Re: t-and-f: [Fwd: Press Release: El Mouaziz to Challenge Khannouchi]

2003-07-09 Thread alan tobin
That's what I was thinking. Isn't a Grand Slam usually four events? Alan From: magpie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: magpie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mike Prizy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Track List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: t-and-f: [Fwd: Press Release: El Mouaziz to Challenge Khannouchi] Dat

RE: t-and-f: [Fwd: Press Release: El Mouaziz to Challenge Khannouchi]

2003-07-09 Thread alan tobin
riginalArrivalTime: 09 Jul 2003 19:07:54.0656 (UTC) FILETIME=[66BC7A00:01C3464D] and, more relevant (among men), so did Steve Jones -Original Message- From: Jim Gerweck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 2:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: [Fwd:

Re: t-and-f: Kenyan Drug Scandel

2003-08-20 Thread alan tobin
Drugs and our sport: If drug scandal's have taken fans away from this sport it is because we let them. Pro baseball, football, etc don't have drug scandals (aside from the recreational use of cocaine) because the governing bodies simply don't care what their athletes are on as long as money kee

Re: t-and-f: Kenyan Drug Scandel

2003-08-20 Thread alan tobin
What other "boring" sports are popular in the US? Cycling: Only the TdF and only because people want to see Lance succeed. Take away Lance and the TdF and cycling in general would fade quickly in popularity. Golf: Tiger Woods. People want to see him beat everyone and run away with the record boo

RE: t-and-f: 12:57 last 5000

2003-08-25 Thread alan tobin
Can I join the betting pool? When someone closes in :25 or 12:57 it has little to do with pure speed. It's all about slowing down the least. Let's say a normal elite runner can run a 10k race going through the 5k mark 5% slower than his/her all out 5k. How would you train in order to drop that

RE: t-and-f: 12:57 last 5000

2003-08-27 Thread alan tobin
Mike, a lot of Americans are doing this. Check out Rod Dehaven's log: www.allsportrunning.com/rodscorner. Check out the Hanson's Runners and their training: http://www.hansons-running.com/ecom/sp/cat=Training+Log I don't think it has been shown anywhere that the top US runners are running a

RE: t-and-f: 12:57 last 5000

2003-08-28 Thread alan tobin
as much as I should have (Coach Hadsell... if you're out there... here's a shout-out). He would have us do a hill workout one day followed by a tempo the next and fartleks on the 3rd. I thought I was being over-trained. Turns out I was just a wimp. M From: "alan tobin"

RE: t-and-f: 12:57 last 5000

2003-08-28 Thread alan tobin
h an oxygen debt headache, and wiped out for 2 days. If you can do 10x200 every day, you're not doing 10x200 correctly. I'll never forget the 12x200 in 25 I did on the indoor track at Columbia. Damn thing nearly killed me. M From: "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

Re: t-and-f: 12:57 last 5000

2003-08-28 Thread alan tobin
t in there I believe as well. After the five days hard, they'd take 1-2 days easy and then start again. They did this for 10 weeks or so and several people got huge marathon PR's. - Ed - Original Message - From: "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL P

Re: t-and-f: 12:57 last 5000

2003-08-28 Thread alan tobin
D94] Alan - My understanding was that they did those four workouts in five days, they called it "survive the five" - Ed Parrot - Original Message - From: "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday,

RE: t-and-f: 12:57 last 5000

2003-08-28 Thread alan tobin
Mike. I've done both. Less recovery is MUCH harder. You might run it like a fartlek, but the way I ran it was 200 meters in around :32 100 meters slow slow jog. The workout with 200 meter recover was 200 meters in about :28-30 with 200 meters slow slow jog. My best 200 is a flying start high :26

Re: t-and-f: Kenyan drug scandal

2003-09-24 Thread alan tobin
was banned from pro cycling for providing drugs to athletes." I believe John is talking about Dr. Gabriele Rosa, an Italian sports medicine specialist who coaches a large number of athletes, mainly Kenyans, under the sponsorship of Fila. I've defended Rosa against doping accusations

Re: t-and-f: 'soft' marathon record

2003-09-29 Thread alan tobin
God forbid a record not be in line with mathematic lab rat equations. Alan From: "Tom Derderian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Tom Derderian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Post, Marty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'[EMAIL PROTECTED] uoregon. edu' \(E-mail\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: t-and-f: 'so

