Joanie Samuleson did it again! 2:49 in NYC

Forget the whole Joan VS Joanie thing -

Is her maiden name pronounced beh-NOYT or ben-WAH?

A Mind is a Terrible Thing wrote:

Forget the whole Joan VS Joanie thing -

Is her maiden name pronounced beh-NOYT or ben-WAH?

she and her family pronounced it the 'americanized way'....ben oyt. for former

IAAF wrote:

yogi wrote:

I wouldn't trust that list. I know Marion Irvine ran 2:51 at Cal International in '83 at age 54.

Cal Int'l is not record-eligible. Too much elevation drop. Still an amazing time though.

Marion also ran 2:52:02 at the Olympic Trials in Washington state that same year, also at age 54. Not an elevation drop course.

It's the list that's the problem. I've seen it before and it's whack.

odds are yesss!! wrote:

A Mind is a Terrible Thing wrote:

Forget the whole Joan VS Joanie thing -

Is her maiden name pronounced beh-NOYT or ben-WAH?

she and her family pronounced it the 'americanized way'....ben oyt. for former

Thanks. I always heard announcers or officials refering to it that way and wondered if it disrespected her. I guess it's all good now.

Joanie my butt. wrote:

She is the female brett farve. Great in her prime, but now just runs to get attention.

Talking of retiring but always finds a way to bust into someone else's spotlight. It's kinda sad really.

What is sad is you.

The announcers' confusion about her time is because they were incorrectly assuming Joan had started with the elite women early....she started with the first wave.

Poor, irresponsible work by the NBC crew. She announced at her press conference that she was going to be starting with the common folk. If they were going milk the ratings by showing her on TV, the least they could have done was get the story straight. Pretty disrespectful to tell the viewing audience she finished 30 minutes slower than actually did.

Yogi,

FYI..Boston has more of an elevation drop than Cal Int.

bcal92 wrote:

Joanie my butt. wrote:

She is the female brett farve. Great in her prime, but now just runs to get attention.

Talking of retiring but always finds a way to bust into someone else's spotlight. It's kinda sad really.

What is sad is you.

What's sad is I'm 38 and Joanie still beats me in a marathon.

JoanieFan wrote:

Just wanted to point out another amazing and heroic race by Joanie Samuelson, gold medalist from 1984.

At the age of 52, she runs 2:49:09. 17th overall, 7th fastest American!

Go Joanie Go!

Amazing? Absolutely.

Heroic? That might be a bit of hyperbole on your part.

Joan used to be cute back in the 80s but she seems to have really aged badly. Looks like an old lady-grandmother type now.

hit with an ugly stick?? wrote:

Joan used to be cute back in the 80s but she seems to have really aged badly. Looks like an old lady-grandmother type now.

What the hell? No need to be mean. Does that make you feel better about yourself in some way? Jesus! She's 52 and doesn't die her hair or use botox...she's what 52-year-old women are supposed to look like. She's damn fit too, from all accounts super nice, and as far as I can tell still cute as she has always been, but damn, even if she weren't...pretty mean to come on here and say she has aged badly and that maybe she was hit with an ugly stick. Damn!

well flag - sometimes you do type the right thing. well done. jbs is a great person and not one bit inauthentic. one of maine's finest kind.

hmmm1 wrote:

Yogi,

FYI..Boston has more of an elevation drop than Cal Int.

I realize the multiple quotes can get confusing, but it was the other guy who was trying to make a point about Cal's drop.

I myself find it tiresome when people who defend Boston as legit make the claim that Cal is some super-aided course, when they are in fact very similar.

Oh yeah, I'll be running Cal in a few weeks. :)

her name is J O A N.

period.

she is not a child.

Shouldn't you be tending to important country club business?