...It's been the trend in the past that distance races are lower on the priority list and previous posters were culprits of that....
I wouldn't believe you included Lee in that statement and that's certainly not been my approach.
Lee wasn't included. You and Sam ( and a bunch of others) had both told me in the past Nats, etc. were your priority ( time off from work). Posts are in the archives to back that up.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
