You could go to Eldoret in the Rift Valley, through a net of five miles, and
turn up probably ten times the talent of that group. Sorry.
On 4/23/01 11:24 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Let's line up Shorter, Rodgers, Virgin, Meyer, Lindsay,
> Bjorkland, Durden, Wells, Beardsley, et al - most of whom competed at the same
> time at an elite level - at the starting line in Hopkington and the top ten
> would take a decidedly American look even today. Throw in whatever
> pharmeceuticals are currently in vogue and who knows what the possibilities
> would be.
>
> The countries of the British Isles can do the same.
>
> The problem is probably less a genetic issue than an interest as a competitive
> event issue at least in the US and the Celtic states.
>
> Steve S.
>
>
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