I couldn't believe it. At first i was even wondering if he might be talking about something else. But the guy responded 'he might get off with the asthma'. They were talking about what I thought they were.
They then discussed Alberto appearing to be 'a stand up guy' and talking how he could push himself in races more than anyone else. Very short conversation before I chimed in my astonishment of their conversation .
This thing has crossed over mainstream at least in Oregon.
I'm in a small town in OR and a guy at the bar turns to the guy next to him and says ''what do you think about Alberto?"
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...and across the pond in the UK they are talking about it even more...
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A sign of the apocalypse, no doubt. But seriously. Here in Duluth, the entire Epstein article was posted on the Duluth News Tribune website. Lots of Kara Goucher fans around here, and people are definitely talking about Salazar.
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What town, southern Oregon or Eastern Oregon?
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Were they runners or coaches?
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did a priest and a rabbi walk in?
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What town and why are you here?
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The last three posts have a strange, poetic effect.
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Coaching genius! Seriously, what's the big deal? All the top runners dope. All I took from that BBC show was how easy it would be for anyone to take PEDs.
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Hopefully you were at Full Sail in Hood River... otherwise a waste of time. (From small town in Oregon perspectives)
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Full sail is fine, but it's not double mountain brewery.
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beer can wrote:
Full sail is fine, but it's not double mountain brewery.
Neither one of those compares to walking into Ft. George in Astoria and getting a Vortex straight from the tap. Now THAT is a small town. -
Oregonian here, it definitely has crossed into the mainstream. My grandma, knowing how big of a track and field fan I am sent me an email asking if I had heard about it. On my college campus today I saw a person wearing NOP gear and was going to ask him if he had heard the news but figured he just bought it because of the cool logo.
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In Oregon, it's still 1975, so everyone follows track and field. Everyone.
If you don't believe me, I've got just the web site for you. It's run by two Ivy League boys, so you know it's run smart. They regularly put articles from TWO papers from Oregon, the Oregonian and the Register-Guard, on their front page. They do that because they know that in Oregon, there's a demand for articles on track that are interesting, informative and smart.
PS You might want to stay away from their "World Famous Message Boards." Some of the stuff there is pretty dodgy. It's a lot more like Idaho than Oregon, if you catch my drift. -
I'm surprised you were surprised that people in Oregon care about track. They take that sh*t seriously. It's in their blood.
I had coffee with my cousin, who grew up in Oregon, in Seattle before heading down to the Pre last week. Before I said anything about where I was going, she mentioned that Pre had died forty years ago that weekend. Then she asked if I remembered where I was when I heard he'd died. She was surprised that I didn't.
Have you ever sat in the stands at HHF? If not, you should skip the press for a few hours next time you are in Eugene. You'll find yourself surrounded by real track fans, ordinary people who love the sport and who pay attention. It shows. You hear stuff like: "Oh, Maggie Vessey! Didn't we see her come from out of nowhere to smoke the field?" "Oh, that's right. I'd forgotten about that....Wait, wasn't that the year Jenny Simpson almost beat Burka?" And so on.
(This particular couple seemed a little frosty after I admitted that I didn't remember whether it was Kiprop and Kiplagat who won in 2012.)
PS You should take this with a grain of salt. I'm from Washington, so I'm a little biased on the subject of "nice things about Oregon." -
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What town, southern Oregon or Eastern Oregon?
Western, Oregon- Florence.
I'm killing time in my airstream before NCAAs start.
I'm up for suggestions where else to go.
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Come up to Beaverton this weekend and let's go for a run.
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It was on the front page of the top viewed media outlet in New Zealand.
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the herald?
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Vortex for the Win! wrote:
beer can wrote:
Full sail is fine, but it's not double mountain brewery.
Neither one of those compares to walking into Ft. George in Astoria and getting a Vortex straight from the tap. Now THAT is a small town.
Astoria!
Isn't that The Goonies hometown?
I want to go there!
