Subject: Re: New OT Standard (Good Decision for US Long Distance)
Date: December 1, 2007 11:21:02 PM EST
To:
glennlat@aol.com
Glenn,
I agree. You raise the standards and people will (as human nature has proved for centuries) rise to meet the challenge of exceeding the new standard. I am also glad you implemented this "new standard" 5 years before the next OT. It will give everyone plenty of time (and no excuses) to prepare for the 2012 OT.
Good luck and Best wishes!
On Dec 1, 2007, at 10:57 PM,
glennlat@aol.com
wrote:
Thanks for the support
Actually there were zero nay sayers to this voted decision at this Convention
My Executive Committee is 50 percent athletes so we think we know what we are doing to helping to improve USA Men's distance running (which has been our primary mission for the last three years)
The feeling is that arhletes will rise to the challenge - but it is really important to create more like Ryan Hall (he is here by the way and in our meetings)
Regards
Glenn Latimer
------Original Message------
To: Glenn Latimer
Sent: Dec 1, 2007 9:23 PM
Subject: New OT Standard (Good Decision for US Long Distance)
I think the decision made by your committee to move the mens OT
qualifying standard to 2:19 was a good one! The new standard will
help push US runners to step it up and improve even more over the
next several years. Ignore the nay sayers!
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