The Candidates:
Bob Donker
Matt Centrowitz
Henry Rono
Leroy Burrell
The Candidates:
Bob Donker
Matt Centrowitz
Henry Rono
Leroy Burrell
Carol Lewis?
billy mills???
carlos lopes
pat porter
I bet Rono can still get up.
John Ngugi
Brendon "5 bellies" Foster
billy mills
Tergat
a shit
A would agree with Pat Porter.
Having recently seen a picture of Jerome Drayton, I would also add him to the list. On a side note, hopefully Scheibler can finally erase Drayton's name as Canadian Marathon record holder this weekend!!
Cathy Freeman - 2001
It is horrible when sprinters gain weight, cause the weight is always on the cheeks both on your face and on your buttocks.
Steve Ovett.
He was an honored guest at the Brussels meet last year, and he truly looks like shit. He was all smiles, but balding head and a significant roll around the middle.
he'd kick your f*cking ass jason in boys town...
Obvious: Ovett may be fat now, but it takes nothing away from him. He was balding and anything but gaunt when he was a world class runner.
Less Obvious: One of the most humble, gritty, tough-ass competitors track & field has ever known. It is almost in character for him to carry a little extra weight now and not give a shit what anyone else thinks. One of my true idols, not that it accounts for anything
I think it's funny that we can find 200 pictures of "the hottest chick in the NCAA" but we can't back this thread up with photos of the fatties (all of whom I have great respect for - I wish I was fat with a world-class PB).
C'mon - let's see some proof!
Ovett sitting with some other runners - you might recognise them.
Having seen the picture of Ovett, I too have to go with Drayton. Ubfortunately, the recent article about him and his record didn't have a picture with the online version:
great picture. bazza, do you think ovett resembles his late coach harry wilson in the picture?
Oprah Winfrey......oh, wait. You said world class. Does finishing a marathon in under 5 hours count as world class?