If I recall correctly - I believe you mentioned in another thread somewhere that you were attending the USATF convention for the first time. All of the convention reporting on the homepage are links to articles and releases written by other sources...
Would love to hear your takeaways from your experience at the convention...will you be putting anything together?
He did finally put something together :)
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/12/everything-need-know-2016-usatf-convention/
Excellent - glad to have his insight...
polevaultpower wrote:
He did finally put something together :)
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/12/everything-need-know-2016-usatf-convention/
Wonder why nothing was said about the LA marathon trials debacle that actually impacts the sport and many athletes?
Steve Miller, Mr. Bulletproof, head of the board mafia that thinks he is untouchable. Note he was fired from his coaching job at Kansas years ago.
Any word of transparency as Vin mentioned to really see how money is being spent and a twice yearly expense report audit to give visibility to the absurd monies being spent?
First, Weldon it's not that easy to exercise your right to vote. The rules are very unclear whether you as a "ten year athlete" can actually vote anywhere unless you are a registered delegate and are in the correct committee. Much too difficult to explain here, but any election can be controlled by using the right resources and tip toeing around the rules.
Security was a joke. In an early meeting I was asked to stand in line to present credentials and ID. In others voting occurred without checking anything.
The LA marathon debacle was discussed with Craig Virgin, Will Leer and others leading the charge. I repeatedly pointed out that they were ignoring the "elephant in the room" which was Max pulling the trials out of Houston and giving them to LA. Both he and Steve Miller insisted the athletes come first and then admitted they were at the mercy of the TV schedule. By the way, apparently TV ratings were down from previous years. Of course both of them also pointed the finger at everyone but themselves and missed the ideal opportunity for an apology and an admission of guilt. But, what else would you expect? They wouldn't even point the finger at LA because the might " need them again." Where else in the real world would this happen?
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Red Bull (who sponsors Mondo) calls Mondo the pole vaulting Usain Bolt. Is that a fair comparison?