History Class wrote:
For the record. I did not say that Meb is a one hit wonder. He is a very solid marathoner. He will never win a major though. He is not now nor has he ever been a strong enough finisher to win. Still a great career though.
Found this old thread today from 07 while searching for info on Greg Meyer. Always amusing to see the letsrun haters say that so-and-so runner will NEVER achieve such-and-such accomplishment. Props to Meb (still) for NYC 09.
I like the way that the OP and some others just gloss over the fact that Meb also was the 10K AR holder for a substantial number of years and has a few NCAA titles to his name.
Sometimes lightning strikes five times, right? What are the odds!
gorney wrote:
Meyer was a horse who had to duel it out weekly against Lindsay, Pfeffer, Curp, Sinclair, Virgin, Rodgers, Salazar, Cummings, Bjorklund, Durden and the great malmo. Meb ran a couple great 10Ks and a great Olympic marathon but if my money were being wagered, I'd put it all behind Meyer.
Those are great runners, but if you think that they were as good as today's elites you're nuts.
Bay Stater wrote:
I remember '83. Brooks made a great racing flat:
The Chicago Marathoner, that was the name. Meyer may have worn that model.
Great, simple shoe...then, naturally, they destroyed it.
I ran Brooks promo back then so i knew Greg pretty well. He did not run in the Chicagos as he had custom racing flats we called the Bucks racer (as did most of the racing team members) which was actually a much better shoe.
Greg also preferred to wear the less technical shoes in our product line.
He was VERY fit in 1983 up through Chicago. He was easily the best distance runner in the world. During Cherry Blossom he actually slipped and fell around the 5 mile mark. His solo 27:53 was run at Colonial Relays in Virginia. He said it was pretty easy. He coulda/shoulda run under 2:09 at Boston. He eased up the last couple of miles. Totally dominant.
"He was VERY fit in 1983 up through Chicago."
sorry...typo.....very fit from 82 Chicago up through 83 Boston.