OK, I've finally conceded.
Even God took a day off after a six-day creation extravaganza.
And doesn't the farmer occasionally let his field go fallow?
So I guess I can forgive a few elite Track and Field athletes for dialing down in this so-called "off season".
But I'm taking names - and will be expecting great things next season from a list of 2010 no-shows which reads like a page from "Who's Who in World-Class Athletics":
Kenenisa Bekele - All-World distance runner from Ethiopia; injured.
Yelena Isinbayeva - All-World pole vaulter from Russia; injured ego.
Sanya Richards-Ross - American 400-meter World Champion; injured.
Paula Radcliffe - All-World British marathoner; seven months pregnant.
Liu Xiang - All-World hurdler from China; lingering injury.
LaShawn Merritt - American 400-meter World Champion; two-year drug ban.
Add to this list names like Dayron Robles, Terrence Trammell, German Fernandez, Jenny Barringer, Kerron Stewart, Muna Lee, Nelson Evora, Pamela Jelimo, to name a few world-classers who either fought nagging injuries or succumbed to the self-pr...
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