> "How the hell do we fix this problem?" There are many ways to skin a cat but > apparently only a handful of US athletes have found a way. Of course my slow > dumb ass isn't helping matters. > > Alan Alan's dumb ass can help if the guy ahead of him is terrified that dumb ass Alan might beat him. Oh, unspeakable indignity! And the guy ahead of him is terrified that at a guy who can only beat dumb ass Alan might beat him. My point is the US marathoning must return to a "tipping point" where everyone at the sub 2:30 level has guys visably ahead to shoot at and guys just behind gunning for them. But we haven't got enough guys at the sub 2:30 level to make racing interesting and instead marathons become rather than races, time trials. We need the number to pass the "tipping point" to flip time-trialing to racing where the question is not "what what your time?" but "Who did you beat?" To help reach the "tipping point" I am trying to promoteUSA team competition in marathons. My goal for coaching the latter day Greater Boston Track Club is to win the team prize in the 2002 Boston Marathon. The competition will attract fast runners to the marathon and drive them under 2:20 and faster.
This is Tom's dumb ass observation Derderian
