Here's one to chew on.October sets the standard for Awesome Runners.The galaxy had all its stars lined up when these chaps were born ....
..Steve Ovett (0ct 9th)..also my Bday..hee hee
Peter Elliott(Oct 9th)
Steve Cram(0ct 5th I believe..but definetly Oct)
So what month wants to take on the challenge?In case you are unaware all the above are sub 3:50 milers.!!
October the month of Champions( Mid Distance)
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Gotta agree, I mean my birthdays Oct. 11th and all. Nice to be in great company.
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I bet we could put together a Runner's Zodiac so future generations will know what event they should train for. Jesse Owens was born on Sept 12, and Michael Johnson was born on Sept 13.
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Wow I didn't know about Jesse and Michael in that sense.I find these facts quite interesting.Thanks for the new info..hopefully more will surface.So I guess Oct won't win the 'sprint' wars...lol
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sjm what's your events??I'm curious if Oct is middle distance /distance month.
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Sorry, Coe was born on September 29th. Maybe he was premature. Keino, Jan 17. Viren,July 22. Rodgers,Dec 23. Shorter,Oct 31. Morceli, Feb 28. Actually it seems most are born later in the year. Not enough evidence that you should plan to have kids late in the year if you want them to be good runner's though.
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Actually according to my legal advisor/fiance Coe does qualify under the Zodiac jurisdiction.He is a 'Libra' which starts Sept 22nd...so there we got him in under the umbrella !! Now we are the Greatest month fer sure.!
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runswizzle- I am a miler.
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i'm a 400m runner but i agree smj october 11th is the greatest day in history ( my b-day)
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I must admit I errrdddddd!!
Cram is not in Oct..but I have backup amo...
Oct can claim the following...
Andre'Bucher Oct 19th
Billy Konchellah (former World Champion 800m)Oct 20th
Moses Kiptanui Oct 1st
For speed throw in Frankie Fredricks Oct 2nd
and Valery Borzov Oct 20th
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somebody compile a list of great runners for each day of the year. Add this to the list Eammon Coghlan November 21.
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Here's my "Team October" Relay teams...
4x800m
1.Peter Elliott (1:42.97)
2.Andre' Bucher (1:42.55)
3.Steve Ovett (1:44 he's my friend so he's on the team)
4.Seb Coe (1:41.73)
Sprint Medley
1.Frankie Fredricks (19.68)
2.Valery Borzov (20.00)
3.Billy Konchellah (1:43.06)for 800m but we'll use him for 400m which was his first event ...should be able to go 44..!!)
4.Seb Coe to finish it off...
Bring it on other months...Sept with Jesse and Michael and whoever else wants a piece of "October" the Month Of Champions..!! -
November 21 is where its at- Eamon Cohglan and I...
we could put in a 2xmile relay, he would start us out with a sub4, I would take the baton in with a 4:30 split
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nope nope, seb coe is a sept. boy, he's running with owens and johnson on the sprint medley
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hmmmmm if u take Coe ...my team weakens.You have Olympic Champions et al on that Sept team.Dam thats awesome...which relay leg do u run Michael?? 2 or 4?? hee hee tough job for a coach..!!
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july has a couple speedsters, mo greene and carl lewis both born in july, but i don't know if they can find a 400 and 800 guy.
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here's my sprint medley for september, Jon Drummond (sept 9) leads off the 200 hands off to Jesse Owens (sept 12) for another 200 then to Michael Johnson (sept 13) for the 400 and Seb Coe brings it home with the 800 (sept 29). that has to be tough to beat.
i bet there must be a good women's team for sept too since flo jo was born on the 21st. -
well, i share the same b-day as you two. 4:05 relay split, 3:49 1500, so were good so far
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World Championships next year won't have nothing on The Best Relay meet of ALL TIME...First up the SPRINT MEDLEY..
so far we have entries from ...
Sept:Jon Drummond,Jesse Owens, Michael Johnson,Seb Coe
Oct:Frankie Fredericks,Valery Borzov ,Billy Konchellah, Andre' Bucher
July:Mo Greene$$,Carl Lewis,400??,800??..can anybody online help these 2 fairly fast guys out...??Criteria I guess would be a sub 2 min 800..!!Mo will lead of in about 19 or so...Carl 18 on the fly...July would be leading by a ton after 2 legs...Here's your chance for stardom..!! -
December has responded to the challenge...and feel so confident they'll lead off with a former WR Holder...LOL..!! in the 10k
200 Arturo Barrios (run 1 in 23 then do some repeats @ 26/27)
200 Another WR holder..FLO-JO...21.34 should keep Dec close
400 Alberto Juantorena..nuff said there..Olympic Champ.!
800 WR Holder to close...ouch ..!!Kipketer Dec 12th
