this is cool...

[OakLeaf]

Oakleaf... tell us more about your racing?! What were you involved with? Sorry to pry!
Jes

::total thread hijack::

I just messed around a little really, in the late '80s and early '90s. I got to experience the USCF rule that says you're never 30 years old I was moderately competitive on a local/regional level, but definitely no better than that, and not much hope of ever getting any better than that (which is how I burned out for so long), and that's kind of my point.

I messed around with different forms of racing, but my best event was the individual TT. (Brute force, not too much strategy, hardly any cornering ) The one year I went to the district TT, I finished solidly in the middle. (I actually placed third in Masters Women just because there were only five of us. ) Back in those days Olympic qualifying time for the women's 40K ITT was 1:06:00. I beat that time, just barely, so technically I would've been able to go to Nationals and compete in Masters - and if there had been fewer women overall at Districts, I might've qualified as non-age-graded.

Meantime, I don't think national-caliber women had quite broken the 1 hour mark by then, but they were darn close. IOW, in those days, Olympic qualifying time was almost 10% slower than what someone would actually have to do to make the national team.

::Back to your regularly scheduled thread::

Now, (1) as I said, I have not the slightest idea about anything concerning sprint running, and (2) I don't even know if USCF qualifying rounds work the same way now as they did then. And even if that is the case for the 400 meters, Pistorius is still an amazing athlete and an inspiring human being.

[jesvetmed]

I just messed around a little really, in the late '80s and early '90s. I got to experience the USCF rule that says you're never 30 years old I was moderately competitive on a local/regional level, but definitely no better than that, and not much hope of ever getting any better than that (which is how I burned out for so long), and that's kind of my point.

I messed around with different forms of racing, but my best event was the individual TT. (Brute force, not too much strategy, hardly any cornering ) The one year I went to the district TT, I finished solidly in the middle. (I actually placed third in Masters Women just because there were only five of us. ) Back in those days Olympic qualifying time for the women's 40K ITT was 1:06:00. I beat that time, just barely, so technically I would've been able to go to Nationals and compete in Masters - and if there had been fewer women overall at Districts, I might've qualified as non-age-graded.

Cool history. What a great experience.. you must have been VERY motivated and disciplined!

Back to the thread... Speaking of MotIVATED! What an amazing guy.
Sorry all!