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I was a member of the Oregon list long ago and I got in some special arguments, mainly about the biased opinions of many of the fans in regards to sprints.
Look the track underworld, better known as message boards, has exploded thanks to the upswing in sprint times and the 10.67 run by Jeter. Sadly it has brought back the same ill feelings I once expressed on the Oregon list. A sprinter runs something special and it is immediately a drug question. Many of you have gone so far as to say you have a bad taste in your mouth and you just cannot get excited about it. My question is why? Do you feel the same when 8 africans run under 13 minutes? Or when the marathoners now run 2:08 and faster as if that is completely normal? I do not see mile long threads about the drop in 1500 times recently, I mean when is the last time we have seen a sub 3:30?
My point is to not slander the distance runners but to bring to all of your attention to the clear bias you hold against the sprints in general. There have been drug bust up and down the line of our sport and it is something we have to get a handle on, on many fronts, but we will not survive if the truest of us continually question the marquee performances, and speak about them as if it is an unquestioned truth that these men and women are doping.
When we hash it out is it so remarkable that she ran 10.67? I am old enough to remember cheering for Evelyn when she beat Gohr at Zurich in a wr 10.76. That was well over 20 years ago fellas. Are we to be astounded by a tenth improvement by the women in 25 years?
We have to get excited about this sport or no one else will. I admire GH and staff because while the board may get out of control they have maintained a level in the magazine throughout it all. However, I know some of you also post here and talk in the stands, and you have to realize your internal doubts that you do not write, thank you, still shows in your lack of enthusiasm in what you do write.
We have our pitfalls and I am asking us all the be optimist and allow for disappointment. We are killing ourselves in an attempt to not be disappointed in our heroes. Well hell guys it is a little late for that now. I can tell you with full confidence this performance did not fall out of the sky, it has been there waiting all year. Her season is a result of hard nosed work and a dedication to a training program that has produced the best we have ever seen over a long time period. This is not a mystery any longer. At some point we have to look up and acknowledge that some of our coaches are just that good. The same we respect many many distance coaches.
That race was something special, in terms of execution it was all it was supposed to be, it was a masterful run. If you take the time to look you will see technical improvements, and spot on mechanics that are supposed to produce said performance.
Some of you will never believe and I can appreciate that, there is a lot of reason to disbelieve, but we need that number to shrink, especially where sprints are concerned. They are our superstars and are the face of the sport, like it or not. Get excited fellas, we are in a special time for sprinters right now, just as we were for middle distance for a while.
Sincerely from the ground up.
This is my public service announcement.
Look the track underworld, better known as message boards, has exploded thanks to the upswing in sprint times and the 10.67 run by Jeter. Sadly it has brought back the same ill feelings I once expressed on the Oregon list. A sprinter runs something special and it is immediately a drug question. Many of you have gone so far as to say you have a bad taste in your mouth and you just cannot get excited about it. My question is why? Do you feel the same when 8 africans run under 13 minutes? Or when the marathoners now run 2:08 and faster as if that is completely normal? I do not see mile long threads about the drop in 1500 times recently, I mean when is the last time we have seen a sub 3:30?
My point is to not slander the distance runners but to bring to all of your attention to the clear bias you hold against the sprints in general. There have been drug bust up and down the line of our sport and it is something we have to get a handle on, on many fronts, but we will not survive if the truest of us continually question the marquee performances, and speak about them as if it is an unquestioned truth that these men and women are doping.
When we hash it out is it so remarkable that she ran 10.67? I am old enough to remember cheering for Evelyn when she beat Gohr at Zurich in a wr 10.76. That was well over 20 years ago fellas. Are we to be astounded by a tenth improvement by the women in 25 years?
We have to get excited about this sport or no one else will. I admire GH and staff because while the board may get out of control they have maintained a level in the magazine throughout it all. However, I know some of you also post here and talk in the stands, and you have to realize your internal doubts that you do not write, thank you, still shows in your lack of enthusiasm in what you do write.
We have our pitfalls and I am asking us all the be optimist and allow for disappointment. We are killing ourselves in an attempt to not be disappointed in our heroes. Well hell guys it is a little late for that now. I can tell you with full confidence this performance did not fall out of the sky, it has been there waiting all year. Her season is a result of hard nosed work and a dedication to a training program that has produced the best we have ever seen over a long time period. This is not a mystery any longer. At some point we have to look up and acknowledge that some of our coaches are just that good. The same we respect many many distance coaches.
That race was something special, in terms of execution it was all it was supposed to be, it was a masterful run. If you take the time to look you will see technical improvements, and spot on mechanics that are supposed to produce said performance.
Some of you will never believe and I can appreciate that, there is a lot of reason to disbelieve, but we need that number to shrink, especially where sprints are concerned. They are our superstars and are the face of the sport, like it or not. Get excited fellas, we are in a special time for sprinters right now, just as we were for middle distance for a while.
Sincerely from the ground up.
This is my public service announcement.
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