indiorunner wrote:
As someone who has relatives in the medical field, I have no idea WHERE he finds the time to train. You literally will be on your feet for 24 hours sometimes and you can forget about 8 hour sleep.
There is a great lesson in Lincoln's story. It's called BALANCE, and all of the wannabe runners who have such a myopic view of the world that they care only about themselves and their running could learn something.
Does anyone know where i can find a list of the American top 10 or 20 times to date?
I imagine that what Lincoln has been able to do is to be able to give running the 2-3 hours a day that it needs and then the rest of his day he puts running aside and focuses on other things. This is what I believe really good runners can do.
Of those national records how many were run by expatriated Kenyans?
marc davis ran in the 1986 goodwill games?
73 sub 4 wrote:
Marc-
Agree with you in congrats to Dan for getting Henry Marsh's steeple record from Koblenz (W.Germany at that time) in 1985. That was coming off not winning a medal in the '84 games, behind Brian Diemer.
Marc - you could have had this record in 1986 at the Goodwill games in Moscow, if you would not have waved to the fans so much over the last 600 meters. Croghan just missed as well at the World Championships in Stuttgart in 1993.
Hopefully, he will pull others from the USA to run under 8:10.
Jim Spivey
My dentist warned me about "the plaque". Scary stuff.
The D.O.C. wrote:
I avoid posting on these boards like I would avoid the plaque.
http://www.dyestat.com
Why such a big difference between 1 & 2?
Sorry-
It was the 1994 Goodwill Games: If memory serves me correctly, and as noted I thought he ran his time at the '86 GW games, so I will wait for Doc's comments to see if this is correct: Marc waved to the crowd on the last last lap, dove into the steeplechase pit on purpose on the last lap, and still ran 8:14.
Here is the results from '94:
3000m steeplechase
Marc Davis (USA) 8:14.30 (GR)
Mark Croghan (USA) 8:21.85
Joesph Keter (KEN) 8:23.13
Graeme Fell (CAN) 8:26.25
You can ask Doc what uniform he wore in the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart - the only distance runner above 800 meters that wore this suit.
jspivey
js
I would have assumed it was some kind of skinsuit?
The D.O.C. wrote:
I avoid posting on these boards like I would avoid the plaque.
Marc Davis
http://www.dyestat.com
trashing letsrun like this merits a banning. BAN HIM!!!!1111
Thank you for the clarification, 1994 sounds right. Your first post read such that it appeared that the poster might be an imposter, someone wanting to harass DOC.
I believe the memorable moment of the intial Goodwill Games in 1986 was when the airplane leaving Moscow with the US team left the runway and you said "adios motherf*ckers".
1994 Goodwill Games wrote:
Sorry-
It was the 1994 Goodwill Games: If memory serves me correctly, and as noted I thought he ran his time at the '86 GW games, so I will wait for Doc's comments to see if this is correct: Marc waved to the crowd on the last last lap, dove into the steeplechase pit on purpose on the last lap, and still ran 8:14.
Here is the results from '94:
3000m steeplechase
Marc Davis (USA) 8:14.30 (GR)
Mark Croghan (USA) 8:21.85
Joesph Keter (KEN) 8:23.13
Graeme Fell (CAN) 8:26.25
You can ask Doc what uniform he wore in the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart - the only distance runner above 800 meters that wore this suit.
jspivey
js
Jim,
Thanks for coming out to Glenbard South High School in 1989 and running with us. It really inspired me. I think I still have my hat that you signed for me
I thought Marc did the dive and wave when he was injured for the heats of the '96 Oly G's in Atlantawhen he realize dhe wouldn't be able to make the final. I could be way wrong.
I thought the wave was in the semifinal heat that he won and the dive was in the final that he didn't win. Have I mixed them up?
Sometimes national records happen in batches. This is what happened in the early to mid 80's. I think Khadevis Robison may get the US 800 record within the next year. There is definitely a mini US distance renaissance going on.
Khadevis Robison is already in the IAAF top ten.
Steve Scott's record seems to have incredible staying power. It will be reaching the quarter century mark next year.
i believe you are correct..
in fact marc won his heat
but came up short in the semi's
he got the sympathetic ovation from the crowd..
poor bastard
marc won the semi then broke his foot over barrier/water pit in the final. was getting the pitty clap when he dove in. at the time he thought it was entertaining but has since said it was a mistake to disrespect the games....but he was having fun and making the best of a bad moment for him at the time. kinda sad bout the foot as he was tip top and had great wheels....he may of been the kind of guy to sneak in for a medal the way he was running. he also came back @ the trials for 3rd when he was less than fit after an injury. say what you want but he could be badass at times.
So Lincoln is ... intelligent, classy, professional, hard-working, getting the most out of his talent.
Everything The D.I.C. is not.
yeah, that's why Marc has done what he has done because he's not any of the things you said. Wise up jerk!
What did Davis say that was so disrespectful? He said he doesn't post on these boards much.
Many letsrun posters lament the lameness of many other posters all the time.