Only time will tell if Hall can become as good as Boston Billy. Hall has won one (1) marathon, if you count the trials race.
Hall has a long way to go to become a champion like Billy (or Frank Shorter for that matter).
A fast time on a fast course with pacers does not mean much when you are still beaten badly.
Championship races are remembered by who won, not what the time was.
get off it already,
rodgers is way more accomplished than hall at this point, hence "better".
Repent the End is near wrote:
And how many 3rds, then or now, have YOU garnered at the World X-C?
That was also pre-EPO, personal coaching, nutritionists, big shoe contracts et al...
Probably as many as you have - but not sure how that is relevant.
That aside, your post is really pretty funny - esp. the nutritionist part. Rumor has it that Rodgers also had a pretty good personal coach named Squires. As to the big time shoe contract and all the other trappings of success in this age of big time running, many of the 70's and early 80's have claimed that their training was far superior to what runners do these days - wihtout all those trappings.
I am not going to even bother guessing if the World JR XC champ was on EPO - but I will stand by my statement that Rodgers would have a hard time beating him and the several others who were within 10 seconds but then again so would any of our SR runners.
This is only semi-related to this thread, but I would like to say that back in my high school days (mid-90's) I contacted Bill Rodgers and asked him if he would autograph a poster for my coach, who was a big fan of his. I sent him the poster and he sent it back signed. What a nice guy.
themack wrote:
bob lobel is an idiot;
ignorant
arrogant
intoxicated
idiot.
Well put! Every year he gets worse and worse. You'd think someone who has covered the marathon for so long would know a little something about running. But no, dumber and dumber every year.
The good news: rumor has it that his contract runs out this year and won't be extended.
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