lnjjgcgdx wrote:
Non-factors wrote:Unfortunately, you are correct. My days as an athlete are long done. I was in Eugene in the days of Harry Johnson, and it's probably best to leave it at that. However, would it really make a difference if I hadn't spent time on the circuit? Does that make someone's critique any less valid if they don't have personal experience with international track and field? Is the blatant observation of failure any less true if a person doesn't have Andy Norman in their cell contacts?
You failed to answer the question: What are your PBs, Non-factors?
Actually, I did in a sense. I was just vague enough to avoid fulfilling your intentions of being a super sleuth, however. Angry millennials such as yourself do silly things in anger, instead of seeking inspiration in superheroes like Ben Blankenship. Suffice that my best was enough to elicit an invite to run with AW in the early 80's, and then went to Bill after Harry left. I enjoyed 4 seasons on the circuit, scraping by to have decent meals and sleeping on couches all over the world. Those were the days of "shamateurusm"- quite unlike the amenities enjoyed today by the coddled pros. We raced year round, and when we didn't produce, we starved. Hollister set up some of us with jobs, and that was a big help. Other than that, it was what you could squeeze out of a meet promoter and find stuffed in an envelope in your training shoes. So, if your point was to see if I knew what I was talking about, the answer is an emphatic YES. I'd actually be surprised if George didn't already have me figured out.