Original Gangsters Of Running (Frank Shorter)

“You don’t run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.”

For Olympian Frank Shorter, Running Was An Escape From A Home That ...
Victory podium Munich Olympics.

1972. When Frank Shorter won his gold medal in the marathon, I was out running. Be a doer, not a watcher.

Months earlier, I had become addicted to the sport by accident. Felt like an explorer. Normal adult men didn’t run on the streets.

Maybe 1979, I am running a hot hot real hot half marathon in southern Oregon. I am running really fast, which I don’t know, and like I am out of my mind. Which I strongly suspect.

Coming into downtown, toward the finish line, Medford maybe, I feel like Jethro Tull at Woodstock, pushing, pushing, shuffling spastically. My body is so damn hot. I look to my right and there’s a big store window, maybe an insurance office, and I see my reflection and I look exactly like Frank Shorter.

Flowing on my toes like, well, like Frank.

Frank Shorter's quotes, famous and not much - Sualci Quotes 2019

When did you start running and why?

At about ten years old I began to run to and from Junior High school (2.3 miles away-only measured it twenty years later) in Middletown, New York, maybe two days per week. I just enjoyed the feeling of moving across the ground that way.

I also jogged to and from my friend’s houses that were usually more than a mile away (I remember one time running back home in penny loafers because the feeling just struck me to find out how it would feel).

I had a bike I also rode all over town but, again, I just enjoyed the feeling of running.

It was also stress relief from a very physically and mentally abusive environment at home.

Note: I do not recall EVER being given a ride to school, friends’ houses or any athletic event by either of my parents.

Toughest opponent?

Steve Prefontaine. He never gave up. He would race to win until he literally collapsed….or won.

Most memorable run?

The 1972 Olympic Marathon. I trained for months with a plan in mind of how I would race as a front runner. To get in front I was  going to surge early at almost 10k race pace.

“It worked” was my first thought when I crossed the finish line first. 

Biggest disappointment?

Losing to obvious dopers at a time when the all the T&F federations, from bottom to top, did not want to know anything about it and when they were forced to do do something put all their energy into pretending to do be doing something.

Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose” as the French can say it.

What would you do differently if you could do it again?

Honestly can’t think of anything.

Favorite philosopher?  Quote?

William of Ockham  1287-1347.   “Entities should not be multiplied without necessity.”  My personal interpretation of Occam’s Razor is “the simplest explanation is usually the best one.”

Special song of the era?

Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell. “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”

Favorite comedian?
Bob Newhart.

What was your ‘best stretch of running’?  Why do you think you hit that level at that time?

1970-1980. Averaged 17 miles per day for the decade.

What was your edge?

I was able to personalize and simplify (see above) my training and realized what worked best for me as an individual was train like a 5000m runner year round, My intervals twice a week were always run at faster than 5k race pace.

I ran 20 miles every Sunday (never farther). I think both guarded against overuse injuries because I instinctively chose speed over the pounding from plodding.

What supplementary exercise did you do?

None until I turned 40. Then, I began to ride a bike, decided to try duathlons and was World Masters Duathlon Champion two years in a row.

I now ride a spin bike, swim, and walk, jog/walk or jog several days a week.

Recover Your Stride: 40 Years Ago: Frank Shorter won the Olympic ...

Olympic Champ Frank Shorter Finds the Togetherness of the Long-distance Runner

By Frank W. Martin for People magazine. Updated June 14, 1976 12:00 PM

When he is in peak condition, Frank Shorter looks like a scarecrow on a hunger strike. His cotton racing shorts billow around his beanpole legs, his jersey seems sizes too large, and his face is haggard. But at 28 the spindly Shorter may be the best long-distance runner in the world. He won a gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Olympic Games—the first American to do so in more than 60 years. Now he is the favorite to repeat this summer in Montreal.

“It’s the one day every four years when there is no excuse and you find out who is the best in the world,” says Shorter. “I’m going into my 11th year of long-distance running. And I’ve gotten better as I’ve gotten older.”

Shorter became a marathon runner almost as an afterthought. The second of nine children, he was born in Munich, West Germany to an American doctor and his wife, who subsequently moved to Middletown, N.Y. He prepped at Mount Hermon in Mount Hermon, Mass., where he concentrated on skiing. As a premed student at Yale Shorter dabbled in track, but he was less than dedicated. “He’d run a meet on Saturday, then take off for skiing in Vermont and come back on Tuesday,” recalls his coach, Bob Giegengack, who directed the Olympic team in 1964.

