Longo Turns 50 (Longo and Canins)



On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:19:28 -0800, "GoneBeforeMyTime"
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>"gopher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:29:23 -0800, "GoneBeforeMyTime"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>"Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote in message
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>>>> "GoneBeforeMyTime" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>>> Next year Longo turns 50 on Halloween.
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>>>> The truly amazing thing is that she is still among the top competitors.
>>>> That's staying power.
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>>>Yeah, none of those top women are handing her victories on a silver
>>>platter,
>>>she is still very good at winning races. Winning like you're 20 instead of
>>>50 is highly remarkable at the elite level.

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>> Uhhh, yeah....
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>> "staying power".
>> "still winning like you're 20 instead of 50".
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>> Lemond's only 47 this year. you two probably also think it would be
>> perfectly natural/normal if he were to win the elite US road
>> championship title in the coming two seasons at that age too, right?
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>> A 50 Year old woman who's still winning non-age graded, elite national
>> championships pretty much speaks to the fact that there is:
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>> A. a wholesale lack of depth of talent in women's elite cycling pool.
>> B. the rest of the chix need to finally belly up to the bar and get
>> on the Longo/Tammy Thomas/Jeanson training programs, ASAP.
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>> g.
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>> BTW, the obvious lack of depth in women's racing also speaks to the
>> absurdity of petitioning for "equal prize money for the women" that
>> has been bantered around recently.

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>Utter nonsense, all of it. I could care less what Lemon can or can't do
>today either.



Im sure this was just an cold remedy she got popped for, right ---
don't most cyclists attempt world records when they can't breath well
and are in need a little antihistamine help?
http://www.google.com/search?q="jeannie+longo"+ephedrine+suspension