I hope you all took the 60 minutes to see the special on Mary Decker last night. Very well done. And this today from Ron Tabb:
“Thought ESPN did a good job not addressing any topics other than the fall and the L.A. Olympic games . Thought they missed an important fact Mary had never run a race longer than 1 mile before I began training and coaching her. Always said she was capable of running the first 2:20 marathon for a women if she could say healthy. For me it was more fun training and coaching Mary than being married to Mary. She was one hell of a competitor. Took exception to the fact she said she never took advice from her coaches, she did listen and took advice from me. She listened to me and moved from the middle distances to the long distances. Not that I was a great distance runner, but I am decent at identifying the strengths and weaknesses of distance runners. I.E. I worked with Meb in the early 90’s and told him he could become one of the greatest marathoners in the world. Told Mary the same thing! I think they have both done pretty well for themselves. I know I am proud to have had a connection to the both of them.”
I described my memorabalia collection as vast and vaunted yesterday, and its true. And so I’ll be using it occasionally to introduce you to some important and iconic figures of our sport. In quiz form just to see who knows what. For today, 3 photos that were given to me, and your only hint, in 2004. Name the race and the athlete please, correct respondents will get the prestige of having their names listed right here:
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