If you are going to rip Alan, can you at least be factual?
In addition to WCs in Seville and Paris and an Olympics in Athens, tilastapaja reveals he raced in Europe at least 6 other times: 1998 Stocholm, 1999 Barcelona, 1999 Malmo, 1999 Hechtel, 2005 London, 2005 Bislett. And an Olympics in Sydney which I know isn't in Europe.
I have a long time friend who has known Alan since his HS days. He said they often talked training theory. If Alan wasn't into training theory, then why in the hell would he not run on his own HS team his senior year and why in the hell would he coach himself for most of his career?