2012 Olympic Recollections 1

Missed me Blog???????

          Did you get my Olympic postcards???????????????? Yes I have been down in London for about ten days. I have just got back so I will get round to giving you my thoughts in the next day or two ………… So what struck me most, you ask. I’ll tell you what struck me most Blog. As you know I have a passing interest in marathon running, so its thank you to our top three marathon selected runners. You three not only did a great job on the day, but you have managed to make it nigh on bloody impossible to get anyone selected for the forthcoming Games. THANKS. A great big ta to you and to you and to you!!!! One did not manage to toe the line, one made it to 10 kilometres and the other struggled to the finish line … EVENTUALLY. It was hard enough before these Games to get runners onto the team following many barren years. But the ‘late call up’ and the ‘also ran’ did us proud. Well done to you two. But that does not detract from our big three. Now Blog … do you like a flutter???? Bet you a few quids that three certain individual marathon runners will be toeing the line for a big city quids marathon coming to a country near you soon. Never mind the medal, feel the quids.

As an afterthought, perhaps the selectors would like to start at say 1970, and look at the selected runners in the marathon race. How many have been selected on reputation with no marathon background except for the ONE result in the trial. Start with Taylor in the Commonwealths and go through Ford and Black at the Moscow Olympics, even Sercombe …… good athletes but what marathon experience did they have except for the one off????????????????????

Does history teach the selectors nothing??????????????? Obviously not.

And the next bit of entertainment will be to see the great departure of high positioned officials from senior posts. Look in the press, mark them off. Mr Moneyham is off, Mr JohnHead of England Athletics … they can see what is over the horizon ………….

And why …. Because the next bit of entertainment following the next bit of entertainment will be the cut in funding dressed up as legacy investment for the future. The spin doctors will wrap up the cuts as proof positive funding for the future. Do you believe me Blog or do you believe me Blog?

                                               Colin