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- From: preston@dawn.cs.rice.edu (Preston Briggs)
- Newsgroups: rec.running
- Subject: Re: Men's marathon
- Message-ID: <BsvvIF.1As@rice.edu>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 18:32:38 GMT
- References: <1992Aug10.234613.17211@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> <1992Aug10.175247.6706@mic.ucla.edu> <cpk-120892080317@harrier.cray.com>
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- cpk@sequoia.cray.com (Chris Kruell) writes:
-
- >> The 10% he mentioned can be the difference between not even making the
- >> olympic team and placing top 6 or so in the olympics. In a way, he
- >> was not incomplete at all, since the things he mentioned are
- >> overlooked by many runners, whereas the 90% he didn't mention are
- >> noticed and worked on by everyone and thus not as big a deciding
- >> factor in close races. That guy definitely knew what he was talking
- >> about.
- >> -BR
-
- >I agree with Brian. Not only are form and efficiency often overlooked
- >by many runners, but form and efficiency have a great deal to do
- >with endurance and physical and mental factors. And it doesn't matter
- >if you're on the verge of being world class or on the verge of trying
- >to finish a 5k race. The better (i.e. more efficient) your form,
- >the better you're going to feel later in a race, which definitely
- >feeds back into your psychological self-evaluations as a race proceeds.
-
- The guys in the Olympic marathon are not "on the verge of world class"
- -- they're some of the best distance runners in the world.
- They should define our perceptions of form and style,
- not some random commentator.
-
- Preston Briggs
-