I agree, I've been harping on this for years, since I was in college in
fact. The marathon (if done right) need not end one's track career. There
are many examples of guys running marathons and then running better on the
track. Main example, once again, is Alberto Salazar. Fresh out of Oregon,
Salazar went on a binge of winning, thats right, winning New York and
Boston, sub 2:10 and everything. After running marathons, Salazar also
managed to run 27:26 and 13:11. I agree that it wouldn't be horrible for
our fastest guys (Meb, Abdi, Hausers, and so on) to jump into a big marathon
each fall after a good track season. Not necessarily a time trial course,
but a big race, how about New York?
Grote
adiRP
----- Original Message -----
From: mike fanelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: t-and-f: MEB and ABDI IN SYDNEY
> OK, let's assume that they've got an additional 30 seconds improvement
over
> 10K...where does that put them in the world??
> My only real point was that TYPICALLY in this day and age, US distance
> runners wait way too long to focus on the marathon. When US ran well and
had
> depth at the distance (1980) guys had moved to the event much
> earlier...Shorter at 23 years old!!! Our marathon depth or lack thereof is
a
> borderline embarassing scene. It's like "OK, now I'm really slowing down
in
> my career...do I take up handball or the marathon??"
>
>
> Mike
>
>
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> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 8:37 AM
> Subject: Re: t-and-f: MEB and ABDI IN SYDNEY
>
>
> > No. It's not guys like Meb and Abdi we need moving up to the marathon.
We
> > need to coddle, teach, train and coach them towards their potential at
5K
> and
> > 10K. And along the way we need to remunerate them for their success on
the
> > track, just like the marathoners. This way 12:59 and 26:59 won't seem
like
> > such a mystery to them. The answer is not pushing everyone towards the
> > marathon. Have we not learned from our mistakes?
> >
> > Larry
> > New England Track
>
>
>
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