Originally Posted by
longstreet
You are quite right - runners of today can only beat those in the field but half the problem with many of our young athletes is that they think doing just that is enough. They get their 'international vest' and that's it they've made it. As we saw yesterday at the World Cross there is much hard work over many years to be done before you reach the top. The Jeff Normans and Ron Hills of the past did that and more and those are the standards and that is the effort and time you have to put in. Some of the youngsters think they are committed and some of the seniors think they are the heroes of today on the fells until they really challenge themselves against the best on the road and the track - no hiding place there especially on the track and then they get found out. Alternatively they spend their lives on the fells because of that. No problem with that attitude if that's what they want but let's get it all in context and not get carried away.
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