Kurt, maybe he is thinking he should grab the chance to get a shoe contract before his profitability declines after a bad performance or two. One race may not effect his worth... but what if he "bombs" a couple more times... he is still riding on 3:53... he SHOULD take the loot. He can still train in Michigan, go to school, etc... but instead of peaking for NCAAs he would be peaking for WCs and European races. Bernard Lagat goes to grad school... doesn't seem to be hurting him. Wislon Kipketer was a grad student in Denmark when he set the WR in the 800. Marrius Bakken goes to college and has run about 13:08. He can do everything he is doing now, with less of a course load at school, get a degree (in 5 or 6 years), and train with his current teammates. He just can't race at NCs. Big deal.
>From: "Kurt Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Kurt Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: t-and-f: Dan O'Brien/Alan Webb >Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:52:01 +0000 > >>In a separate piece about Alan Webb there's some speculation he won't >>return >>to collegiate running for Michigan after this spring and instead sign a >>big >>shoe contract and run professionally. > > >Hey, I'm as big a Webb fan as the next guy, and it's clear he is a huge >talent, but aren't notions of turning pro a little premature for someone >who >was beaten back into 9th place in his first and only college track race? > >Seems to me he has a little more learn about how to beat the college boys >before he takes on the big dogs on the pro circuit. > >Kurt Bray > > >(sorry if you get two of these - first one didn't seem to go through). > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
