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Vkv, operoitu kantapää kiukuttelee edelleen. Olen kitkutellut viimeiset pari viikkoa noin puolen tunnin kevyitä lenkkejä joka toinen päivä tehden, no good at all. No, niin se oli viime operaationkin kanssa (akillesjänne repesi -97), että kesti julmetun kauan ennenkuin jalka alkoi toimia. Kärsivällinen pitäisi olla, mutku ei malttas.

Keskinen haastaa Mottramin tänään Melbournen 2000 metrillä, vai onkohan se jo itseasiassa juostu? Kait se Jukka kommentoi Raastoon miten meni.

Ööö, tulokset onkin jo tässä:
Men 2000 Metres Open
1, Craig Mottram, VIS, 4:50.76A.
2, Nick McCormick, ENG, 4:57.39A.
3, Adrian Blincoe, NZL, 4:59.09A.
4, Mohamad Farah, ENG, 5:06.34.
5, Matthew Kerr, CAN, 5:07.09.
6, Ruben Ramolefi, RSA, 5:08.05.
7, Louis Rowan, VIC, 5:08.44.
8, Jukka Keskisalo, FIN, 5:08.76.
9, Michael Aish, NZL, 5:08.97.
10, Adam Bowden, ENG, 5:09.18.
11, Reid Coolsaet, CAN, 5:09.77.
12, Stuart Stokes, ENG, 5:10.90.
--, Paul Hoffman, NSWI, DNF.
--, Wesley Kiprotich, KEN, DNS.

1000m Intermediate time 2:27.76 Craig Mottram VIS

Raastosta tulikin mieleen Z:n japsicorner, viimeksi "Kosto is my middle name" turinoi Hiromi Taniguchista.

Entisen, olympialaisissakin piipahtaneen, jenkkimaileri Steve Holmanin kynäilemä Kennedyn Bobin haastattelu, muutama pointti:

"When I joined this group, my expectations were raised tremendously, and we trained hard! Kim carried this attitude over to racing. He set very high targets and expectations for races. We would go to a small meet with our group, and instead of just going through the motions, we would be running at world record pace. Kim would say stuff like, “In a perfect world, you’ll be through 3,000m in 7:40.”

I truly believe this aggressive style of running 5,000 meters really changed the event forever. As a result, everyone had to step up their game. Along came other African runners [not coached by McDonald] who were awesomely talented—Geb, Tergat. They had to run this way or else they would not be competitive.

A big regret would be too strong of a description. Do I wonder if it would have helped? Sure. You would have to check the statistics, but I think I’m the only athlete to run under 13:00 for 5K who didn’t train at altitude. I went where I thought the best situation for me was at the time. And that was Kim McDonald’s group of Kenyans.

I didn’t run for glory, I didn’t run for money—although I never walked away from a paycheck. I really ran to see how good I could be. If that mental attitude and dedication to being the best you can possibly be translates to anyone else, if I can serve as a role model in that way, I will consider myself as having a positive influence on the sport."

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