Between Frank’s junior and senior years his attitude changed. “I wanted to see what I could do if I really was in good shape,” Shorter says. Each day he ran 20 miles in the thin mountain air of Taos, N.Mex., where his parents had settled. When he returned to New Haven in the fall, he was ready. “He had become much more confident,” says a former teammate, Steve Boyer. “Once in a six-mile race at Penn, we had all run uphill for the first quarter of the race. At the top, Frank turned around and yelled ‘Goodbye,’ challenging us to keep up. One guy got teed but he passed out.”

After trying med school for three months at the University of New Mexico, Shorter dropped out in favor of running. He knocked around the racing circuit for six months, sometimes with girlfriend Louise Gilliland, a liberal arts major at the University of Colorado whom he had met on a ski slope in Taos. Frank and Louise were married in the summer of 1970 and lived out of knapsacks in the U.S. and Europe while he competed in distance events. In the fall of that year they settled into a basement apartment in Boulder, Colo., earning their rent plus $50 a month by babysitting the kids upstairs. To make ends meet Frank stood in line each month for food stamps. “That was demeaning,” he recalls. In the spring of 1971 he enrolled in the University of Florida law school. “I guess I had to do something,” he says, “to satisfy the puritan ethic in me.”

Frank graduated in 1974 and passed his Colorado bar exam in 1975. He worked part-time for a legal firm in Boulder until April when he decided to train full-time for the Olympics. His life with Louise is quiet. She reads, cooks and does minor carpentry around the house. “His life,” she says, “is centered around training.” Twice daily, frequently with Louise or other long-distance runners at his side, Frank jogs up the mountain paths near their home.

The cruel sport consumes him. “Even if I weren’t training for the Olympics,” he confesses, “I’d probably be out there anyway—running with my friends.”

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“The entire room was rapt, silent,” Beardsley recalls. “I was stunned. I’ve known Frank for years, and I’d never heard any of this. None of us had. Bill always looks sort of dazed, but as Frank spoke he looked even more dazed than usual. Suddenly things about Frank clicked into focus.”

https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a21753998/frank-shorters-story/

What is your mile PR?

4:02.6. Gainesville FL all-comers meet ‘74 or ‘75. Byron Dyce ran 3:58 in Adidas Gazelle training flats. Barry Brown 2nd in 3:59. I was 3rd ahead of Marty Liquori.

After, I ran 4 x 400 in 62 seconds to finish the workout. 

Personal bests

TypeDistanceTimeFlagsSiteDateActions
RD5 km15:05Nagasaki JPN05 Nov 1992
RD10 km28:50San Diego CA/USA05 Apr 1980
RD15 km45:14Portland OR/USA29 Jun 1980
RD10 mi47:34Cudahy WI/USA05 Aug 1979
RD20 km1:00:59Chicago IL/USA01 Jul 1979
RDHalf Mara1:03:56Indianapolis IN/USA14 May 1977
RD25 km1:17:56Youngstown OH/USA13 Nov 1976
RD30 km1:33:06Kawaguchi JPN23 Nov 1980
RDMarathon2:10:30Fukuoka JPN03 Dec 1972
OT3 km7:51.4Oslo NOR03 Aug 1972
OT2 mi8:33.4Austin TX/USA02 Apr 1971
OT5 km13:26.62Zurich SUI24 Aug 1977
OT10 km27:45.91London ENG29 Aug 1975
IT2 mi8:26.2San Diego CA/USA19 Feb 1971
Florida Frank Shorter, 1976 Us Olympic Trials Sports Illustrated ...

Career wins per ARRS – 85. Including gold and silver.

