It seems to me that this is another instance of questioning what you read in the
press.
I doubt that Shorter ever made such a statement.
John Lunn
Martin J. Dixon wrote:
I'd say it was a very foolishly written and/or edited article-note the thread that
I was perpetuating. Someone on letsrun
Well jeez, it was in on Philly.com... it must be true! I would be willing
to make a small wager to anyone interested that Webb is not running the
Phili marathon and that Bill Fleischman doesn't know what he is talking
about. Maybe Alan is running the 5k run on the same day, but no way is he
It sounded to me like Shorter's quote was in regard to Webb's decision to
turn pro. I think the writer has equated turning pro with running
marathons and in the process also confused Webb with one of the other
debutantes at Chicago.
Here is what the article said:
Webb is scheduled to make
I thought Martin was kidding until I read the article. This is the dumbest
idea I have heard of in a long time. The volume of long contact time training
necessary to run a fast marathon will end any chance he may have as a world
class middle distance runner. Unless there is some reason to
I'd say it was a very foolishly written and/or edited article-note the thread that
I was perpetuating. Someone on letsrun thought it would have been a good Onion
article which is true. The real question is whether or not Shorter actually
believed that Webb was going to run one. Sounds like one of
