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Subject: Re: importance of the 9:00 3km high school runner

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reid

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Date Posted: 17:37:12 03/15/01 Thu
In reply to: walk on 's message, "Re: importance of the 9:00 3km high school runner" on 16:03:52 03/15/01 Thu

Good points raised, you are right that there should be more CIAU athletes running faster over 5km. And I totally agree that you need to believe you are capable of running low 14's or faster. One reason you don't see too many fast track times by CIAU athletes is because there isn't an outdoor CIAU season.

>I dont know if you are doing anything wrong Reid. What
>I think is that the talent base of the runners that
>are choosing to stay here in Canada is deep enough to
>put up better times on the track. I believe that there
>are 50 men at the Canadian Universities that can run
>in the 14.20's - 14.30's for 5000m. I dont see it
>happening. If 50 run these times then 25 will run
>14.15-30. 10 will run 14.10-15 and at least 5 will
>break 14 min. Only when this basic need is met will we
>see more men running at or under the olympic
>standards. It's a train of thought. If we dont believe
>we can run these times we wont.
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Re: importance of the 9:00 3km high school runner	56.4	17:58:38 03/15/01 Thu