Like this "bomber" by Bungey, or a 1:43.15 by Mehdi Baala. UG ==========
Quoting Randall Northam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Surely something's got to be done about Reiti. Look at those middle > distance > marks compared with the sprints. Yet, as I understand it, Rieti, being > in > the hills east of Rome, is at a slight altitude and ought to favour > the > explosive events. > There have been rumours, of course, for years. Some said the track was > too > short, others that it is deliberately measured awry with the athletes > starting from the wrong marks. > All I know is that if you know Steve Ovett and mention Rieti to him he > laughs. And the first time I went there, Sebastian Coe ran his only sub > 3:30 > 1500m. On the same bill was Steve Cram (naturally in an 800m) and he > ran > 1:43.8. When I asked him if he'd seen Coe's run he said he hadn't but > didn't > feel he, Cram, was in 1:43.8 shape. > Now that may have been because of the rivalry between two British > middle > distance runners, but I felt Cram was being honest. > But apparantly the track's been measured etc. etc. and, of course, > these > wonderful marks come at the end of the season when the athletes are > still > fresh... > Randall Northam >
