Quote Originally Posted by john doe View Post
I did 21.53 for Chorley 4ml back in '91 ,got me 74th place.........back then a big gang of us made the trip over.Now youd be lucky to see anyone from my club there but it aint because of Parkruns,they just don't seem interested.
To be blunt in the 80s and 90s the standard of running was a lot stronger at the top end,some of the guys who were down in the 20s in the results back then would have been winning today.

I completely agree with everythig you say there john doe.

Witton I also find it interesting when looking at 'current' race results how the numbers are massively proped up by the large number of
veterans of all categories. These athletes more often than not finish very high up in the field too. The question is - is this an indicator of the poor standards of races overall or is it an indicator of how our generation were imbued with a different attitude towards running and training
hard?