So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.
We judge athletes as if we all don't have trouble performing our various duties from time to time.
I think sports is one of the places where race plays itself out publicly. Although we pretend it doesn't.
Even though people involved in racing think that it has a big sporting stage, it is a minority sport compared to some of the other high-profile events: football, Formula One or golf.
I don't try to try to judge people on performance in one short period of time.
That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race.
We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.
When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts.
Rivalries don't necessarily mean races being close at major championships. I had a rivalry with Butch Reynolds for many years. I won all the races, but Butch was the world record holder before I came into the sport, he was extremely talented and he was the only other man running 43 seconds.
The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman.