That 'altitude' was killing the distance runners wasn't it?
2200' is just a little higher than that high-altitude Mecca called
'Spokane' (1900').
malmo
>
> In a message dated Tue, 14 Aug 2001 5:33:07 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time, "Highfill, Floyd"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Everyone has their opinion on the effect of the temperature but the
> > altitude
> > (2000') is worth about 1-1/2 minutes (or 3-4 sec per mile).
> > The heat couldn't have been worth more than about 5 minutes
> overall unless
> > you think Abera was capable of running under the WR on a
> "good" day. This
> > still puts the Americans over 2:20 under the best of
> circumstances.>
>
> Must have been the altitude (which aids the sprints) which
> allowed Abera to run the last 300m in 44.7 (a sub-60 pace).
>
> gh
>