Re: t-and-f: 'soft' marathon record

2003-09-29 Thread alan tobin
Curiousanyone ever think that maybe the marathon record has always been behind the prediction equations? What does that say? Alan From: "edndana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "edndana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "\"Athletics\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: t-and-f: 'soft' marathon record

Re: t-and-f: Lgat's B Sample Negative

2003-10-01 Thread alan tobin
Why would we Mike? It's not like there is a lot of money at stake or that other sports are filled with cheats. In my world the sky is always clear and people help old ladies cross the street. Alan From: Mike Prizy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Mike Prizy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Michael Contopou

Re: t-and-f: Lgat's B Sample Negative

2003-10-02 Thread alan tobin
track and field and road racing has enough money in it that many people will cheat to win that money. Alan From: Mike Prizy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: alan tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: Lgat's B

RE: t-and-f: Lgat's B Sample Negative

2003-10-02 Thread alan tobin
No one is saying you have cheat to be good. You only have to cheat to win. Big difference. Alan From: "Andrew Owusu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'alan tobin'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: <[EM

Re: RE: t-and-f: Lgat's B Sample Negative

2003-10-02 Thread alan tobin
an behind the curtain if you still at the front door. Alan From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andrew Owusu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"'alan tobin'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> S

Re: Cheaters

2003-10-03 Thread alan tobin
an opinion. It just makes it easier to accept when the ax comes crashing down. Carl freakin Lewis was dirty for christs sakes. Isn't he the saint of US track and field? Alan From: "Conway Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Conway Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: t-and-f: Templeton on Lagat

2003-10-03 Thread alan tobin
"Neither Bernard nor Coach Li nor I knew much about EPO testing when all this happened. " That's total and complete bullshit. If you're at the top of the distance running game then it is one of your responsibilities to know about testing procedures especially if you're an agent or manager. Plea

Re: Cheaters

2003-10-06 Thread alan tobin
>Sprinters and throwers are dirtier than distance runners. Probably true in the United States. If American distance runners are doping, they ought to sue their pharmacist for malpractice. RT Also, it goes back to my original statement about the lack of top level US distance runners. In the world

Re: t-and-f: who would use drugs?

2003-10-06 Thread alan tobin
In those same studies a similar question was asked but without it causing death. Somewhere around 75-80% said yes. Alan From: "edndana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "edndana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: t-and-f: who would use drugs? Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:19:05 -0400

RE: Cheaters

2003-10-06 Thread alan tobin
The original question was too inclusive. I said as a broad statement that in order to win a major championship you must be doped. That statement is likely wrong, but the general idea remains the same. I'm sure there are a couple athletes out there who are winning and not doped, but they are not

Re: t-and-f: who would use drugs?

2003-10-06 Thread alan tobin
There's my story. I've been trying to find a copy of that article for the longest time. "Nor is the testing itself as stringent as Olympic testers would have the public believer. The IOC tolerates startlingly high levels of testosterone in both male and female athletes. Olympic testing guidelin

Re: t-and-f: who would use drugs?

2003-10-07 Thread alan tobin
The article was "Over the Edge" and I think it was in 1995 or 1996. Great timing, right before the Atlanta Olympics. Alan From: Dan Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Dan Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: who would use drugs? Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 17:29:12

Re: t-and-f: The Study was a 1995 poll

2003-10-09 Thread alan tobin
Could also be psychological differences between men and women. Men are more aggressive and therefore would be more inclined to cheat. Women tend to look internally instead of externally for success. When women cheat it's usueally because of an overbearing male presence (Eastern Bloc government,

Re: Re: t-and-f: The Study was a 1995 poll

2003-10-09 Thread alan tobin
se Running USA teams and more money to be won at races yet we still fail to succeed in the depth we did 20 years ago when Boston Billy was working 40 hours a week and running 2:09 Alan From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,

Re: t-and-f: The Study was a 1995 poll

2003-10-10 Thread alan tobin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Oct 2003 06:26:33.0444 (UTC) FILETIME=[73077240:01C38EF7] But, I guess that proves something. If a guy will give his left and right ones for $2500, surely he'll dope up for $60,000. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: t-and-f: The Study was a 1995 poll

2003-10-10 Thread alan tobin
essage----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard McCann Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:41 AM To: alan tobin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: The Study was a 1995 poll The stagnation of men's throwing marks since the mid 1980s runs counter to th

Re: t-and-f: The Study was a 1995 poll

2003-10-10 Thread alan tobin
ly an idiot would get caught. The problem is that the penalty for being caught with steroids is more than just a 2 year ban as it is a federal offense. Alan From: Richard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Richard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PR

Re: t-and-f: How big?

