by Larry Eder
This is Coffee with Larry. Our topic for October 27, 2022, is Nnenna Lynch and the story about her in the New York Times.
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This is #CoffeeWithLarry for Thursday, October 27, 2022.
Our topic tonight:
1. Nnenna Lynch gets a story in the New York Times.
2. Nnenna Lynch had a positive test 26 years ago for pseudoephedrine, which was used in Excedrin, and took a 3-month punishment.
3. The NYRR has this Zero Tolerance Policy on drugs, a nice thing to say, but welcome to the real world.
4. Nnenna Lynch should become the Chairman of the Board of NYRR. This is a big deal, with women leading a major sports organization.
5. I do not understand why Nnenna, George Hirsch, and NYRR are not speaking to the media.
6. My contacts suggest that someone with a gripe provided this info to NYT.
7. It could just be that NYT did their job and dug this up, but the timing sounds suspicious.
8. Should be a learning moment. How about NYRR sponsor an honest conversation about cheating?
9. This is a factual story, but the doping angle is a bit much. She got a slap on the hand in 1996, and now, in a very different world, she is featured around the globe on the NYT in a fashion that has to be frustrating.
#NNennaLynch, #NYRR, #NewYorkCityMarathon, #ZeroDrugTolerancePolicy, #runblogrun, #pseudoephidrine.
