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...
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In Athens, I was running in long sleeves and pants in the summertime to acclimate as much as I could. ... In Boston, there's never any area on the course ... where you can settle in and just get on a pace and zone out, whereas here you can do that. You can zone out for huge periods.
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There was a moment there when we were getting concerned,
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Every time we tried to get going there was some factor -- weather, wind or turns. I think we all suffered somewhat from conditions.
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It went through my mind at that point that this is like the Tour de France, where the crowd opens up as you go by. It was really cool.
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It's a delicate balance. Because you don't want the race to go without you.
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For Athens and Boston, I had really prepared for tough conditions, whereas here you can just prepare to run the marathon at your pace,
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You don't want the race to go without you, but you know you have 22 miles to go. It's a balance.
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The crowd's definitely going to bring more excitement for those that have the USA uniform on.