Women: Ann Trason, Joannie, Uta Pippig (before bust), Patty Catalano, Vicki Huber, Nnena Lynch, Allison Roe
Men: Gebrselassie, Tergat (before this weekend never got the notice he deserved), Salazar, Lindgren, George Young and Hardong ("Without chocolate sause (or ice cream - can't remember", the world would be chaos.")
"long distance..."
Men:
Kouros, Jurek
Women:
Trason, Klein, my wife
American Men: Billy Mills, Jim Ryun, Bill Rodgers, Shorter
World Men: Bikila, Carlos Lopes, Geb, Tergat (Bekele to be added after Oly gold)
Women: Joanie B., Grete Waitz, Paula
Dathan is fo sho
Dennis wrote:
Current American:
Alan Culpeper
AAARRRGGGGHHHH!
Rick Sluder. Hung like a horse and runs like one too.
someone wrote:
Rick Sluder. Hung like a horse and runs like one too.
I hate to brag, but in college they called me "The Elephant Man" and it had nothing to do with any comparison to that other Elephant Man.
Men: Pre
Women: Joan Benoit
michael johnson
I agree with you on your choices Mike Bautista.EL G rules!
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Boston Billy Rodgers all the way! Got to run with him for a while during the 96' Boston Marathon. Great runner, class act.
Elephant Man wrote:
I hate to brag, but in college they called me "The Elephant Man" and it had nothing to do with any comparison to that other Elephant Man.
that was due to your ears dude.
Komen
Martin Rees. (Tough as nails Welshman; over 50s world record holder from 3K to the half-marathon)
Jeff Wells/John Lodwick
World Men: Has been Paul Tergat for a long time, ever since he started winning world XC. Best range I have ever seen on a distance runner, great at XC, on the track, and on the roads.
Well I think a one Mr. Geb would have something to say about range. He has ran 3:31.7 for 1500 indoors, just .6 off the world record. That is all in addition to having the fastest marathon opener and the 5k and 10k records. Tergat is clearly amazing at everything he ran and I would tend to agree that he has shown his abilities also on the grass. With regard to range it is obviously clear that Geb has proved that he is the man that can run short races near world record fast as well as the long ones. Both are two of the best ever though.
Ron Clarke, Ron Hill, Gerry Lindgren
Chad Newton and Peter Snell.
Molly Huddle
Arthur Lydiard, Arthur Newton, Ron Hill, Ron Clarke, Gaston Roelants, Abebe Bikila