I just checked the male 4x100 relay final...

[Willi]

Cool

Bolt could have led us home in 37.50 yesterday if he had not slowed down with 20m to go and made it look dressy for his Pal Spearmon. Look at the race again.

MVP offered to have their guys and Bolt/Racers do relay practice in February and the JAAA ignored them. Feb was convenient as all had the background work completed.


If we could have 3 relay camps for the year starting from Feb, then we dont interfere with athlete preps for indivdual 100m pursuits, while getting in decent practice that will be decidedly superiour to the 2 week cramming foolishness before Globals that The JAAA loves.

Either we practice in the Village for a few hours for 3-4 days or we do several serious camps over a 6 month period at convenient times. In the latter case, all who want to run relay will have to show up for a minimum number of said camps.

[Mosiah]

What good is a relay camp? Now, really!

First thing, you have no idea who will be running 4 or 5 months later. They'll either not make the team, they could be injured, or they could be running differently from 5 months earlier!

Relay camps are more useless than a Nuremberg camp!

[Willi]

You would use a pool of say 12 and make sure they have the basics for several legs. it would cut down over time.

OR, we could simply create a specialist relay pool that has nothing to do with trials. That is what the French do.

[Mosiah]

Okay.

I read somewhere that Jesse Owens was not selected for the US relay team in 1936, but was one of two later included when the US pulled two Jewish runners so as not to offend Hitler! I guess they might have also had their specialist team. Or dem did have dem usual racist issues dealing wid, even with the finest sprinter around in Jesse Owens!