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interesting article. do you think testing will improve enough in the near future to stop this? or is it more or less hopeless to really cheaters?

Hope it does. If not, the sport will eventually die from lack of interest.

No matter how much AC is preparing, he has to conclude that his 28:14 was lucky to have netted him even 14th place. No matter the conditions, his 3:55/2:09 pr's (not to mention his 27:39) mean that he did not rise to the occasion. If he ran the race he was able to, then he's a top 7.

I think Culpepper should have dropped out of that race. Save the US the embarassment.

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AC,

Do you train 6 times a week 2 times a day? and then do additional work on the side

How many Kilometers miles?

Do you train with a group of athletes which are better than you?

Have you trained at high altitude?

How did you increase your intensity as the World Championships got closer

What is the difference between when you ran the PB and this.

Have you thought about training in Japan, China, Kenya?

I tuly believe that he Meb and you could live in the same area.. and pound each day and get to 26:50...

Meb reached 27:13..i think that Meb was on vacation and lounging at home in Eritrea doing nothng!!!! and thats why he ran 28 minutes. What was Geb doing.. Running 27:02 in Quatar.. Kidane was running hard and winning a 10K in 33 minutes at rediculous altitude

I don't think the american runners want everything to come to them easily. They want a balance between life and running. Well ppl like radcliff and Hicham El G. do nothing but running 24/7

"Do you train 6 times a week 2 times a day? and then do additional work on the side?"

Yes.

"How many Kilometers miles?"

Approx. 140 mpw

"Do you train with a group of athletes which are better than you?"

Sometimes.

"Have you trained at high altitude?"

Yes. Often.

"How did you increase your intensity as the World Championships got closer"

Faster reps & tempos.

"What is the difference between when you ran the PB and this."

None.

"Have you thought about training in Japan, China, Kenya?"

Sometimes, but the ground feels the same there as here.

alcup wrote:

"Do you train 6 times a week 2 times a day? and then do additional work on the side?"

Yes.

"How many Kilometers miles?"

Approx. 140 mpw

"Do you train with a group of athletes which are better than you?"

Sometimes.

"Have you trained at high altitude?"

Yes. Often.

"How did you increase your intensity as the World Championships got closer"

Faster reps & tempos.

"What is the difference between when you ran the PB and this."

None.

"Have you thought about training in Japan, China, Kenya?"

Sometimes, but the ground feels the same there as here.

How CAN you train w/athletes better than you if you DON'T go to Japan, China, Kenya etc.............????

Yes, those guys sometimes come over to boulder for a couple of months, but running HAS TO BE LIFE.

End Problem--Over.

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