La wrote:

Pat Menzies wrote:30 years ago a guy could run 2:07 while working as an aircraft mechanic. What changed?

Professional athletics.

30 years a guy HAD to work because you had to be an amateur to compete at the Olympics.

Not actually true. The amateur era ended well before that.

30 years ago a guy could run 2:07 while working as an aircraft mechanic. What changed?

I don't care. It doesn't affect me personally and not a single person in the world was affected by this. Except the person whose spot she took in Boston. This happened prior to the new rules. Even before the new rules, Boston did fill up. So she likely did take someone's spot who tried to register ...

You are allowed to defend your space. This move would be totally acceptable mid race and happens all the time, especially on the track.
Normally a person wouldn't try to pass so close. Even if she was passed there would have been significant contact and she herself could have protested.

Al of the essentials are priced too high or not even necessary in some cases.

Unless you think he was actually doped from childhood he is an off the charts endurance athlete naturally. That just wasn't enough for him.

Jwolf wrote:Isn't it "Wooster-shire" sauce?

No!
Lesley received the proper training.

Yes and they say "Wooster" sauce too.

I like how they spelled kerb. It is a British article. :wink: I had to look it up. :) Never realized this was the British spelling. I wonder if there are other words with such different spellings of the same pronunciation! They don't pronounce it the same. :lol: So "kerb" is "curb&qu...

Jwolf wrote:

Pat Menzies wrote:

Habs4ever wrote:I like how they spelled kerb.

It is a British article.

I had to look it up. Never realized this was the British spelling. I wonder if there are other words with such different spellings of the same pronunciation!

They don't pronounce it the same.

Habs4ever wrote:I like how they spelled kerb.

It is a British article.

I think a lot of the time it really is because people believe that asphalt is that much softer than concrete. There is a guy here who runs down major traffic routes on the road going with the traffic.

Those Goucher/Salazar emails read like the soundtrack from "The Bodyguard"

[quote="Jwolf"] I don't think Goucher would put her career and family reputation on the line for "small potatoes". A lot more will come out in this story - we have only seen the tip of the iceberg. She said she first went to USADA in Feb 2013. Salazar has already smeared her name...

Seems more likely the whole Nike team was up to little good, including Goucher and Fleshman. But if it's OK for Fleshman to be OK with confessing her errors then shouldn't Alberto just get to do the same if he's guilty? Fleshman is pretty vocal about people coming forward immediately and yet she sat...

The hardest part for most people is letting go of their failures as representing evidence of the impossible.

I don't buy into the "if you want something badly enough, and work hard enough at it, anything is possible" mindset. And the reason I don't like it, is because it implies that if for some reason you don't attain the goal that somehow you are a failure who just didn't try hard enough. agre...

It would also be nice to know if Jamix is OK. His last posts refer to heart trouble.

Running Free is a good choice.

His wife says he cleans up nicely.

You can just as easily view the miles as the "rest" portion.

Its performance enhancing in that it lets an older woman perform like a younger woman.

Many amateurs work just as hard as professionals. I don't think that's what separates them at all.
Jerome Drayton was an amateur.

Yes, they probably make a fortune in last minute purchases.

It's much more likely to be compartment syndrome with those symptoms.