Maybe her bathing habits might be a more appropriate topic then?
"The immediate sensation is quite devastating. Ten minutes? Within six seconds I am doing laps of the hotel room, shouting obscenities at the ceiling and grasping my withered manhood with shaking hands." http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/specials/european_athletics/2178643.stm Geoff Pietsch wrote: > Fascinating that this track list spends more time discussing her socks > than her race. > In any case, Garry's point about the wind being a non-factor since Munich > is enclosed, is valid. Of course it was Garry who brought up the possible > wind effect: "So long as the wind wasn't too nasty...." And, come to think > of it, how totally does it block the wind if the athletes are subjected to > the pouring rain? I suspect the wind can swirl a bit. And I wonder if other > distance runners agree with my contention that, while rain can be helpful, > a downpour - even if it doesn't leave the track ankle deep, as Garry said, > still can be negative if heavy enough. > As for the outkicking part, Garry seems to deliberately distort what I > was saying - to set up a straw man he can then mock. Sorry but I said > nothing about there being no point in racing since Radcliffe was too good. > My point was that Radcliffe was too good for that field and if any had gone > with her it (1)would have helped her (ask any distance runner), and (2) > those particular runners would have died so the kick would have been > irrelevant. I'd agree I overstated in saying flatly that no one else can run > 30:01 - there are some damned tough women out there - but certainly no one > in that race was ready to do so. > GP > > >From: ghill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: ghill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: track list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: t-and-f: WOW II > >Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 15:23:35 -0700 > > > > > > > > > From: "Geoff Pietsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 18:14:13 -0400 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: t-and-f: WOW II > > > > > > (2) Yes she has often been outkicked, but no one else can run 30:01. > > > If someone had gone with her for 5K or more it would have helped her, > >even > > > if she did all the leading. And they would not have survived to do any > > > outkicking.>> > > > >If that were the case, we'd never have to run races. Just ask Ron Clarke. > >Or > >even better, ask Dave Bedford, who in the summer of '71 ran 27:47.0 to move > >to No. 2 on the all-time world list, behind only Clarkie. > > > >He went to the Euros with a bulge of more than 25 seconds on the next man > >on > >the yearly list. And he set a kick-ass pace. But there were guys who could > >hang with him on this occasion (again, that's why we race; to find out) and > >he ended up 6th. > > > >The most illuminating part of the story is that it was written at the time > >in all seriousness that had Bedford stayed on the sidelines for 24 laps, > >just watching the other guys, and jumped into the fray for the final lap, > >and had run a PR 400.... he still would have been 6th! > > > >gh > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
