But didn't he race less the other Olympic year and a lot less during several years before and after 1972?
- Ed Parrot ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "edndana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:48 AM Subject: Re: RE: t-and-f: 12:57 last 5000 > Why Viren? Viren raced 43 times one Olympic year. He seemed to have it figured out? > > malmo > > > > > From: "edndana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2003/08/27 Wed AM 09:28:14 CDT > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: RE: t-and-f: 12:57 last 5000 > > > > >> Another thing, I'm still lacking any understanding at all for the > > train-don't race mentality. When did this take hold? > > > > Maybe the long-term effects of Viren? > > > > I don't really understand it, either, although I think probably has > > something to do with all the accusations of overracing on the roads that > > were thrown around in the 1980's - for a few years there, it was the "in" > > thing for coaches to say that what our athletes needed was not to race as > > much on the roads. Ironically, this started at a time when we were actually > > more competitive than we are now. > > > > - Ed Parrot > > > > > > >
