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[AM_Runner]

Haile always looks like he is just floating shoot sometimes I am not even sure that his feet touch the ground when he is running. I truely hope that he and Tergat and the rest of the competitors come into the Beijing games fully healthy and ready to roll - could be a battle for the ages...
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[Angelo Z]

I thought Haile retired, he's older than Hicham and still going.
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[AM_Runner]

Nope still going strong and hammering away.
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[Angelo Z]

Then I guess Hicham is more of a family guy I hope he won't lose any speed especially when he competes in 10Ks and 5Ks against younger generations of runners. Well maybe that's not right because I started to see true ultra distance taking part in him right now starting with his world record marathon, so I doubt he will be participating in 5Ks and 10Ks
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My favorite all time race: Hicham El Guerrouj - Prefontaine Classic Mile 2002 http://youtube.com/watch?v=4YykUTHzOL8
¥London 2012 XXX Olympiad¥

[AM_Runner]

He still runs a few but he will even say that he has lost a step in those shorter distance with age...
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[Indeurr]

When I run any distance over 4 miles, I start to get bored. I try to beat it by thinking about something else, preying, or singing. I think that I should buy an I-pod or something of the sort that I can put in one ear, and still be able to hear what is going on on the road.
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http://vincovitanj.tripod.com/Do_not_be_a_victim1/index.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u43o595CARQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x22Alfgv0DY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgcD2akmeJc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB0RcWYMwXU
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[Angelo Z]

Yeah same, I need an ipod if I am running 30 minutes+. I like to listen to motivating songs while running, like tupac.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TLb0Rc5qjuU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yVv4IdGtcNw
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My favorite all time race: Hicham El Guerrouj - Prefontaine Classic Mile 2002 http://youtube.com/watch?v=4YykUTHzOL8
¥London 2012 XXX Olympiad¥

[AM_Runner]

I am sorry here but you guys have to be kidding me...
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[Dan]

Yeah, I don't know how someone can get bored that easily. Paul and I have talked about it before and we figure it's a generational thing. Most people can't even go to the gym anymore without bringing music.

Dan
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[AM_Runner]

Its funny for the first time ever last year I went to a race and noticed that I was just about the only person without an IPOD I laughed about it but it was just funny... Guess what though top 3 - all sans tunes...
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The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.

[Angelo Z]

Heh, even our top miler at my school runs everyday with music on the track.

I remember he ran once on the track in sports fitness when we had our cardio day. He's got a rude attitude when during XC after everyone finished, he didn't want to shake hands with all the other lower class runners that "They may wipe their slowness on him."
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My favorite all time race: Hicham El Guerrouj - Prefontaine Classic Mile 2002 http://youtube.com/watch?v=4YykUTHzOL8
¥London 2012 XXX Olympiad¥

[AM_Runner]

Sounds like the kind of guy I would not want on my team...
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The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.

[Angelo Z]

He's in the top 50 in the nation though. I've heard he was 6th in the nation, but I'll just go with top 50. His mile time is 4:04 so far as a junior. It always irritates me how one is so close to something, and the mile takes 4 minutes out of 24 hours of the day, plus we have 1 month and a couple of weeks left of school. I mean just like Hicham, if I were him I would've just gone out and break the 3:43 record. 3 seconds shaved off has little effect on the body as opposed to taking off 20 seconds. Only timing and speed would be a factor here...
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My favorite all time race: Hicham El Guerrouj - Prefontaine Classic Mile 2002 http://youtube.com/watch?v=4YykUTHzOL8
¥London 2012 XXX Olympiad¥

[AM_Runner]

The fastest HS Boys mile in the country this year is 4:08 (and that includes conversions from 1500 and 1600 and indoors. Care to try again?

Regardless of the time, the individual strikes me as someone who would not add to a team dynamic. I have left individuals off of teams before. I have met elite runners in the past - world record holders who would not be so callous as that - who easily could just shake people off. Do you think your hero Hicham would do such a thing? does Haile? Individuals with that sort of attutude usually get there you know whats handed to them eventually and sadly without some sort of attitude adjustment amount to very little.
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The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.

[Dan]

No matter how good an athlete is, they always run across someone better eventually... (Herb Elliott found a way around that!)

Dan
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