Hieno juttu Boulderista, kaupungista joka tarjoaa oivat olosuhteet korkean paikan harjoittelulle ja missä juostaan Yhdysvaltain toiseksi suurin maantiejuoksu (Officials said 43,635 of the 46,660 registered runners completed the race.) Bolder Boulder. Viime viikonloppuna juostun kisan voitti Etiopian Berhanu Adane ja naisten nopein oli USAn Sara Slattery. Vuoden 1998 kisan tulosliuskalta löytyy tuttuja nimiä, Ulmala, Utriainen, Salo.. (pieni muistijälki: ite reenasin tuona vuonna 1998 kuutisen viikkoa Floridassa ja hävisin Boulderissa 30. juosseelle Mazanolle ainakin minuutin Tampassa harjoittelun ohessa juostussa FishHawk Ranch Road Race -maantiekympillä.)
Today the Boulder running scene has evolved into something quite different from the days of the Disco Dungeon, when the success of Boulder transplant Frank Shorter in Olympic marathons lured young American runners to town, or the early 1990s when a world-record holder in the marathon from Wales trained daily with a former world-record holder from Australia and a future world champion from South Africa.
World-class runners from around the world and talented Americans come to Boulder because of its ideal elevation, training landscape and runner-friendly lifestyle. But the Boulder mystique isn't as romantic as it was in the old days, when runners were considered odd and American Olympic aspirants were apt to crash on couches or live in trailers.
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In the late '80s and early '90s, a training group of about 10 runners would meet at de Castella's house every morning at 9 a.m., just as Shorter's house had been the gathering place for Sunday long runs in the '70s.
"Everybody ran what 'Deek' (de Castella) wanted to run," Jones recalled. "It was good because Deek started off nice and steady. We could all go out and wind up the pace and kill each other before we got back to Deek's house and go have some breakfast.
"We had some great times. There were some great characters in the group."
Huomenna alkaa myös IAAF kultainen liiga Oslon Bislettillä. Kisat näkyvät ihan valtakunnan verkossa MTV3:lla, selostajina Mika Saukkonen ja Petri Hänninen, heitä avustaa myös Heidi Suomi, joten ei pitäisi kommentointi olla asiantuntemuksesta kiinni..
Hard Rock Hallelujah
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