Off the Grid wrote:
the rocket wrote:AMERICAN RUNNING RIGHT NOW IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
No...its not.
Mens' Distance running is completely out of it. How many US runners from 800 up world ranked? 3/10 athletes of the year were distance runners. So its not that distance runners can't compete against sprinters/throwers on a global level.
How many distance runners ranked in the top ten US athletes - none. Hall & Lagat got 14 points between the two of them (~0.1% of total points available). Even within the confines of the US, US distance running is not on the map.
The only bright spot is US womens' distance running. THAT is going relatively well, where US women received 12% of all US AOY votes, and 3 world rankings.
Face facts...its February. Who cares? The race is in August.
File this under 'what have you done for me lately' - note a somewhat higher record for 2007.