M Smith

“ I'm all in favour of selecting people who beat the IOC A standards, be it for marathon or any other event. But in fairness to Athletics NZ, if they chose to instead on top 16 potential as a requiremen... ”

“ Huge respect to Zane for a legendary run at St. Anford Evidently I'm a bit late seeing this thread. Apparently there's a 'the real M Smith' on here :o) Fair call to say there's a few of us M Smiths ab... ”

“ Would be awesome to see Zane smash his way into the top 10 AT with a great run at Stanford 1500m this Sunday. Would answer all debate about how Zane's fantastic recent mile run rates as a 1500m. Good ... ”

“ Cherry picking, from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking_(fallacy) "Cherry picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual ... ”

“ DC - To add to your good points I thought you might like to know Stuart Stokes is the smoothest most efficient hurdler among chasers I've ever seen. If anyone were to have a favourable flat to steeple... ”

“ Lots of good comments re 3k flat vs steeple conversion, and some trollism among it. Think it's fair to say 30sec is a fair conversion and anything in the neighbourhood of 20 secs is extremely impressi... ”

“ My predictions - no posts on this thread will be able to exceed to the entertainment content of Mr Biltong's two offerings just below. Very witty and much enjoyed. Very best of luck to those sticking ... ”

“ I am a big fan of the Hagley Park road circuit - circuit approx 1,700m - and measured to 5k. Go round, get to 5k, turn around, back to the start, repeat 2.5 times gives a dream 25k loop for marathon t... ”

“ Epic performances at Cooks Gardens: - Many congrats to Hamish and Malcolm on their first sub-4s - Terrific job by Nick and his training partners in creating this opportunity for the NZ-based guys to h... ”

“ Very well said, Stephen. You are quite right to say you shouldn't feel like 'poor Mr Lett'. No justification for that descriptor that I can see. A bloke can only ever beat who turns up. Stephen did th... ”

“ Robbo, Retired? No. Can't think of any better reason to be training hard and racing 100% committed than being selected to run for NZ. Bergkamp? Thanks for the comparison, but he's far better looking t... ”

“ ck1 - how are you? sorry to hear about the oil blight in Tauranga, very sad scenario. Appreciate your interest in my 5000m performances :o) Happy to oblige with info for you. I ran three 5000ms on the... ”

“ 12:53.11 12:57.94 13:09.14 13:08.11 13:07.00 13:09.40 13.30 Mo's best times each year 2011 - 2005 "Perhaps Smithy can shed some light on what's been holding Mo back these past 8 years?" - ning I'm bia... ”

“ Hey Ning, that 'no particular order' UC team looks suspiciously like alphabetical order to me... Yours suspiciously, Runner No.7 ”

“ Night shift must be underway, Ning, your name is the most recent post on several threads! ”