2003-10-13 Thread alan tobin
The same observations have been made regarding Olympic medalists. You can find a similar study at Peak Performance Online and on numerous messages boards (mariusbakken.com comes to mind). 5'7' 140lb for the steeple? Those guys are huge! Maybe I should switch events. In the marathon you must have

Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago

2003-10-13 Thread alan tobin
When a runner I barely heard of runs his first ever marathon 8 seconds off a record that was just broke I start to wonder. 27:30 10k 2:05:50 marathon. Call me a pessimist if you want. Icing on the cake would be if he's a part of Dr. Rosa's camp. Anyone know? Alan From: Richard McCann <[EMAIL

Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago

2003-10-14 Thread alan tobin
cally at first and then level off unless there are major training breakthroughs (late 60s) or very gifted individuals (Peters, Clayton, KK) who break the record multiple times. What I don't buy is the record being broken by a different person every year or every week. Alan From: Richa

Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago

2003-10-14 Thread alan tobin
nn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:40:56 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us ([168.150.

Re: t-and-f: rutto

2003-10-14 Thread alan tobin
Can you blame me for being suspicious? A negative split sub 2:06 in his DEBUT. I don't like the taste of that kool-aid. Alan From: peter watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: peter watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: rutto Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:48:17 -0700 (PDT

Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago

2003-10-14 Thread alan tobin
How about KK? Sure he hasn't touched a track race in a long while, but I'm sure he could take down a few of his PRs if he chose to do so. Alan From: Richard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: (T&FMail List) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago

2003-10-15 Thread alan tobin
ago dance) are broken every year in the same event then I question every one of those results. The state of the sport leads to such uncredibility. Alan From: Richard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[

Re: t-and-f: rutto

2003-10-15 Thread alan tobin
If the state of this sport was different I wouldn't be so suspicious. Don't blame me, blame the sport. alan From: peter watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: peter watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: rutto Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 05:49:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1

RE: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago

2003-10-15 Thread alan tobin
lth reasons" Alan From: "Post, Marty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'alan tobin' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:57:20 -040

RE: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago

2003-10-15 Thread alan tobin
H...apparently I've been trumped. I'll go back to my cave now. Alan From: "Post, Marty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'alan tobin' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston

Re: t-and-f: rutto

2003-10-16 Thread alan tobin
"but if the statement comes down to "he ran fast, so he must be on drugs" then these type of statements have two problems. First, they border on libel, which may expose the writer to legal actions." It doesn't boil down to "he ran fast, so he must be on drugs". Do I have proof that he or anyon

Re: t-and-f: rutto

2003-10-16 Thread alan tobin
Exactly. That's my point. The fact that I have these opinions says something about our sport that needs to be fixed. Alan From: "Martin J. Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Martin J. Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: rutto Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:42:57

RE: t-and-f: Lazy Marathoners Before 2002

2003-10-16 Thread alan tobin
This is not 1954. HUGE difference in training between now and then. HUGE difference in tracks between now and then. HUGE difference between mindset between now and then. Alan From: vincent duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: vincent duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'John Molvar'" <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: t-and-f: rutto

2003-10-16 Thread alan tobin
#x27;t be suspicious. Alan From: Richard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: rutto Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:10:12 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us ([16

t-and-f: Major USADA Drug News!!!!!

2003-10-16 Thread alan tobin
http://www.letsrun.com/2003/usadastatement.php Exactly what I've said in the past. Steroids are still the drug of choice: USADA STATEMENT (Oct. 16, 2003) - Early in the summer, USADA received a call from a person represented to be a high-profile track and field coach, who provided the names of

Re: t-and-f: rutto

2003-10-16 Thread alan tobin
ard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: rutto Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:39:18 -0700 And I say that this is a public forum where if you have suspicions, you either need to keep them to you

Re: t-and-f: rutto

2003-10-17 Thread alan tobin
t;, but a less snooty way of saying the same thing would be "tasteless". In fact this listserv has gone the way of the Dodo since I first signed on in 1996 when actual college runners *shock* frequented the list. Alan From: Richard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "alan tobin&

Re: t-and-f: Lazy Marathoners Before 2002

2003-10-17 Thread alan tobin
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Re: t-and-f: Lazy Marathoners Before 2002

2003-10-19 Thread alan tobin
Some people on this list need to lighten up. Some people are way too stuffy and proper. Even serious media outlets sometimes fail to provide anying new or interesting as they rehash old stories and ideas. Stop pretending the list is god. Alan ___