Gabe Jennings is back

[MJD]

Walt Murphy is reporting that he(Gabe not Walt) is running at the Payton Jordan U.S. Open on Memorial Day. He isn't on the entry list yet that I can see but that list is here:

http://www.ustfopen.org/startList.shtml

[tafnut]

Re: Gabe Jennings

Oh, for the dream match race of the ages: AW vs. Gabe.

[basehead617]

Re: Gabe Jennings

what about AW vs Walt?

[ZZrunZZ]

Re: Gabe Jennings

you seemed to have already missed the dream match up of all time....it was held on Fox Sports TV last year.....a 4 man midget relay versus the camel.....the camel won.

A close second in dream match ups was the USA Decathlete (forget his name now) in a long jump competition (into water) versus a black labrador retreiver.....the dog won....this wonderful event was also part of that Fox program.

Who says track & field gets no respect or TV coverage?

[Randy]

Re: Gabe Jennings is back

He'll be back when we see a 3:38 or faster. Until then he's a question mark. And two or three consecutive 3:forty-somethings would drop him from even the question mark category as far as being considered a serious July Trials contendor.

[Randy]

Re: Gabe Jennings is back

By the way, thinking of other athletes in something of the same position as Gabe is in right now-
Who took a longer sabbatical- Gabe, or Jim Ryun in the late 60's?
As I recall there were the same kind of questions about Ryun's fitness and motivation (or lack of; burnout was a term often used) at the time.

Similar questions about Muhammed Ali when he returned to boxing.

Of course Ryun and Ali were at a MUCH higher pinnacle of their respective sports when they started their sabbatical than Gabe has ever achieved.