Can large 25yr old tire salesman make the US OT in 100m?

[G.Ahearn]

From Thursday's New York Times--front page

By LYNN ZINSER
Published: March 6, 2008
LEXINGTON, Ky. — From his lonely practice lane, a catwalk over a local gym and gymnastics facility, Dallas Robinson chases his dream of being an Olympic sprinter. .....


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[b_johnson_fan]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/sport ... ted=1&_r=1

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http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discuss ... hp?t=29217

[runforlife]

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Nice story but I vote - No way does he make the Oly. team.
Why did he have to quit his job?
Lots of Olympians have worked full time jobs and still found time to train. A prime example is Derek Clayton who ran 160 miles/week around at least a 40 hr. work week. It can be done. It's called Dedication and Priorities.

[26mi235]

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Nice story but I vote - No way does he make the Oly. team.
Why did he have to quit his job?
Lots of Olympians have worked full time jobs and still found time to train. A prime example is Derek Clayton who ran 160 miles/week around at least a 40 hr. work week. It can be done. It's called Dedication and Priorities.

Jeter suddenly zoomed (back) into the US scene when she quit her job last year (as did another, successful but not quite as successful) woman sprinter of the same vintage.

[Mike67]

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Nice story but I vote - No way does he make the Oly. team.
Why did he have to quit his job?
Lots of Olympians have worked full time jobs and still found time to train. A prime example is Derek Clayton who ran 160 miles/week around at least a 40 hr. work week. It can be done. It's called Dedication and Priorities.

Although my prognostic ability is not the greatest, I say he makes the team and places in the top 3 at the OG!

[lonewolf]

I have no idea whether Dallas has a shot at making the OT but I love a Cinderella story and I am pulling for him.

[richxx87]

This whole thing is like a track version of the Vince Papale story -- which was recently depicted in the Mark Wahlberg film, "Invincible" -- who was a bartender-turned-NFL walk-on.

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Go Colonels!

[pickle47]

I didn't realize that Carl Lewis weighed "close to 200 pounds". I could go look it up, but I'd guess Carl weighed 170 at the most. Of course, he was closer to 200 than to 100...

[AthleticsInBritain]

There's no way Lewis weighed the same as Christie.

[doug091463]

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Nice story but I vote - No way does he make the Oly. team.
Why did he have to quit his job?
Lots of Olympians have worked full time jobs and still found time to train. A prime example is Derek Clayton who ran 160 miles/week around at least a 40 hr. work week. It can be done. It's called Dedication and Priorities.

well he quit his job probably because he likes training more than his former job.
in the new track and field news that came out last week deena kastor said she willl need 600 hours of naptime in the next 8 months to be at her best, the question could be reversed why doesnt kastor get a job instead of the nap and massage time, he probably feels the same as kastor. and who is to say clayton would not have been a little better if he just trained and did not work? basically at the high levels it is not that unusual for the athletes to train, shower, eat, sleep until the next workout 2-3 times a day with 2-6 hours of training a day, if you include lifting, stretching etc.

[mal]

I think some other purpose / work, other than training is necessary for a balanced and healthy preparation.

Both mental and physical.

[Kevin Richardson]

His odds of making the team are slim. Nevertheless, I am one of the ones who would love to see him make some noise on the scene. He seems like a humble sort, like so many from that neck of the woods. He represents the best traits of the much maligned Appalachian.

Go Colonels! :wink:

[Half Miler]

I didn't realize that Carl Lewis weighed "close to 200 pounds". I could go look it up, but I'd guess Carl weighed 170 at the most. Of course, he was closer to 200 than to 100...

T&FN listed Lewis at weights ranging from about 170 to around 192 during his career, IIRC. He was at his heaviest in '84, I believe.