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t_monk wrote: Speedfirst wrote: t_monk wrote: P.S. I think Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson could in fact run massive 400's if they were to ever focus on the event. Could and doing so not the same. Also the question would be are they willing and up to training for the 400m. Also can they make a living in this event? Simpson and Stewart to me definitely can. Stewart and Simpson aren't afraid of hard work clearly, I mean they both...

Brian wrote: TrackDaddy wrote: BTW...Sanya is the world's best 400m runner because she wants to be . Anyone who knows her history and background realizes that she's capable of amazing things in any event. I like her, too, even beyond her sprinting: She was one of the first to congratulate Kara Goucher after her Worlds 07 medal in the 10,000m.--how's that for a true track fan and teammate? I think I remember that, Brian....

This from a local columnist who is a huge tennis fan: <<...Tennis' idea of an offseason is a quick, three-day vacation in the Bahamas; then it's right back to the grind. Roger Federer clinched the year's No. 1 ranking this week, and it got a one-paragraph mention on Page 4 of Thursday's Sporting Green. Exactly the coverage it deserved. People stop caring if a sport never goes away....>> Read...

TrackDaddy wrote: It's also clear that she's a fan of the sport and has great respect and admiration for the other disciplines and athletes. Unfortunately, there is probably only a small percentage of elite track and field athletes who are true fans of the sport. A couple of years ago, Shalane Flanagan was in the hunt for the VISA indoor Championship which meant that she was competing against not only distance runners, but...

vip wrote: Nice try. But he won't get it. The magazine will go for a splashier subject (to sell copies) and give it to Tebow or Jeter. That's too bad, because I don't think Bolt will ever have back-to-back years like 2008-09. No way he was gonna win it over Phelps, but he's legit this year. Bolt will retire without ever winning the award, sort of like Federer, because tennis isn't sexy enough. Even though Federer...

kuha wrote: As far as the general public is concerned, track takes TONS of time off--roughly 3-3/4 years between meets, in fact. How true.

high knees wrote: Lol......there's a TON of coaching information on the internet (and everywhere else) and much of if conflicting. You may think you're getting good info, but if you don't know, you don't know....... Everything I've seen (and I do get around this www a lot) seems like variations on a theme, with nothing really BAD; at worst it's just so general, it's not worth reading. 80% of the stuff I read...

cacique wrote: oh, i meant, during the exchange, i assume it's ok for let's say the outgoing runner to pick it up again, but is there an exchange zone in which this has to happen? Incoming runner has to pick up baton pre-completed exchange. You have a 20 meter exchange zone - 10 meters either side of the finish on 2nd and 3rd exchange(1st is in lanes of course - also 20 meters)

twinpeeks wrote: With an entire league of choices. There is no good reason for Lena to travel to America. It is far and NY is not the best place to vault. One would favor one flight within Europe over coming to U.S. and just hoping that your poles make it on meeting date schedule. Pole transport to Eugene is yet another story altogether Eugene should be easy for travel from Russia. Eugene is on the West Coast near Alaska and you can see...

good to see the women's 200 on that list