Is Goucher back or is his 2nd place finish just another tantilizing performance to be followed by injury? Also why was John Mortimer running for Reebok and not the BAA? Are they his shoe sponsor and take precedent(sp?) over his club? Or his he with Reebok Boston? Great finish for him though.
I asked a Team USA Minnesota rep the same question about their affiliation. Here's the reply I got...
It's a sponsorship issue with the shoe companies - as part of the contract arrangement with an athlete, the shoe companies stipulate that an athlete cannot list the USATF club where the athlete trains even though the club in many cases provides more funding to an athlete than the shoe company does. This is an issue that USATF has been working on but to date it has not been resolved. Since all of our athletes have shoe contracts (which certainly helps Team USA Minnesota a great deal since many of these contracts take care of travel expenses), you will not see Team USA Minnesota listed next to our athletes' names.
Maybe the change of scenery has righted the ship.
Makes sense...plus I dunno that they really need the publicity because people already know who's on teams like Team USA MN.
I think it is a little early to say that Gouch is "back", but it is promising. He won the club race and now this second in the 4k is a step in the right direction. However, I think he is a long way from being the guy who ran the 13:11.
He won the club race? Do you mean in Portland in December? It may have looked that way to you, but that was because Torres was so far ahead.
I wish him the best, but the 4k is the jv race. Not sure why Broe and Torres even bothered to double. They must have bonuses in their contracts for making national teams etc.
So THAT's why El G, Shaheen, and almost certainly Bekele are running it!
No, that's why this is the last year the IAAF will hold the 4k event at the WC. The 12K is the true world championship distance.
It clearly is not the only world championship distance this year, and won't be until they remove the 4k. Next year is next year, and what the IAAF thinks has nothing to do with the talent in the 4k. Anybody can see that the 4k this year is filled with some of the best runners in the history of athletics.
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