Took a break from the list to protest the censorship Nazis at UO. When I
heard you were pontificating again I just had to come back.
Jon, you know nothing about running, nor do you know nothing about training
for running. Period. End of story. Citing Kipketer, an 800 meter guy, for
doing 30 mpw i
alert: all distance geeks - if you haven't heard, the american 10k will be
under assault this weekend in palo alto, so get your butt to stanford to
cheer them on (ps i talked to meb friday and he's planning on running, too)
Kennedy to run 10k at Stanford
Bob Kennedy, the American record h
Netters:
Some
reflections on my 56th Penn Relays:
1)
Maurice Greene was his (unfortunately) usual boorish self after the USA win in
the men's 400R. He took a solo victory lap taunting the Jamaican-filled stands
to such an extent that my buddy Elliott Denman was afraid we
Richard:
I've read most of what you site and what I wrote in no way "contradicts
virtually all published assessments of Kenyan training practices. I have
also discussed this with many Kenyan runners, from Kip Keino to Ibrahim
Hussein to Wilson Kipketer. They all laugh at the gross generalization
Message text written by "Ed Prytherch"
>The popular SPRINT EIGHT timer can be started by a transducer that is
attached to the gun. How would you classify performances that are timed
with
this system, hand or FAT ?<
If it's stopped by hand, it's hand timing. The times won't be as short as
times t
Our crew is back from Des Moines, and we just posted 25 hours of video
footage from the Drake Relays. Enjoy Every Lap of Every Race at
http://TrackMeets.com.
Kamal.
DR KAMAL JABBOUR - Engineer, Educator, Runner, WriterO o
2-222 Center for Science and Technology /|\/ <|\
The popular SPRINT EIGHT timer can be started by a transducer that is
attached to the gun. How would you classify performances that are timed with
this system, hand or FAT ?
Ed Prytherch
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From: "Dan Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, Ap
It came to my attention recently that the Women's Steeple standard for the
USATF Outdoor Championships is 11:00.00. Currently, there are 49 women on
the T&FNews US List
(http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/lists/lists2001/usoutw.html) from
4/26/2001 who have run 10:53 or better. Even better... we h
Joshua Seeherman wrote:
> Villanova had some serious Tuppeny Magic in the DMR when an injury to a
> Stanford athlete left the field wide open, and anchor man Adrian Blincoe
> raced to a 3:58.4 split in the 1600
The injury to the Stanford athlete in the DMR was pretty memorable. Stanford was we
--- bobhersh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The auto timer has virtually zero reaction time at either end. It
> starts simultaneously with the firing of the gun and records the exact
> instant the runner reaches the finish line.
But the rules state that an athlete cannot start simultaneously with
Message text written by Dan Kaplan
>That's what I meant when I said the method of hand timing actually makes a
bit more sense. The hand time starts at the smoke from the gun, which in
most cases should be exactly the same time as the athlete reacts to the
sound of the gun. The hand time stops as
--- bobhersh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But you should know that the idea that you're
> referring to has been around for decades.
I figured I wasn't breaking any new ground there, I just hadn't seen it
discussed.
> Most hand times are still inaccurate
> because most hand timers still think tha
For those of you not among the 100,000+ spectators at the 107th Penn
Relays, here are some highlights that might be useful . . . this post is a
little long, I apologize.
In the first relays after the death of legendary Jim Tuppeny, his old teams
of Penn and Villanova put on quite a show. Penn w
Results from all 20
Texas regional meets are now online at http://www.texastrack.com/01t_hs_results.htm.
Another big
weekend -- one 4x400r team ran 3:13.87 didn't qualify for
the state meet! Ychlindria Spears (Luling) triple jumped 43-1, but it's doubtful
that there was a wind guage or tha
Netters:
This
year's HS program at penn of course belonged to Alan Webb who gave one of the
most amazing performances in the long history of this clkass meet. (He also, by
the way, impressed interviewers with his modesty and team-oriented approach to
what he had done.)
But
Message text written by Dan Kaplan
>So, if the idea that hand times can become more accurate with practice
catches on, it seems the concept of FAT conversions would need to be
revisited.<
And I'm sure it will be. But you should know that the idea that you're
referring to has been around for deca
I apologize if this has been brought up before, but I don't recall seeing
it mentioned. With regards to the recent and frequent discussion of hand
timing and how one can get very close to auto times with practice and
dexterity, I can't help but wonder if that is a good thing. After all,
what if
Am I missing some sarcasm here? What's wrong with the idea that the
purest form of sport is competing with yourself and pushing as hard as you
can, not just beating whoever happens to line up against you?
Dan
--- Jack Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The winner of the women's 400 hurdles at D
>From http://athletics.utep.edu/news/archive/042801tf1.htm
4/28/01
UTEP Caps Drake Relays With Two More Titles
After taking four titles on day one of the 92nd Annual Drake Relays, the UTEP track
and field teams added two more Saturday at the prominent competition in Des Moines,
Iowa.
Sophomor
on 4/28/01 3:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 4/27/01 3:30:17 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>> PS Come to think of it I demand that they retroactively give watches to
>> this year's event winners.
>
> Weldon you could have just about walked and got
The winner of the women's 400 hurdles at Drake was quoted in the Des Moines
Register as saying (something like), "Winning is nice, but I'd rather be
second and have a good performance."
Would it make sense that the last digest that I've
received is 3588? Is it my end or yours?
Regards,
Martin ps-Utta Pippig is apparently coming
to a 10km in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in two weeks. Does anyone know what kind of
shape she is in?
Today, a coach's dream will come true. The program he built as a girls' and
boys' state power in the mid-90's and continuing on into this decade will
have its' new track dedicated in his name. Joe Wroblewski's Notre Dame High
School (Lawrenceville, NJ) program will be remembering his life and
The information is correct, but it is from the prelims Friday, not the
finals Saturday.
John Dye [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DyeStat - www.dyestat.com
Internet home of high school track & field & cc
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