Did it bother anybody else that the i/best at 1500 --3:59.39-- was set by Regina Jacobs,at 39y.o.?
If you examine all the greats -- Coe,Ov.Cramy,Aouita,Decker,Ryan,Scott,et.al.-- almost all were outstanding Jr. runners who peaked in their mid-20's and started to flame out by 28-30.
Ms. Jacobs has an illness and 20 years of traning behind her. Never a great college runner she continues to excell at an advanced age. She is truely the exception to the form chart set by all the greats.
If you examine all the greats -- Coe,Ov.Cramy,Aouita,Decker,Ryan,Scott,et.al.-- almost all were outstanding Jr. runners who peaked in their mid-20's and started to flame out by 28-30.
Ms. Jacobs has an illness and 20 years of traning behind her. Never a great college runner she continues to excell at an advanced age. She is truely the exception to the form chart set by all the greats.
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