.....anymore? There are some, but it seems they should be tearing up the world in the marathon, etc.
.....anymore? There are some, but it seems they should be tearing up the world in the marathon, etc.
I ran the Pittsburgh Marathon two years ago, and a Mexican guy won it in a decent time over a hilly course. The paper the next day talked about how he still works back home making wine via a very labor intensive process. He almost didn't even make it to Pittsburgh for the race; some mess up with his plane reservation out of Mexico. I forget his name, but if you Google for Pittsburgh Marathon results from 2003 you can find his name. That marathon, by the way, was the last Pittsburgh Marathon, for the last two years at least.
Same could be said for the US...particularly a year or two ago.
River Rat wrote:
.....anymore? There are some, but it seems they should be tearing up the world in the marathon, etc.
Many of them are trying to improve their standard of living. They know that they can come to the U.S. and work as migrant workers and such and make more money for their families than they can in our piss-poor sport.
All the Mexicans that can run, jump, or swim are already over here in the States.
Duh.
Those things seem almost to be cyclical. Finns, Kiwis, American roadsters, Brit milers, Kenyans, Ethiopians. Mexico had sort of a golden age about a decade ago. Maybe they'll come back around.
There is a lot of talent in México, but not much support to develop it.
here are just a few results
27:18.59 Armando Quintanilla MEX 19 04 1968 3 Oslo 22 07 1994
27:08.23 Arturo Barrios MEX 12 12 1962 1 Berlin 18 08 1989 (fastest non-African ever at 10000m)
27:37.49 Teodoro Vega MEX 14 07 1976 4 Pontevedra 20 07 2003
27:44.85 David Galván MEX 06 04 1973 2r1 Palo Alto, CA 02 05 2003
28:25.73 Alejandro Suárez MEX 30 11 1980 7 Pontevedra 20 07 2003
28:11.75 Pablo Olmedo MEX 08 05 1975 16 Bruxelles 30 08 2002
2:11:14 Juan Camacho MEX 05 09 1972 10 Seoul 03 11 2002
2:13:04 Francisco Bautista MEX 17 09 1972 1 Torreón 03 03 2002
2:13:25 Gabino Apolonio MEX 29 08 1971 2 Torreón 03 03 2002
2:13:36 Procopio Franco MEX 08 07 1970 4 Torreón 03 03 2002
2:10:39 José Ernani Palalia MEX 03 12 1972 7 Berlin 29 09 2002
2:07:19 Andrés Espinosa MEX 04 02 1963 2 Boston, MA 18 04 1994
Then there was German Silva:
Back in 2000...
http://outside.away.com/events/NYC/QA.html
What kind of mileage have you been averaging?
How many miles a week in general? I can say in kilometers, I think in all my preparations for the marathon, I take 10 weeks and I run in total 2,500 kilometers.
It's about 220 kilometers a week, 230. And I think I have done the same kilometers as the last year, but just this year I think it was more quality, I can say more quality and I even feel better than last year.
Two times a week I have done speed work, but long. On Saturday, one time a week, I have done 30 kilometers, a little bit more than two hours. I had very hard training, very busy weeks. So I should rest only on Sundays, by training one time on Saturday and Sunday, and the rest of the time two times a day.
What is the hardest workout you have done in the last six months?
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Well, the most hard part was the volcano in Toluca. I think was 4,000 meters in altitude. It was on one time a week, long running in altitude, like 23 kilometers. But, you know it is very hard because it is just up, uphill all the time climbing to the volcano.
Tap Water.
A lot of potentially fast Mexicans go into racewalking. Sad, but true.
What about Dionicio Ceron, he was a world class marathon performer in the early 90's and he won London a couple of times!!
I think this is a really good question because it wasn't that long ago that there were many good Mexican runners. At one time, people used to talk about how Kenyans and Mexicans were taking over the world's distance running. Then they were gone. Something must have changed and if we knew what it is, maybe we could get some insight on all of this "genetics vs. training" stuff.
I just think that when 27:50 10k's were competitive the Mexicans were motivated and had enough of a talent pool to compete well as a group. Then after the onslaught of Kenyans occurred in the early to mid nineties the top Mexicans stopped winning, their momentum was halted, and they, just like every other country in the world, gave up.
Shots wrote:
I just think that when 27:50 10k's were competitive the Mexicans were motivated and had enough of a talent pool to compete well as a group. Then after the onslaught of Kenyans occurred in the early to mid nineties the top Mexicans stopped winning, their momentum was halted, and they, just like every other country in the world, gave up.
Makes sense.
Refried beans slow you down.
Do they really eat refied beans before a race? Ha ha ha I bet they do to.
You are such an idiot, I'm a mexican and I don't eat refried beans. For your information I went all state in cross country and got my school's frickn' record.
I dunno but some Mexican American named Leonel Manzano just went under the 4 min barrier by himself and is barely a freshmen, :)
Go Manzano!!! Way to Represent
And there is alot of Mexican runners that are fast, but they don't have the luxury or money to travel. But hey every man for himself :)
would the extremely poor air quality have any effect on that?