Club. Seems to me some pretty big things came out of those groups who didn't sit by and wait for it to come to them. Tony Banovich Billings, Montana At 08:46 PM 2/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Hello everyone. > >I was wondering if anyone knew of any 14:30-14:50 type 5k guys or >3:50-3:55 1500 guys in their early 20s in NYC who are not part of a "club" >and may be interested in joining one. I would like to start a training >group where I would essentially lead in coaching, organizing outings to >meets, practices, etc. The goal would simply be to get as fast as we >physically can. They would have to be willing to work hard, have the >basic philosophy of a lot of threshold work for long spans of time and >constant decent mileage (70-100 mile weeks). They would also have to be >comfortable being "coached" by one of their peers, but should also realize >that that "coaching" consists of constant communication between athletes >with similar goals. If anyone on the list is interested, or knows someone >who is, please forward them my address. Who knows what a modest group of >even 4 people can eventually grow to? If anyone has any experience >getting a group together from scratch, and has some suggestions on how to >go about it, please let me know. Thank you all for any help you can offer. > >Mike > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
