I'm wondering who......
I'm wondering who......
Maybe Evan Jager?
It is highly suspected that other elites post on here but pretty sure it is confirmed that Jager has/does. Olympic medal + World Champs medal should put him in the running.
Under her own name? Camille Herron
Who knows under an alias.
Craig Virgin.
And Henry Rono (I think he posted before)
I've got some gold-colored hardware. You all know my name but I won't say it.
P.S. I'm not a doper!
4 world records in 90 days? That would be Henry Rono.
I don't think Mo Farah or El Guerrouj or Aouita or Ryun (maybe his son and certainly a former advisor in Jack Daniels) ever started a thread here.
Hands down the answer is unequivocally the late, great Ed Whitlock.
Me.
not a thread starter, but this post has to be one of the greatest ever posted on LR: Rick Wolhuter describing his silver medal in 76:
I read and appreciate all the comments posted. Hopefully I spelled my name correctly, but anything close is fine. There were many great runners competing during my career (mid '70s) that likely you will never see on this site. For me, time and the fact that other runners have surpassed my efforts diminishes my accomplishments. If I had won a gold medal, a few more people would remember me.
Let me speak to my experience racing in the '76 Olympic Games, particularly the 800 meters. When I competed in the Games, I was a very experienced runner. I had run against the world's best numerous times and developed an effective stategic and tactical approach to racing realizing that each race has its own ebb and flow. I believe the first real race in the Games is the semi final(certainly, do not take the first round for granted.) By this stage all the so-so runners have been eliminated leaving the best all sriving furiously to make the final. To say the least, competition is keen! My stategy is simple; stay in contention near the front of the race and finish in one of the two quaranteed spots. Too often, many good runners stay too far off the pace and end up not qualifying for the final especially when the race is slow. How disappointing for them. In other words, you must treat the semi like it is the final or there will be no final. Of course, your semi time will be fast expending more energy, but that is better than being well rested while watching the final from the stands. All of the above is the same for the 1500, my other event. By the time I made the 1500 final, I had run six races in seven days. Moreover, I was tired and consequently not really a contender for a medal. However, I still made the final.
OK, let's look at the 800 final, step-by-step from my vantage point. Like most Olympic events, everyone knows who likely will get a medal; we actually run the race to determine who gets which medal. For the first time in Olympic history we ran the initial 300 meters in lanes. For me, I saw neither an advantage nor disadvantge in this. It did mean that no one would be bumped or shoved early in the race. This is a good thing. I had the fastest time in the semis so I was given the middle lane. Alberto Juanterano was outside of me. Also a good thing; I could keep an eye on him. Lining up to start the race is a stressful time so you have to control it or it will consume you. After all, there are 80,000 fans in the stadium and a few hundred million viewing on TV. I knew the race would be fast; I was hoping to win, of course, but also in an Olympic and world record time. Hey, you have to have goals in mind! We are off. Stress is gone, now time to go to work. At 300 meters out, where we broke for the inside, Juanterano took the lead, It was clear to me at that point he was going to run the race from the front. Seemed OK to me. All I had to do was slide in just behind or off his shoulder and let him do the pacing. At 400 meters, another runner temporarily took the lead. OK as long as no one else moves up too. I looked up at the stadium clock to get my 400 split, 50 point. Great, looks like we will have fast race. So far all to plan. Going up the back stretch past 500 meters to 600 meters the pace was very quick, maybe a little too quick over that hundred meters. I was in second place going into and around the final turn. Felt good so far so I decided to move up a bit and challenge Juanterano. Nothing like a little pressure on your competitors. Suprisingly, he held me off as I wanted to pass him coming out of the final turn. Never hurts during the late stage of a race to have all your competitors behind you. But Juanterano held his pace. With some 50 yards or so to go all I could do is hold my form and see if he fades. Unfortunately for me, he ran strong through the finish and I being spent, ended up third. Ivo VanDame pasted me at the very end for silver before I could react to him. But all-in-all it was a great race, one of the best ever over 800 meters. Looking back today, I would not have done anything differently. Most importantly, I followed my plan (it was a good one) -- kept in contention giving myself a chance to win and went for the gold.
There is on bit of confusion regarding a 4X400 workout of mine. My intent was to run each 400 meters a little faster than the previous one with a short rest betwen. I would start with about 52 seconds and end with the last at about 49 point. The confusion is with the rest between each interval. I attempted to rest about 45-50 seconds, atleast less than 60 seconds. Not 20 seconds!! This work out is not too hard for the fist two or even three 400s. But by the fourth one, it is a bear. I remember attempting this work out perhaps once or twice because it is very hard to get all the way through and I didn't want to become injured. As a side note, I build my career largely on short-rest interval work, that is why I came up with this workout. Good running to all!
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3811626&page=2
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He may not have started any threads, but Henry Rono was a regular poster on this site for quite a while. He was very engaged, and had a wonderful way of putting things. He also had more wisdom about training than any Ph.D. in exercise physiology ever had, and I'd be surprised if phrases like "maximal oxygen uptake" and "lactate threshold" ever passed his lips.
HardLoper wrote:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6086020
First time seeing this thread posted by Alan. Looking at the time stamps though, I realize I was deployed out of the country at the time.
Winning bid was $609. It would be cool if other elites done the same. They have to have an insane amount of unused gear laying around.
Formerly fast guy wrote:
I've got some gold-colored hardware. You all know my name but I won't say it.
P.S. I'm not a doper!
Male over 50 with two or more gold medals.........who still pines for the limelight.
I think I know.
Karl Hungus wrote:
Under her own name? Camille Herron
lol
10/10
Henry Rono.
https://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/camille-herron-becomes-first-american-to-win-comrades-marathon-in-20-yearsJack Kevorkian Is Cool wrote:
Karl Hungus wrote:Under her own name? Camille Herron
lol
10/10
Ed the Man wrote:
Hands down the answer is unequivocally the late, great Ed Whitlock.
Wait, what? No!!! I see his death happened months ago, but it's news to me. That's very sad, he was a real inspiration.
Do you mean started a thread or just posted here on an existing one? If the latter, Bill Rodgers, Henry Rono, Craig Virgin, and Rick Wohlhutter have all posted here. I'm 95% sure that Lynn Jennings has as well but never identified herself. If you mean the former, I don't know for sure. Bob Hodge and malmo have started threads. There was a huge thread about Henry Rono trying to come back and get the world record for the over 50 (?) mile. He posted loads on the thread but I can't recall if he started it or not.
Formerly fast guy wrote:
I've got some gold-colored hardware. You all know my name but I won't say it.
P.S. I'm not a doper!
Caitlyn Jenner! Formerly fast guy was the giveaway.
Speedy Gonzales ðŸ‘