Who was it who put the "con" in convicts? The guy got his 15 minutes. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin J. Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Track & Field List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:17 AM Subject: t-and-f: Jericho Mile at Athens?
> > > This had a bit of interest on the T&FN board. Just finished reading an > article in the July edition of Outside magazine about a 34 year-old > originally from Michigan named Jon Gill who, I guess, had some talent in > the day. State champ at something or other and finished not too far > behind Kennedy in some race. Booze and drugs have landed him in jail and > he is just finishing up a 70 > month stint. Dick Brown is coaching him. He has aspirations of getting > to Athens. Quoting from the article which does not appear to be online > anywhere: > > "In the Olympic trials. Gill predicts that he'll run under 3:35. At the > Olympics, he'll boldly move to the front, where he couldn't care less > about the clock. "I'm not running for a time in Athens," says Gill. "I'm > running to win."" > > It says in the article that one Henry Rono isn't shrugging off his > chances. The writer likely doesn't know who Rono is and describes him as > follows and makes no mention of some of his difficulties: > > "...Henry Rono, a 51 year-old Kenyan living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, > who broke four different world records in 1978, dominating everything > from the 3000 to the 10000." > > I believe that it said in the article that his pre-incarceration pb in > the mile was 4:17. > > I guess the story has subsequently been on CBS and ESPN. > > > Regards, > > > Martin > > > >
