Before time gets away from me, I want to wish all on the list a very happy
Holiday weekend ..
Conway Hill
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In a message dated Thu, 21 Dec 2000 4:21:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,
"Conway" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Isn't it ironic that while only we hard core sprint fans profess to love
those events .. And the general populace is crazy about distance running ..
That when facilities are created to host
Conway says that the general populace loves distance running, and sideshow says they could give a rats ass about the distance races, even citing the 9900 + 100 meter sprint we all witnessed in Sydney.
I have heard throughout the years that the general populace does not relate to the sprints, but
Did Jesse Owens ever win the 'Jesse Owen's Award' or it equivlent as it was known to
be back then earlier when he was running or was it not in egsistence?
G
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Re: t-and-f:
If you step out of the tf mindset for a moment, I think you will see that
what Conway said makes perfect sense.
Dan
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"Conway" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Isn't it ironic that while only we hard core sprint fans profess to love
those events .. And the general
I've been to hundreds of distance races and never had
someone bring up an elite distance race even during Olympics/WC.
I've been in on Football (American) conversations and had people refer to
wideouts/running backs as something along the lines of "he's fast enough to
be an Olympic Sprinter".
Did Jesse Owens ever win the 'Jesse Owen's Award' or it equivlent as it was known to
be back then earlier when he was running or was it not in egsistence?
G
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All of my non-running, non-track watching friends know who Michael Johnson
is and most know who Maurice Green is. None could name a distance runner.
If you asked them what they would want to watch on TV, distance or
sprints, they would choose sprints.
I think that EVERYBODY understands the
D W I G H T will make a triumphant return to the list.
GH will send ONE email to the list that won't make people ponder his insanity.
Upon further review, Daryl realizes that every single email sent to the list
is not a personal attack of sprinting and HSI.
In a surprising twist of faith,
When Athletics Today (a weekly track and field magazine in the UK in the
late eighties and early nineties) did a survey of readers we found that 70
per cent were distance runners - cross country and road mostly.
Randall Northam
Would it be possible for the walkers on the list to
post their 10k (running ) prs. Also their 1/2
Marathon, and Marathon times.
Might open a few eyes.
sean
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Track Listers,
At 12:56 PM 12/21/2000 -0500, Marty Post wrote:
There were also a couple of notable M40 men's vets records set in 2000:
800m 1:50.69, Colm Rothery (01/??/60) IRL Stretford 9/05/00
5000m 13:43.15 Mohamed Ezzher (04/26/60) FRA Sottevilleon 07/03/00
It should also be noted the
Y ask Y:
Monique Henderson of Morse High School in San Diego will follow in Gail
Devers' footspikes, reports The San Diego Union-Tribune. Monique, who spent
the first month of her senior year watching Sydney Olympic track, announced
an oral commitment to attend UCLA. The 2000 national girls
Darrell wondered:
I have heard throughout the years that the general populace does not relate
to the sprints, but can identify with the distance races because everybody
jogs. This has been the shoe company credo for decades. So which opinion
is
true?
The truth, IMHO, is that the public
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