Sean asked:
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.
This is a silly request. How about we hear about the walking times for
elite marathon and 10K runners? They are different
The request seem far from silly to me! It looks like most walkers are proud
of their running times and have some impressive times at that! Mantis
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From: Ed Dana Parrot [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Saturday, December 23, 2000 4:08 AM
sean,
i'll bite, but then i've never been confused with a great athlete as a
runner or walker. i also can't go to 10km, as i've never run one, but
here goes:
runwalk:
800:2:10
1500:4:45 6:58
mile: 5:05
In a message dated 12/22/00 10:18:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The truth, IMHO, is that the public watches sprints on TV but participates
in long distance. Every weekend there are a multitude of road races with
thousands of joggers out there "competing". But those
1. DWIGHT returns to the list -- wish
2. An American other than MJ will run sub 44 in the open 400
-- prediction
3. The men's 4x1 record will fall -- prediction
4. Edmonton will be the first race will the under
9.90
5. Marion Jones leaves the long jump and gives serious
attention to the
I'm stepping in late, I realize. But anyway. I have to object to "DGS's"
statement about training more than one Olympic Games (cycle) and sports
regime. This somehow implies that he believes that the US sprinters have
some God sent talent that would make it impossible for anybody from, say,
Hi Ed and Dana,
I think you misunderstand my reason for asking. I am a
walker, not a very good one, but I know several
walkers who have awesome running times. One guy who
although he's an international walker wouldn't be an
Olympic medal contender has ran sub 29:30 for 10k
track off walking
Mats asked us to remember:
Remeber that the USSR and the GDR imported their doping science
Hardly. The US is certainly not innocent in furthering doping science, but
a significant majority of the synthetic steroid compounds used in doping
were invented by Germans. Germany has long been a
Netters:
Looking for any sites that might report on indoor college action this winter.
College Running has nothing to date; the race results web site has
either died or moved.
Ed Grant
Kurt,
There are some who think that it started in the US.
In his autobiography "Big Shot", published in 1981, British shot putter
Geoff Capes wrote "We cannot blame the Eastern Europeans for the prevalence
of drug taking. It started in the United States. No doubt about that."
and
"Every thrower
Germany has long been a hotbed of the
science of
organic chemistry, and steroid chemistry during the 40s, 50s,
and 60s, when
most of the steroid dope was developed, is no exception. Scanning the
names
of the scientists and the institutions on the patents and primary
publications of the
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