To put the NZ champs in perspective, they might be roughly equivalent to a largely rural state or county champs in the US with a population of 5 million. That isn't your nationals. This also in a country in which running remains a minority sport.
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To put the NZ champs in perspective, they might be roughly equivalent to a largely rural state or county champs in the US with a population of 5 million. That isn't your nationals. This also in a country in which running remains a minority sport.
I imagine you sat alone in a murky caravan eating packet soup and budget biscuits posting miserable pessimism on the boards whilst a clock slowly ticks away the remainder of your pathetic life.
To put the NZ champs in perspective, they might be roughly equivalent to a largely rural state or county champs in the US with a population of 5 million. That isn't your nationals. This also in a country in which running remains a minority sport.
I imagine you sat alone in a murky caravan eating packet soup and budget biscuits posting miserable pessimism on the boards whilst a clock slowly ticks away the remainder of your pathetic life.
Don't be so harsh on state or county championships in the US. They, too, matter to those who take part.
To put the NZ champs in perspective, they might be roughly equivalent to a largely rural state or county champs in the US with a population of 5 million. That isn't your nationals. This also in a country in which running remains a minority sport.
If that was a fair comparison, you would expect the USA to have 68 milers as good or as talented as Sam Tanner and Sam Ruthe. They don't. New Zealand has always punched above its weight, at least in men's middle and long-distance. Running is a minority sport in every country on Earth not named Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uganda.
To put the NZ champs in perspective, they might be roughly equivalent to a largely rural state or county champs in the US with a population of 5 million. That isn't your nationals. This also in a country in which running remains a minority sport.
If that was a fair comparison, you would expect the USA to have 68 milers as good or as talented as Sam Tanner and Sam Ruthe. They don't. New Zealand has always punched above its weight, at least in men's middle and long-distance. Running is a minority sport in every country on Earth not named Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uganda.
The logical inference is that NZ has more talent per capita than the US. Yes - running is a minority sport in most countries not in Africa.