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Paul
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 Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 8:45 pm Post subject: Dan Browne and the Oregon Project |
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I think there was an article similar to this, here at Run-Down, but here is another article:
http://www.ontherun.com/news/0321/ |
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Dan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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Good article, thanks. Would've been nice to hear about a few of the other Oregon Project residents, as I believe a number of them have done quite well.
Two things that stood out to me:
| Quote: | | running on underwater treadmills |
What the heck kind of equipment is that??? I guess the days of keeping the hair dryer away from the tub are long gone... 
| Quote: | | In the early 1980's, Salazar dominated distance running. He won the New York Marathon three years in a row, and set a world record of 2:08:13 at New York in 1981. Amazingly, no American-born runner has matched that time since. |
Salazar isn't American-born, is he? I know they don't explicitly say he is, but it's definitely implied.
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Paul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Underwater treadmills,  I don't have a clue.
I assumed Salazar was American-born ? maybe 2nd generation ? Didn't he go to high school on the east coast somewhere. |
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Dan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not entirely sure, but I thought he was Cuban (?) born and grew up in the US. He could be second generation, though.
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Micah Ward
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 5:29 am Post subject: |
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Good article. I have been following Browne since his days with the Army's World Class Athlete Program. He could very well be the future of American marathoning.
I was thinking Salazar was born in Cuba. 
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Dan
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 9:10 am Post subject: |
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I've been following him since he was a goofy little average runner from West Linn HS. 
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Micah Ward
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That's cool. 
In high school did he ever show that he had potential to be where he is now?
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Dan
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| Quote: | | In high school did he ever show that he had potential to be where he is now? |
His last two years, definitely, but up till then you never would have seen it coming. We ran in the same district and he's a year younger than me. As a sophomore, I don't think he was even top-5 on a very weak XC team. By his junior year, he was top guy in the district and one of the top 3 or so in the state; I think winning the 3k title in track. By senior year, he was pretty much untouchable, and he's hardly slowed down the progression curve since. As I recall, he was a scrawny little kid with big floppy feet. You'd never guess it looking at him now...
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will
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure if anyone said this, but Salazar moved to the US from Cuba when he was 2 with his family. |
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Dan
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Thanks for confirming what I thought I had seen elsewhere. Always nice to know I remember a thing or two correctly.
Dan
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