Hi JimTorr,
So you have a feel for the stuff, obviously. I probably suscribed to TFN for about 10 years. Probaby from 75 to 85.
Did you watch Rudy Chapa run at Eugene? And then those two brothers from Oregon after that, in the early 80s. They were great. I ran at another PAC 10 school. Walked on as a senior and made the team but got injured. I really wasn't that good. 4:17 mile in practice and a 9:02 in the rain, which isn't easy when you wear glasses. I try to catch some CAL meets. The times seem pretty slow, but there's no hype at least.
I watched them all, Rudy Chapa, Alberto Salazar (not the politician), Prefontaine, Frank Shorter......there were three McChesney brothers, by the way. The battles with the early Kenyan's from Washington State were great.
In a high school track meet I once led the second McChesney for a couple laps. Of course, I was a senior and he was a freshman, and he did finish twenty seconds ahead of me.
I've been away from track for too long to have much of a feel for it anymore. I used to catch the occaisonal event in San Jose, but there just doesn't seem to be much of anything in Maryland.