Cierpinski does the DOUBLE - runs NYCM 5 weeks after Berlin Marathon!

huns and buns wrote:

agc5k wrote:

Apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Clearly on drugs like his dad.

The guy shouldn't be allowed to race outside of Germany, given his fathers tainted past. Cierpinski Snr should be in jail for his crime against Shorter, and if he had any integrity would give Frank his deserved 2nd Gold medal.

Except that he did not commit a crime. He just broke the rules in sports and did not get caught.

And why, according to your logic, if he needed to go to jail, should he be allowed to compete in Germany still?

If we put all the distance runners who doped, but did not get caught in jail there would be nobody left.

ROFLMAO....

The Overexplainer wrote:

huns and buns wrote:

The guy shouldn't be allowed to race outside of Germany, given his fathers tainted past. Cierpinski Snr should be in jail for his crime against Shorter, and if he had any integrity would give Frank his deserved 2nd Gold medal.

Except that he did not commit a crime. He just broke the rules in sports and did not get caught.

And why, according to your logic, if he needed to go to jail, should he be allowed to compete in Germany still?

If we put all the distance runners who doped, but did not get caught in jail there would be nobody left.

Ummmm..."should be in jail" is used as a figure of speech. This means it is not to be interpreted literally.

MORON!

Ran Montreal in 2:30:31 five weeks later ran NY Marathon in 2:29:?

Five weeks later after NY ran 2:35:26 at the Honolulu Marathon and six weeks after that, a 2:35:28 at Houston in January 1981.

It can be done. Rest is key and not to do too much the first wee to ten days after a marathon.

I have however, run two marathon running almost the exact time 2-3 weeks apart. I've done it twice. Newport then NY. And NY then Newport.

You also need to play things by ear....nothing was planned. Opportunities became apparent almost after each marathon.

After the Montreal marathon I ran five xc in Europe. While there the runners were all chatting up NY. I had no plans to run NY. As a matter of fact I had to beg Fred Lebow for a room and an entry form. I did get the room, the size of a broom closet...(lol) He did not believe an elite runner could run another world class performance, that is why he was reluctant to have me run. (it only add fuel to my fire).

So perhaps Cierpinski feels he up to the task...he'll never know until he tries...And isn't that what running is about..pushing and testing oneself to go beyond what you (and everybody else) think you can do.

He may not run well, then again he may run very well.

Running those races have help me through the roller coaster of life.

Good Luck!

Bill Rodgers won the NYCM in 76, blowing away a top notch field in 2:10. Two weeks later he ran, essentially, a 2:09 in Japan - after which he ran an additional 6 miles, then, 4 weeks after that, won a hilly Baltimore marathon in 2:14. If a runner is properly trained, the marathon is no different from shorter road races in terms of recovery time.