Many of you have some great points, however they will not be taken seriously. Glenn Latimer, Jim Estes, Fred Finke in particular are great listeners, but they are going to dismiss points that are brought up by anonymous posters (as I would as well). I am not for the 3 race system and I have shared that with them. Keep in mind that I feel any of those 3 marathons would do a great job because that is their business (putting on world class marathons). And they are all very good at it. Many of the reasons that I am not for it have been brought up by anonymous posters. Put a name to what you are saying and it carries a whole lot more weight. I know that Eric B and Wejo both did, but why not the others?
I also think that it is non productive to give your negative opinions about the character of people involved, or USATF in general. I happen to think that there are several people that are busting there ass to do what (they believe) is best for the sport. If we disagree with the direction that they are heading then share it. They want feedback. But use your name so that they don't think that it is one person posting several times.
For the record, nothing is official yet. The bid packages (for the trials) go out in a couple weeks. This is just early talk. As I said earlier, I am strongly against the idea, but I give a ton of credit to those folks who are willing to think outside the box to try different things to achieve OUR goals. I just think that this idea has the potential for way too many negatives.
Kevin Hanson
Hansons-Brooks Distance Project