Why the big fuss about Paula Radciffe running NYC? I seem to recall Bill Rodgers finishing way back in the OG marathon in 76 in Montreal due to a stress fracture, then coming back to win NY that fall and being pretty much unbeatable for the next 3 years. Is running a marathon so mindboggling that you can't conceive of running another one three months later? Some of my worst races due to heat were my easiest to recover from because they were slower.
That's an excellent point. Shorter did the Olympics-New York double as well that year, and he was still injured. In his prime, Rogers used to do New York, then come back and do Fukouka, which was only 6 weeks later. The u.s. olympic trials for the marathon were only two months before the games for a while (72,76, i think) Paula will be fine.
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I'm 34, and 4 people from my high school class have already died
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Let's be real Flo -Jo was as dirty as Ben Johnson in fact name me a clean sprinter from that time