Paul Tergat will miss London Marathon...

yeah what pussies

but on a serious note, what do you think all the great American runners do all day? Do you think Hall has a job? Plus, why would Tergat run a marathon if he was not as fit as he needed to be? What does he have to gain?

Not a slam against PT, but everyone from Bikila to Rodgers to Salazar to Khalid have their streak of years before they're just cooked. Paul is cooked, stick a fork in him. It was a great career. (Yeah, he may run a 2:09 someplace, but that's like Billy running a 2:14 at Boston in the mid-1980's.)

BadweatherRner wrote:

so what?.....Welcome to the real world Paul Tergat! When I was a young man I was in the Army, going to school, working a part time job, running, and training. Americans runners have been doing this and more (jobs, school, etc) for years. African runners have been spoiled when you consider all they do is shit, sleep, eat, train, and run. Hell, if you think about it I don't think most Americans could live like that even if it resulted in a Gold Medal in the Olympics. It is not is our blood to sit around all day waiting to train, run, sleep and eat.

I'd say that he does quite a bit. Running his own 'Paul Tergat Foundation,' doing work for the U.N.'s World Food Bank, running four or five different businesses including Kenya's only running magazine as well as being in the air force may constitute a little more than sitting around all day waiting to train. He trains at that level *and* runs businesses. '[J]obs, school, etc.' are nothing compared to the days he puts in. Tergat's cell phone begins ringing at 6 AM and keeps ringing until late at night. You couldn't be more wrong.

nice post by someone who has no earthly idea what it means to be a world record holder in anything other than most obnoxious clueless American possible.