Kevin Collins

Collins has been pretty active on the triathlon scene this year and especially during the summer. Nice to see him do so well at the US Champs.

Runin wrote:

Collins has been pretty active on the triathlon scene this year....

HUHHH WHAT???? I thought the guy was a marathon runner by trade?

GREAT run Kevin!!

Kevin has been very active as a marathoner for a long time. In his first marathon, he placed 3rd and qualified for the Olympic Trails in Charlotte. He was the 1st American to cross the finish line in the 100TH Boston Marathon which was the 3rd Marathon he ever ran. I don't know about anyone else, but that sounds like talent to me.

He doesn't run with a team currently but has in the past. Right now he handles his own training.

You sound like someone who knows him fairly well. Has he and the Hansons talked? It sounds like a perfect fit. I know the Hansons are all about helping guys like him reach their dreams? Or Does he prefer to train alone having done the group thing with Fila?

Kevin runs for Fleet Feet Syracuse. He has a nice setup and seems happy. He's a great guy and works hard.

That is awesome. Whatever he is doing it is certainly working. Good Luck in Paris.

I will speak on Kevin's behalf. I am not going to Hansons. They have enough guys and I am happy to be running and still improving at 31 years of age here in Syracuse. End of Story. Hansons don't even contact him he isn't interested.

Known him all his life...I'm related to him and was there to cheer him on this weekend. As for the person choosing to speak for Kevin.....please don't....he's perfectly capable fo speaking and making decisions for himself. Thank you.

I see that Kevin has you fooled into thinking that he really enjoys Fleet Feet. If you knew him like I did, you would know that he's aware that he's being used and looking to get out of his current situation. He can do much better than that and he just proved it.

I'm not sure on the package Fleet Feets given him but I have to think it probably isn't the kind of package a guy of his caliber deserves and needs. Hopefully this performance will pay off for him in more ways than one.

Kevin is a first class individual and I talked to him in depth this weekend. He seems very happy with his current situation. The results speak for themselves. I believe that he will stay in his current situation. The hanson guys do seem like they are all happy with their situation as well. Both hansons were there so I am sure that if Kevin wanted to talk to them he would have had plenty of chances.

Way to go Kevin!

Great guy....although we have been trying to get him to come out to Phoenix to train in the winter. In upstate NY he was doing 20 milers on a 200 meter indoor track? (See RWD today) No wonder he was so mentally tough!

HUGE breakthrough for a guy who has been at it a long time. No one deserves it more.

"I do my 20 milers on a 200m indoor track," said Collins who also relied on treadmill running during the cold winter months. "All my p.m. runs have been on the treadmill. So, I've been doing 45 minutes to an hour on the treadmill; all my mornings on an indoor track. I haven't been outside in weeks training."

Kevin will never leave Syracuse again. He left for the Indiana Invaders (no luck). He left for the Fila Discovery group (no luck). He comes back to Syracuse and badaboom badabing he is on the World Team. I have talked with him on several occasions and he feels Hansons bring nothing more to the table than what he currently has going for him. End of story.

As Kevin's lifelong closest personal friend, I can impart this vital bit of information: For the World Champs, he is going to be doing 30-mile runs on a 135-meter track, wearing a North FAce down expedition suit. He will run circles around the opposition in Paris.

For all you speculators out there...Kevin will do what he's always done...enjoy the moment, put it in perspective, train harder than most and wait!

My bad, read too fast. Wrong Kevin.