Re: t-and-f: Why 557?

2006-05-24 Thread krbray
>>Kurt, if you were to familiarize yourself with the board and all its functions(you strike me as a pretty smart guy, so it wouldn't take you long), I think you would find that your objections are not valid.<< I have familiarized myself with it. That's how I know it's a big pain in the butt. Wit

RE: t-and-f: Why 557?

2006-05-24 Thread krbray
>The poor dear. Here's a better description of the problem: "I agree, Kurt. One has to spend a lot of time checking dozens of different forum topics to get all the news and comments, then the next time one wishes to check, you have to go through it all again. No way to easily see only what you

Re: t-and-f: Why 557?

2006-05-24 Thread krbray
>...and does it better. That's a matter of opinion. I preferred the old list, and I currently spend very little time on the T&F News website because of the web-based format. I can't stand all that clicking forward and backward and (sometimes slow) loading of pages that involves. E-mail is quick

Re: t-and-f: Olympic Repeats--Women

2006-04-28 Thread krbray
>>The succession of marks in the shot are especially disappointing. The winning distance at Atlanta and Sydney was the same; otherwise, each was less than in the previous Games and the Athens mark (19.59m) was the poorest since 1964. What's happening in this event?<< Better dope testing. ===

RE: t-and-f: Title IX fight

2006-03-14 Thread krbray
>>Meaning that a team that loses a half a million is far more harmful than a small men's team that does not draw much revenue but only costs one hundred thousand or less.<< True enough, but the reason why football, even football that loses a half million each year, is a net winner for many schools

Re: t-and-f: What's the precedent for 'former?'

2006-01-27 Thread krbray
The rule book requires that WRs must run according to, well, the rule book. If you cheat, the record never happened. Do we consider Ben Johnson a "former" WR holder? I sure don't. Kurt Bray "Tom Derd

RE: t-and-f: Is anyone innocent?

2005-08-24 Thread krbray
>Kurt Bray still around? Yeah, I'm still here. It depends hugely on how the specimens are stored. In general, blood and drugs present in blood will last for many years if stored at -80 degrees C. If it is stored in the -20 C freezer compartment of an ordinary fridge, I would question the stabili

RE: t-and-f: Is anyone innocent?

2005-08-23 Thread krbray
You can't compete with most banned substances in your system whether you have a prescription or not. If that were the case everybody would get prescriptions for steroids, many of which are legitimate pharmaceuticals. The deal with Lance is that he took the EPO as a legitimate part of his cancer t

Re: t-and-f: Re: t-and-f: Re: t-and-f: Cherkasova runs 800m in 1:56, as five duck under 1:59– Kazan, IAAF GPII

2005-06-27 Thread krbray
There was some documentary evidence against Koch in the Stasi papers. There was a letter in the files from Koch complaining to the sport authorities that Barbel Wockel (whose father had connections to the DDR sports drug industry) was getting bigger doses and access to newer/better dope than she

RE: t-and-f: Famous people who have run track?

2001-12-14 Thread krbray
You ran against Eric Roberts? Did his sister Julia show up to cheer him on? Also, in high school (in Mississippi I believe) he wasn't known as Eric Roberts. Roberts is the family stage name. Eric and Julia Roberts' real last name is Moats. Kurt Bray

Re: t-and-f: World record progression website?

2001-12-07 Thread krbray
Richard, Try this: http://www.kajakstandf.org/wr_progression/ Kurt _ Kurtis R. Bray, Ph.D. Director of Development and Technical Center Immunomics Operations Beckman Coulter, Inc. 7330 Carroll Road San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: (858) 621-4554 FAX: (858) 689-

Re: t-and-f: Suzy's thoughts about Edmonton and the rest of theseason

2001-08-21 Thread krbray
>Which Suzy is this? I guess if you had to ask, the message wasn't meant for you. ;-) But as far as I know Suzy Favor-Hamilton is the only person in big time track who goes by "Suzy". If someone had referred to simply "Hicham" would you have reacted as indignantly? Kurt (Bray)

Re: t-and-f: Michael Johnson On Edmonton 4x400

2001-05-05 Thread krbray
David said: >Edmonton Journal is reporting Michael Johnson is interested in competing on the US 4 x 400 relay team at the World Championships in Edmonton. I have also seen reports there will be a conference call this weekend among USATF folks to decide whether to allow that, given that Michael

Re: t-and-f: Creating Good Distance runners in the US

2001-03-15 Thread krbray
Fred opined: >>>I think the reason is that people that live in the soft climates are not grown "tough". Think about it. The great runners (yes I know there are some exceptions, but the number is REAL small), Ryun (Kansas-Hot and Cold), Mills (poor, Indian Reservation), Lindgren, Prefontaine(Or

Re: t-and-f: Hoof and Mouth and the WCCC

2001-03-13 Thread krbray
>What is interesting is they said that the disease is "not a danger to humans".   Why did they move the >XC Championships then? Because humans spread the disease to other areas by walking through affected rural areas (such as a cross country course) and bringing the virus home on their shoes

Re: t-and-f: Strange World Indoor Championships

2001-03-11 Thread krbray
>1. The Men's 1500. How can the 1500 be won is such a slow time? I'm in Marseille, France on business and got to watch that race live on TV. And it was the usual story for a big championship: there was no rabbit, and no one wanted to lead. Thus they jogged for half of the race or so, and th

Re: t-and-f: Re: rankings

2001-01-17 Thread krbray
>>>As has been discussed on the list previously, the nature of stats in baseball is different than in t&f. In baseball, it tends toward raw numbers, not the "quality" of them. No wind readings to worry about or length of home runs factored into the totals, batting averages<<< Which, IMHO, is

RE: t-and-f: Stagnation (was: Speaking of Sprints)

2000-12-12 Thread krbray
>>>Speaking of long-lasting world records... Is Jarmila Kratochvilova's 1:53.28 July 26 '83 WR at 800m - now at 17 years, 4 months and some days and counting - the longest-standing women's record in history? How many other records, besides Beamon's and Lee Evans', have lasted longer?<<< Coe's WR

t-and-f: Carol Lewis Now a Bobsledder

2000-12-11 Thread krbray
Not sure how this story got by the list this long http://www.sltrib.com/12092000/sports/52136.htm Kurt Bray

Re: t-and-f: $$$$$ not the root of all evil.

2000-11-06 Thread krbray
The G.O.A.T. says: "...People cheat to win in this sport. In the times of the East German regime, it was about winning. There was very little money, especially going to the athlete. People cheat to win. Money has been a result not a cause." Correct. People would cheat to win, especially at