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- From: donath@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Matt Donath)
- Subject: Re: Clinton mediocre runner?
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.202509.29641@news.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:25:09 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.175447.20289@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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- From article <1992Dec21.175447.20289@cbnews.cb.att.com>, by jmk@cbnews.cb.att.com (joseph.m.knapp):
- > This letter appeared in the New York Times a little while ago:
- >
- > Clinton's Other Run
- >
- > To the Editor:
- >
- > In a Nov. 27 news article, you characterize President-elect
- > Clinton's race time of 24:16 in a five-kilometer run as "fair
- > at best" and a "mediocre jog." His pace per mile was 7 minutes
- > and 50 seconds. I have been running for 20 years, and can
- > assure you that a 7:50 pace is quite respectable and certainly
- > not mediocre. To paraphrase Vice President Quayle, "if Bill
- > Clinton can govern as well as he jogs, we'll be all right."
- >
- > Edwin A. Salsitz
- > New York, Nov. 30, 1992
- >
- While 24:16 in a 5K could certainly be considered a "mediocre jog",
- it is an amazing time for someone of Clinton's girth. He
- could almost win his weight bracket.
-
- Was this a recent time for him?
-