Mentioning The Runner magazine reminds me of one of my favorites: A
laugh-out-loud article by Don Kardong on race directing which appeared in
the very last issue of The Runner before it was bought out by Runner's
World. Kardong has some of his articles republished in anthology books. I
don't know
I believe that Moore's classic article in Sports Illustrated on his 4th
place finish in the marathon in Munich is also reprinted in his book.
An even earlier author of SI track/running articles was Hal Higdon. Some of
these were republished in a paperback "On the Run From Dogs and People"
We all know that Shakespeare was a pen name. What was he trying to cover-up!
Ed Koch
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I was merely attempting a little humor, not suggesting anything else.
Ed Koch
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Yeah, and if Freeman was one of ours, we would have gotten a 7th in the
Women's 200 even using the Australian system. But I guess if MG or MJ had
flinched at the start there might have been a recall.
Ed Koch
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Also, you may want to read an AP article ("US Criticized for Drug
Monitoring") on the international politics involved. It is on many USA
newspaper websites on Wednesday, for example,
http://www.newsday.com/ap/sports/ap535.htm .
Ed Koch
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The appeals process is found in USATF Regulation 10. To read it, go to
http://www.usatf.org and click on to the link for the USATF Governance
Manual. USATF bashers may be surprised to see because of amendments passed
last year, new doping hearings are now heard and decided by independent AAA
Believe it or not, FloJo said it once in an interview although she may have
not been the first.
Ed Koch
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A basic problem is that popularity isn't constant. A hundred years ago, the
walks were among the most popular events in our sport. Until Edwin Moses,
the 400 hurdles was ignored by most. Before Altanta, Garry Hill sugested
eliminating the 200 (among other events) from track meets aimed at
An interesting question is if the USA television ratings are perceived to
decline because of the tape delays, will NBC in 2004 show the weekend events
live in the afternoon ( USA afternoon = Europe evening) or still tape to
show everything in prime time. The last comparable situation was the
At least Marty got to run in the OLympics in 1968 (when he was too young to
be a serious medal contender). Countless others have had injuries keep them
out of the Olympics altogether.
Ed Koch
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Dick Enberg (sp?) made the comment. He did, of course, some track field
announcing in the past including the 1987 World Championships.
Ed Koch
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What about undistinguished officials?
In 1984, Peter Uberroth (sp?) couldn't find it in his budget to provide
lodging for the track field competition officials and they had to pay for
their own. They would have loved to be offered free housing in the Olympic
Village. In 1996, competition
Of course in those days, there was the amateur issue. Was Cliff Blair being
paid for his articles?
Ed Koch
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The Penn Relays had a marathon in the 1970's which was held on Monday or
Tuesday of Penn Relays week. (This may have been in response to Drake having
one.) It did not get huge numbers given that it was on a weekday and was
before the 1970's roadrace boom had fully hit. It eventually was replaced
I understand ESPN has to accept the European feed and doesn't control the
camera angles. But if they ever do get control, the worst camera angle to me
is the wide shot of the runners in staggered lane events on the back
straight. A hard core fan may be able to pick out runners, but a casual
I seem to recall a rule of thumb told me about masters competition some time
ago that the average athlete who stays in shape can expect to lose 1% on
their performance every year past age thirty. Perhaps, the lose of
performance is slower for elite athletes or it starts later (35?). 10.99 is
Something to look forward to: The recent news on
the list means I may be refereeing Junior Olympic meets in a few years with
little Grotes. My best wishes to the happy couple.
Ed Koch
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Sam Alexander- My right hand man at
The Commish is ageless.
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Monday, August 28, 2000 9:28 PMSubject: Re: t-and-f: U.S. TV
crticism--1976 styleDidn't know that Bob Hersh was around
125
2000 meters is the standard steeplechase distance for the World and USA
Junior Championships as well as the USA Junior Olympics.
Ed Koch
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The athletes might like it provided the IAAF offers prize money as it does
for other World Championships. It would give them visibility and allow them
to represent their country in risk-free events that do not affect their
individual rankings.
Ed Koch
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In fact it is a tenth lane at Franklin Field on the first 200, and there are
ten runners in the 100 and 110 hurdle races in the Penn Relays, but only
nine teams in the 4x1, and 4x2 which are in lanes all the way around.
Ed Koch
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I think I read somewherethat Larry ran 4:09.
Ed Koch
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At 08:04 PM
Doctor Jabbour is doing a wonderful job as I am next door in the announcer's
booth to his operation. I hope more meets not on TV are on his website in
the future. One point, however. The Junior Olympics are arguably the world's
largest championship meet, but is much smaller than the Penn Relays,
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