Scratch wrote:
just find it interesting how many top USA female distance runners are married to faster runners.
This has more to do with male ego than anything else. Guys have a hard time handling it when their women are more successful than they are. Look at how many Best Actress Oscar winners have split up with their men within a year or so after winning.[/quote]
Most of the male runners I listed are not more successful than their wives, just faster. Jon Pierce is trying to make it as professional runner and isn't having any success. Kurt Benninger is nowwhere near as successful as Molly Huddle. Jesse Thomas had a big triathlon victory over the weekend, but prior to that had done nothing remotely as successful in running as Lauren Fleshman. Kiel Uhl was a decent collegiate runner, but not in the same league as Lisa Koll. And I bet a lot of you didn't know Jason Simpson was even a runner.