Track aficionados like to explain the frequently slow winning times in distance races at major championships by pointing out that winning these races is all that matters, and that no one wants to lead them in the early stages because an early leader becomes a target for the rest of the field. This may be true in general, but I saw an exception today in the women’s 5000-meter final, in which the phrase “tactical race” was taken to an absurd extreme… [More]
Tags: 5000 meters, Distance Running, NYRR, Olympic Track and Field, Olympics, Running, Stuart Calderwood
September 1, 2008 at 9:22 am |
Hey Stuart,
this is Roman from germany. We met in march running with alex in beautiful Central Park, a couple of days before you left to france. Read about your experiences in china, must have been nice to somehow be “part of the games”!
Would you mind contacting me (roman.rossmann [at] gmx.de) concerning the NYC marathon this year? are you still in contact with alex?
thanks a lot, roman