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

2003-10-13 Thread Richard McCann
Actually, he's 55 seconds off the WR. By my calculation, his time equals about 26:55 for 10k. Given that few marathoners run equivalent 10k performances, I don't think he's too far out of line. You need to realize that the current men's marathon WR is still quite weak, and should be well und

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

2003-10-13 Thread Elitnet
not barely heard of... U. S. girl debut in sub 2:30. Where is the rant?? In a message dated 10/13/2003 12:47:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >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

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

2003-10-13 Thread Mike Prizy
His PRs in the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon press guide: 13:02/27:21, both in 2000. He is 25 (4/8/78) (8/4/78 for the Europeans.) There was a pack of about six Kenyans at about M20 until Ruttu threw in a 4:34 (1:03:35/1:02:15) (last 10K:29:26) and it was over. With first place money and timed b

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

2003-10-13 Thread peter watson
Alan- because you have not heard of him it is suspicious? I will tell you Evans is the real deal and 100% clean. I had the honor of being part of Dieters training group,running every day with the guys then hanging out drinking chai watching tv. unfortuantly I got injured and did not get to race. Ru

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

2003-10-13 Thread Mike Prizy
She's a tall, good looking blond. Gave up her job as an air traffic controller in Albuquerque so she could train more. I would stake Alan's life on it that she's not taking performance-enhancing drugs;) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > not barely heard of... > U. S. girl debut in sub 2:30. Where is t

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

2003-10-13 Thread Kurt Bray
If a "U.S. girl" in her marathon debut ran within a minute of the world record, you'd probably hear plenty of ranting. Kurt Bray not barely heard of... U. S. girl debut in sub 2:30. Where is the rant?? In a message dated 10/13/2003 12:47:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >When a runner I barel

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

2003-10-13 Thread Steve Shea
What's Khanouchi's 10k PR? Steve S. - Original Message - From: alan tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 2:35 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at

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

2003-10-13 Thread Mike Prizy
; What's Khanouchi's 10k PR? > > Steve S. > > - Original Message - > From: alan tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 2:35 PM > Subject: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant

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

2003-10-14 Thread alan tobin
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Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago

2003-10-14 Thread Dan Kaplan
--- alan tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I friggin hate assumptions like that. Using that logic all of the > women's WRs fail in comparison to the 400 mark. You can not compare a > time at one distance to a time at another distance. It's just stupid. Tell that to Purdy... Comparisons across ev

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

2003-10-14 Thread alan tobin
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Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago

2003-10-14 Thread Richard McCann
iple times. What I don't buy is the record being broken by a different person every year or every week. Alan From: Richard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant

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

2003-10-14 Thread alan tobin
the record being broken by a different person every year or every week. Alan From: Richard McCann <[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

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

2003-10-14 Thread Richard McCann
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Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago

2003-10-14 Thread Richard McCann
It appears that you're conceding my point that top 10k runners are also running the marathon now. I didn't make a broad generalization about everyone, rather that enough individuals are doing this that the overall competitive level has been raised so that the marathon record is beginning to ca

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

2003-10-15 Thread Mike Prizy
e) 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"

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

2003-10-15 Thread Steve Shea
gt; Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 1:04 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago > "For example, how many 10k WR holders (Gebreselassie) or even 10k WC/Oly > medalists (Tergat) have run the men's marath

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

2003-10-14 Thread Richard McCann
I have problems with the statistical methods used to develop most of these tables. Even the comparison method I used, which is similar to Hoffman's is a bit too simplistic. However, the correct method is rather data intensive. I would want to use the top 100 marks over a series of years to e

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

2003-10-15 Thread Matthew Harber
D]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago "running a near a WR in one event implies drug use. He's going to have to use a completely different basis for coming to that conclusion." It's not just running ne

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

2003-10-15 Thread Richard McCann
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]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

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

2003-10-15 Thread Richard McCann
At 06:01 PM 10/15/2003 +, alan tobin wrote: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago Trumping the trump card... The record KK came within 20 seconds of wasn't 2 weeks old

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

2003-10-15 Thread William Bahnfleth
tnessing now is the product of better marathon development for young runners. matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of alan tobin Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: t-and-f: fwd: M

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

2003-10-15 Thread Philip_Ponebshek
Alan wrote: >Trumping the trump card... >It should also be known that KK isn't off my suspicion list either. I'm >suspicious of any current or former WR holder or Olympic/World gold >medalist. You can damn me for that opinion all you want but it is my opinion >and it won't change until WADA,

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

2003-10-15 Thread Steve Shea
2003 2:14 PM Subject: RE: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago > So now a 9 year old record is considered weak, and it's OK for a debut mark > to be near that record? Rutto's debut was 8 seconds off a 4 year old > record mark--that

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

2003-10-15 Thread malmo
ssage- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard McCann Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 2:15 PM To: alan tobin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago >The record

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

2003-10-15 Thread Steve DiNatale
our >numerous whoppers past us. Why keep trying? I just don't get it? > >malmo > > > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard McCann >Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 2:15 PM >To: alan tobin >Cc: [EMAIL

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

2003-10-16 Thread Richard McCann
Richard McCann Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 2:15 PM To: alan tobin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: t-and-f: fwd: Marathon debutant Rutto, Boston champ Zakharova win at Chicago >The record KK came within 20 seconds of wasn't 2 weeks old but 9 years >old. It sho

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

2003-10-16 Thread Richard McCann
Davis RMc malmo > From: Richard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/10/16 Thu PM 12:15:34 CDT > To: "malmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: "'alan tobin'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g