mindweak wrote:
you dont get it. there are lots of runners trying in kenya because there is still a chance to MAKE MONEY
you get down to say 2:10-12 range, you can join one of retardos or rossa's groups. they test you out to see if you will be a high responder, how you look in their training group etc, do some blood work. maybe you get the juice, maybe you have to take a loan out and do it yourself to just get to the 2:10 range, who knows?
but if you can become one of their favorites you will be protected the best they can, they will hype up your name on here and in the social media
"oh so and so has been crushing so and so in 30k time trials recently, so he is major talent"
you go run a fast time, all your old friends see you driving fancy cars, nice cloths, a big house. they start training and hoping and you tell them you are clean, why? they do this for one to look innocent and all hard work, and the main reason is so they other guys wont be a threat to their financial means.
no you get PEDs out of the mix and you have a ton of guys still running 2:10 compared to the rest of the world. but the major marathons need fast guys not "non elites" as retardo calls them. so they stay home, they dont get rich, they dont have fast fancy cars, nice cloths and big houses. they are training hard and now there is no incentive, they quit and go raise cattle or work on some coffee plantation.
then it makes the marathon just like biking or triatholons. only the rich can do it cause it takes so much time and effort to commit to running 2:09, and if thats the top end americans, euros and japs can now compete for the win all the time.
look at all the best US distance runners since 2000, and tell me which ones are poor.
rupp? no way he is poor, he is a spoiled introvert weirdo, and his parents paid his way to the top
ritz? he always seemed like he was some rich kid, last name sounds like a jewish banking name
hall? my guess is a rich rich kid whos parents where involved in some sort of younglife deal that made them rich
webb? seemed rich as well
remember the torres brothers from CU? i thought their parents owned a big time jewelry store in chicago
goucher? im pretty sure he is from a rich jewish family
basically you have to have money so you can dedicate your time to running what retardo calls "not elite", when kenyans cant make a living from running anymore do you really think there will be huge numbers training anymore?