Alan Culpepper
Alan Culpepper
Alan Culpepperis an American distance runner and two time United States Olympian. Along with competing on four World Championship teams, his accomplishments include finishing fourth in the Boston Marathon in 2005, winning the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon and finishing 12th at the 2004 Olympic marathon in Athens. His 2:09:41 at the 2002 Chicago Marathon tied him with Alberto Salazar for the fastest ever debut marathon by an American, and remains his fastest marathon. Culpepper has won three U.S. Cross...
changes coming definitely dynamics opens race spot
Yeah, it changes the dynamics of the race because he is such a big-time marathoner. And I definitely think it opens up a spot because someone of his caliber, even if he were coming in at 75 percent, would be a 2:10-type runner.
moment
There was a moment there when we were getting concerned,
athens marathon prepared run tough whereas
For Athens and Boston, I had really prepared for tough conditions, whereas here you can just prepare to run the marathon at your pace,
factor somewhat suffered time tried wind
Every time we tried to get going there was some factor -- weather, wind or turns. I think we all suffered somewhat from conditions.
delicate race
It's a delicate balance. Because you don't want the race to go without you.
problem three
Look, we have that problem solved, because there are only three of them in the Olympics. We got 187 of them out of the way for you.