(Fwd) Re: RC: LD AND OPINIONS-10k & 20k

["Beth Glace" <lb@nismat.org>]

Hi guys,

Oooh, have to disagree to some extent here.  As a running coach, I 
can
tell you that if you want success at the longer distances you will
have to be successful at the shorter distances.  No good marathoner 
is
a poor 10,000 meter runner, and I know of no great marathoners who 
did
not focus upon, and do well at, 10,000 -20,000 meters earlier in their
running careers.  A 2:10 marathoner would be expected to run 
somewhere
around a 28:20 10K; you will not see a great marathoner who is not
also very, very good at the 10K, and who doesn't race that distance. 
Good Lord!  If all they raced was marathons they'd break down in no
time.  You can look at Kenya's Tegla Larou, who ran 5th in the 10K 
and
17th in the marathon at this summer's Olympics. She is the world
record holder in the marathon.  Recreational runners may now "race" 
the marathon exclusively, with no 10,000 meter background.  Almost 
all
reasonably good marathoners, though,  do also race, seriously, 
10,000
meters throughout the year.  Beth Glace, MS Research Associate
Nicholas Inst. Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma Lenox Hill Hospital
NY, NY Coach, Shawangunk Runners


> At 11:39 PM 1/21/01, Debbie Ekhaml Dekarab@home.com wrote:
> >You wouldn't run a marathon until you were good at a 10K or 20K.
> 
> Just a point:  Many marathoners don't *compete* at 10K or 20K
> distances, although they might incorporate those differences in
> their training program.  Training for a 10K so that a runner was
> "good" at it probably wouldn't be in a marathoner's conditioning
> program at all.
>  Two different sports.
> 
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