have to ask wrote:
Why do American runners tell all about their training before a big race? That only hypes them to be a contender for the win, and only Meb at NYCM has done that in a big road race. Don't tell me about your training beforehand. Just go win the race and tell me why we should not have been surprised afterward. Otherwise, I'm not impressed.
I agree. Americans are too glib. They should be secretive, like the Africans. The Africans never talked about their doping regimens, for instance, until a couple of years ago. Now, ever so slowly, we're finding out that the accusations tossed at Hermens, Rosa, Rat Canova and others were true. Sure, there's a lot of talent in them thar hills. But the numbers have been artificially inflated because there still isn't much of anything in the way of out of season testing in Darkest East Africa.