World Cross Country

[dominion]

A cynic might say they'd rather spend a couple of weeks in Australia/ South Africa in the sun rather than running through 9 miles of mud in the National!!!

If only that were true. The National ain't 9 miles anymore. And more's the pity, I never really understood why it was shortened.

[CL]

Bedford was a student when he did 200 miles a week (actually I'm not sure he did that much but he did a far bit.) Gordon Pirie trained fantastically hard for periods and worked full time as a bank clerk. Ron Hill held down a successful career.

Ok. I'm not saying necessarily that you can train three times a day and do a demanding job.

There is funding out there for every single athlete who wants to take advantage of it. Yes, seriously. It is called welfare benefits. Why not?

Chris do you consider it moral to build a running career off the sweat of others?

[FREDDIE]

Another one in full agreement with you Freddie. Half seven Buzzer has posted a good comment that the more we write and think about it the more annoyed we feel.

A now we have Seb Coe pitching in as well.

Coe as well guys !, he wants bloody concentrate on the Olympics or he will have the Country in financial ruin !!

[fellhell]

Spot the forumite: http://www.ukathletics.net/

[Chris]

Chris do you consider it moral to build a running career off the sweat of others?

What on earth are you going on about?

[CL]

Coe as well guys !, he wants bloody concentrate on the Olympics or he will have the Country in financial ruin !!

The country is already in the process of financial ruin!Coe wrote that article without really giving an opinion on the brits poor showing.

Coe, Bedford and others know why our athletes can't compete with the Africans, but they either pretend not to know or are truly ignorant of the truth.

There seems to be a 'see no evil, hear no evil' mentality amongst those who should or do know better.A sort of 'if we all pretend it isn't, then it really isn't' attitude.The truth is 'it is' and the sooner people start dealing with it the sooner our sport can recover.

I was listening to a radio program about athletics yesterday. One bloke said our sport(athletics) was the most corrupt.Perhaps thats the real reason why kids want nothing to do with it.

[CL]

What on earth are you going on about?

Why should I work hard to pay for somebody elses sporting aspirations?

Thats what welfare is.Feeding off the energy of others.

[dominion]

I was listening to a radio program about athletics yesterday. One bloke said our sport(athletics) was the most corrupt.Perhaps thats the real reason why kids want nothing to do with it.

....and want nothing to do with football either I suppose as the England head coach is being charged with corruption....

[CL]

....and want nothing to do with football either I suppose as the England head coach is being charged with corruption....

Don't follow football, who's that?

[dominion]

Don't follow football, who's that?

It's irrelevant who it is. If the problem in athletics is corruption, then kids must be turning away from football in their droves. England head coach being investigated for witholding evidence in a trial, clubs being investigated for illegal payments to agents, no proper drug testing program.... It's hardly a model sport?