Re: t-and-f: Jacobs/toughness

2000-09-16 Thread R.T.
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 15:03:35 EDT, you wrote: > >I'm glad you think it's a lame excuse.. Jacobs is proabbly the toughest >female distance (and probably male, too) the US has had since Slaney. >So i don't know if i'd say she's not tough enough. > >The fact that she's 37 and probably won't get anot

Re: t-and-f: Jacobs/toughness

2000-09-16 Thread Michael Rohl
` Netters kebba wrote > > I'm glad you think it's a lame excuse.. Jacobs is proabbly the toughest > female distance (and probably male, too) the US has had since Slaney. > So i don't know if i'd say she's not tough enough. No she isn't as usual this list forgets the best distance runner: road,

RE: t-and-f: Jacobs/toughness

2000-09-16 Thread malmo
Behalf Of Kebba Tolbert > > I'm glad you think it's a lame excuse.. Jacobs is probably the toughest > female distance (and probably male, too) the US has had since Slaney. > So i don't know if i'd say she's not tough enough. Given the valid speculation about Jacobs, do you really want to link he

RE: t-and-f: Jacobs/toughness

2000-09-16 Thread malmo
Sometimes I'm cryptic -- not this time. Read "blessing in disguise" literally. Many times, [not the HUNDREDS as I've originally stated -- substitute the word "scores"] athletes have gone under the weather only to benefit from the subsequent rest, which leads to a major breakthrough. Those who cor

Re: t-and-f: Jacobs/toughness

2000-09-17 Thread Kristopher Rolin
Or maybe she was on EPO and didn't want to be drug tested. Just something I heard during all the speculation of Jacobs droping out of the Games. I hope that she would never use this drug but man she really ran some crazy fast times this year...just my two cents. Later, Rolin On Sat, 16 Sep 2000,

Re: t-and-f: Jacobs/toughness

2000-09-17 Thread Alan Shank
Kristopher Rolin wrote: > Or maybe she was on EPO and didn't want to be drug tested. Just something > I heard during all the speculation of Jacobs droping out of the Games. I > hope that she would never use this drug but man she really ran some crazy > fast times this year... She didn't even set

Re: t-and-f: Jacobs/toughness

2000-09-18 Thread Alan Shank
Kristopher Rolin wrote: > The time that she ran in the 5000m was a large improvement from her > previous american record. She was on a entirley different level then the > other competitors in the US So what? That just means the US has no world-class 5000 runners. On this year's world list, she's