yyy wrote:
If Dixon would have benefited from altitude training i Iten or Flaggstaff,
we are talking about 3:31, 13:00, 27:00, and 2:06.
This is probably correct, Dixon is the first white guy that comes to mind that could go to East Africa today and handle the enormous training load.
He wasn't a 10,000m man on the track, but if he came along today he probably would have been.
Arnold, MD native Matt Centro Jr has an Olympic Gold Medal
Frank Shorter.
Maryland Crab Cakes wrote:
Arnold, MD native Matt Centro Jr has an Olympic Gold Medal
Pretty sure his mother is black.
Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:
yyy wrote:If Dixon would have benefited from altitude training i Iten or Flaggstaff,
we are talking about 3:31, 13:00, 27:00, and 2:06.
This is probably correct, Dixon is the first white guy that comes to mind that could go to East Africa today and handle the enormous training load.
He wasn't a 10,000m man on the track, but if he came along today he probably would have been.
I recall he ran as a guest in our 9 mile cross country championships and to our surprise beat Dave Bedford, a 27.30 10K runner and who had also won the international cross country championships.
Beautiful Day wrote:
You morons who talk about how his 2:07 WR was slow, let's rip on Greta Waitz, she sucked compared to Paula, right?
I would put her above Paula as she did not have all of those unusual blood test results ....
Clarence DeMar
Rod Dixon was white?
I have been a huge Rod Dixon fan for decades and he clearly has the best range in terms of being one of the best in the world at from the 1500/mile to the marathon at one time in his career.
However, using at the Track and Field News yearly world rankings as a measuring stick, the only time Dixon was ranked as the best "white" distance runner at any event during his career was 1975 in the 5,000. Rupp was the best white distance runner at 5,000 (2012-2014), 10,000 (2011-2016), and Marathon (2016). Rupp will also likely get the top Marathon ranking again in 2017 unless he does poorly in Chicago and/or Callum Hawkins runs another great marathon this year.
Apples and oranges. Dixon was competitive in a time before East Africans (many clearly doping) swamped the pro ranks. This makes Rupp's achievements against EA's more impressive (assuming he was not doping- jury is still out on that). But it also means he is competing against thinner ranks of white guys. So many just give up early against the hordes of talent coming out of Kenya and Ethiopia and get decent-paying jobs instead. So a double-edged sword of the changing times. Apples and oranges.
Ackley wrote:
I have been a huge Rod Dixon fan for decades and he clearly has the best range in terms of being one of the best in the world at from the 1500/mile to the marathon at one time in his career.
However, using at the Track and Field News yearly world rankings as a measuring stick, the only time Dixon was ranked as the best "white" distance runner at any event during his career was 1975 in the 5,000. Rupp was the best white distance runner at 5,000 (2012-2014), 10,000 (2011-2016), and Marathon (2016). Rupp will also likely get the top Marathon ranking again in 2017 unless he does poorly in Chicago and/or Callum Hawkins runs another great marathon this year.
With that name and stache, surely he had a future in the industry in mind.
HRH wrote:
Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:This is probably correct, Dixon is the first white guy that comes to mind that could go to East Africa today and handle the enormous training load.
He wasn't a 10,000m man on the track, but if he came along today he probably would have been.
I recall he ran as a guest in our 9 mile cross country championships and to our surprise beat Dave Bedford, a 27.30 10K runner and who had also won the international cross country championships.
Sounds correct, Walker came 4th in the World Cross Country Championships, Dixon was way better over cross country than Walker. HRE will correct me but I'm pretty sure Dixon never lost a cross country race to Walker.
He should also get credit for being a proponent of chugging beer and running, which Kiwis and Aussie's call "chundering."
Imagine if Rod Dixon weight 9lbs less or more like today's marathoner's. That's 18s/mile, he'd be a sub-2:05 marathoner.
2:09 at NYC, one of the hardest courses as a "clydesdale". Incredible!
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corrected the subject wrote:
Imagine if Rod Dixon weight 9lbs less or more like today's marathoner's. That's 18s/mile, he'd be a sub-2:05 marathoner.
2:09 at NYC, one of the hardest courses as a "clydesdale". Incredible!
Anyone remember seeing the punch up?
In 1973 New Zealanders ran the English Cross Country Championships in preparation for the World Championships. Dave Bedford was the reigning English and World Cross Country Champion. So, Bedford was the guy. I got my footing, got a good start and was up with the top runners very early. Dave Bedford and some of the other British boys were leading the way and then on the second lap I came up alongside of Bedford, ran stride with him and ended up winning the English Cross Country Championships. That was a huge boost for what was going to happen at the World Championships. Dave Bedford said, ‘I don’t think anybody can beat Dixon.’
So we went on to World Cross Country and I knew I was in good shape. I was just confident enough in my training as all of my confidence came from knowing I had done all that I could. The race begins and less than half a mile into the race all of these runners jumped out of the crowd and started fighting us. In those days Northern Ireland was banned and not allowed to compete because of politics. So, they tried to tackle us and to stop the race. I remember pushing one into a bush and giving an uppercut to another one. And of course I was looking around, wondering if they were going to stop this thing, and they let it go! There were about three guys ahead that got through the melee and the rest of us were behind. I was running with ten or twelve guys and broke away to chase the leaders. I got one of them, but the others were away and I was on my own. I tried as much as I could to catch them and I couldn’t bridge the gap. I was stuck in the middle and just couldn’t get up to the leaders and so I finished third. It was a little disappointing because if I had been up there I would have had a very strong chance to compete for the win.
The only Olympic 1500m medalist to win a marathon major.
He's still doing s lot for kids sport as well.
How many Olympic Gold Medals does Rod have?
sky wrote:
How many Olympic Gold Medals does Rod have?
How many cheats does Finland have?
I gave up counting.