I believe it's the other way around.

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Subject: t-and-f: marathon vs 3k


At 06:44 PM 8/1/2002 -0700, t-and-f-digest wrote..
>I'd say the 3k/marathon is in the same ballpark. George Young was 
>mostly a steepler and he made the Oly Marathon team. Another George who

>roams the list was also a good steepler/marathoner.

The steeplechase is run at 10k pace per lap.  If you look at how
steeplers 
fare in flat races, they tend to do better in 10ks (and cross country)
than 
1500s and 5ks.

Richard McCann


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