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| JoanieFan |
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Just wanted to point out another amazing and heroic race by Joanie Samuelson, gold medalist from 1984. At the age of 52, she runs 2:49:09. 17th overall, 7th fastest American! Go Joanie Go! |
| brilliant ho |
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uh..her name is J O A N. why do people always put an ie at the end of every female athlete's name? |
| THE CHIEF FOR LIFE!!! |
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Yea, because we all call Karie Goucher.... and Shalanie Flanagan..... and Christianie Worth-Thomas..... and Annie Willard..... idiot |
| wark |
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Yea, because we all call Karie Goucher.... and Shalanie Flanagan..... and Christianie Worth-Thomas..... and Annie Willard..... idiot |
| Heystupid |
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Hey, Ho If you knew Joanie, you would know that she prefers to be called "Joanie." Idiot |
| ukathleticscoach |
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That's an amazing run. Stayed up all night, with my bust leg in plaster watching, her Olympic win all those years ago. Where did the time go? It's even harder when you have been at the top level for a long time because of the wear and tear on the body. Would be very interested to know her training That run would rank her 541st in the UK in 2009 (open age rankings) - for Men! |
| brilliant ho |
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you, my idiot friend, are the idiot. every female athlete with a name ending in a consonant has an ie added by fans, announcers, etc. and I have run MULTIPLE 2:20 marathons AND I sit on the board of my ELITE country club. idiot. |
| Humbled |
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So sadly typical of this board: a thread congratulating a great (and classy) runner on an amazing performance deteriorates into name-calling and PR-boasting. |
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Hey not-so-brilliant-ho, You are still an idiot, If Joanie prefers to be called Joanie, than you should not be criticizing people for calling her "Joanie." Get off the boards, you are detracting from a great performance from a legend. |
| Wendell Gee |
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Marion Jones? Gail Devers? Evelyn Ashford? Gwyn Coogan? Lynn Jennings? Kim Jones Jen Rhines Is that enough? I have run 14 sub-2:14 marathons and own three country clubs. Hey, I can make stuff up on the internet too! |
| dukerdog |
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Paulaie Radcliffe Derartuie Tulu Wang Junxiaie |
| lulzz |
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Castorie Semenya.... wait... |
| Tommy2Nutts |
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Surprisingly no ones mentioned it yet, but while I have the greatest of respect for Joan, she looked like CRAP out there. I thought she'd never go under 3hrs looking at her form..she seems to have all kinds of physical issues...or was that how she always ran? |
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I thought similar thoughts as well. I only saw a few clips of her, but she didn't look that good. Hunched over, choppy stride. But then she ran 2:49... amazing. |
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....at how old Joan now looks. Must be those rough Maine winters? She looks like an 'old lady' now. She was cute in the 80s. |
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I saw her at the Olympic Trials, and her form was far from the pretty, fluid one you saw 20 years ago. Then again, when you are 52, tell me how easy it is to holding that smooth form. Pretty damn amazing accomplishment. How many over 50 males broke 2:50 today. Only a handful I'm guessing. |
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Joanie never had picture pretty form. It has become less so with the years. Light weight training can help with running posture/form issues..... After seeing her win the '84 Oly trials only 17 days after major arthroscopic surgery to her knee....She's capable of much. |
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I thought that Meb "looked like crap" as well. Before reading the write ups and getting the backstory, I thought the field just handed it to meb. WRONG-O! VERY, VERY, VERY TOUGH DAY. Putting up good times in those conditions is damned near impossible. |
| brilliant ho |
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do you know what a consonant is? idiot. |
| Redbone |
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Brilliant: Why don't you give us some more examples of this terrible scourge of fans and announcers adding an insulting diminuitive onto women's names that end in consonants? Of course, when people (like Benoit) use the diminuitives themselves, it's not insulting, it's accurate. Why are you making such a noise about nothing? Announcers these days are actually very aware of calling people by their preferred names. That's why you have the spectacle of grown men saying "Pass intended for Ochocinco." (If I was an NFL star, I'd legally change my last name to "TerryBradshawisdumb.") |
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