Performances

Date FinishedTimeFlagsTypeDistanceSiteRacePrize moneyActions
15 Aug 2010990?1:10:08aRD11.265 kmFalmouth MA/USACIGNA Falmouth Road Race
10 Jun 200719547:38RD10 kmMiddletown NY/USAOrange Classic
27 Nov 2005100?46:07RD10 kmTsukuba JPNTsukuba
11 Aug 2002220?48:24aRD11.265 kmFalmouth MA/USASBLI Falmouth Road Race
04 Jul 200114920:58a xRD5 kmLittle Rock AR/USAFirecracker Fast
05 Feb 20007020:12RD5 kmHampton VA/USAPomoco Group Hampton Coliseum Road Races
22 Aug 1998839:43RD10 kmKona HI/USAKona
16 Aug 199820045:18aRD11.265 kmFalmouth MA/USAFalmouth Road Race
18 Oct 19974036:05RD10 kmIndianapolis IN/USACitizens Gas Race for Heat
27 Sep 19971036:57RD10 kmMarshalltown IA/USAOktemberfest
17 Aug 199714242:01aRD11.265 kmFalmouth MA/USAHarvard Pilgrim Healthcare Falmouth Road Race
02 Mar 19964039:37RD10 kmWinter Park FL/USACitrus Classic
30 Sep 19951559:25RD10 miLynchburg VA/USAVirginia
12 Mar 19953035:12RD10 kmMerced CA/USACounty Bank Rascal Creek Run$75
04 Mar 19954535:49RD10 kmWinter Haven FL/USAFoundation Citrus Classic
19 Mar 19948035:13RD10 kmWinter Haven FL/USAThe Foundation Citrus Classic
12 Dec 19932062:58:17RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
20 Mar 19934033:53RD10 kmWinter Haven FL/USAHeart of Florida Citrus Classic
13 Dec 1992452:43:52RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
05 Nov 1992215:05RD5 kmNagasaki JPNUnzen Charity
19 Sep 19923026:06RD8 kmBoston MA/USAAlamo Alumni Run
07 Sep 199214RD5 kmBoulder CO/USAKickoff Classic
14 Jun 19922933:57RD10 kmMiddletown NY/USAOrange Classic
15 Mar 1992DNFDNFRDHalf MaraSendai JPNSendai
14 Mar 19922133:15RD10 kmWinter Haven FL/USAHeart of Florida Citrus Classic
01 Feb 1992726:22RD8 kmOrlando FL/USASorbothane/USRA Masters Championships
15 Dec 1991702:44:09RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
10 Nov 19911525:24RD5 min/a MA/USAAlamo Alumni Run
22 Sep 19912526:05RD5 miDenver CO/USAAlamo Alumni Run
18 Aug 19915?1:15:51RDHalf MaraReykjavik ISLReykjavik
09 Jun 19912332:40RD10 kmMiddletown NY/USAOrange Classic
27 May 19917232:47RD10 kmBoulder CO/USABolder Boulder$250
17 Mar 19912333:06RD10 kmTorrance CA/USAMobil Tom Sullivan St Patrick’s Day
12 Jan 1991826:28RD8 kmNaples FL/USASorbothane/USRA Masters Championships
09 Dec 1990202:40:20RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
23 Sep 1990925:39RD5 miDenver CO/USAAlamo Alumni Run
28 May 19905232:34RD10 kmBoulder CO/USABolder Boulder$600
27 May 1990201:12:17RDHalf MaraSognefjord NORVikinglopet
22 Apr 1990725:44RD5 miGreat Falls MT/USAIce Breaker Road Race
25 Mar 19904715:20RD5 kmCarlsbad CA/USACarlsbad
14 Jan 199012:37:59RDMarathonUrashima JPNn/a
13 Jan 19901125:26RD8 kmNaples FL/USAICI/USRA Masters Championships
10 Dec 1989312:38:25RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
07 Dec 1989122:59RD7.4 kmHonolulu HI/USADiamond Head Duet Run
28 Oct 19894049:11RD15 kmTulsa OK/USATulsa Run
14 Jan 1989525:06RD8 kmNaples FL/USAICI/USRA Masters Championships$100
11 Dec 1988522:45:24RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
29 Oct 19885249:02RD15 kmTulsa OK/USATulsa Run$275
03 Sep 1988201:26:42RD15 miCharleston WV/USACharleston Distance Run
21 Aug 19886236:26aRD11.265 kmFalmouth MA/USAFalmouth Road Race
30 Jul 19881637:03RD11.27 kmDavenport IA/USAQuad City Times Bix
09 Jul 19881532:32RD10 kmAmes IA/USAMidnight Madness
12 Jun 19881933:12RD10 kmMiddletown NY/USAOrange Classic
06 Mar 1988130RDMarathonLos Angeles CA/USACity of Los Angeles
13 Feb 19885247:30RD15 kmTampa FL/USAGasparilla Distance Classic
07 Feb 19882533:07RD10 kmPhoenix AZ/USARunner’s Den Y-95
02 Jan 19881731:10RD10 kmCharlotte NC/USACharlotte Observer$1,000
13 Dec 1987142:36:54RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
10 Dec 1987222:24RD7.4 kmHonolulu HI/USADiamondhead Dash
21 Nov 19872530:54RD10 kmBirmingham AL/USAPepsi Vulcan Run$250
01 Nov 1987DNFDNFaRDMarathonNew York NY/USANew York City
10 Oct 19872131:59RD10 kmDavenport IA/USAHeartland Hustle
07 Jun 19871431:56RD10 kmMiddletown NY/USAOrange Classic
25 May 19874531:45RD10 kmBoulder CO/USABolder Boulder$85
17 May 198750?2:41:40RDMarathonMünchen GEROlympic City
25 Oct 19863950:16RD15 kmTulsa OK/USATulsa Run
13 Jul 198621:04:16RD20 kmChicago IL/USAChicago Distance Classic
01 Jun 1986931:21RD10 kmMiddletown NY/USAOrange Classic
08 Dec 1985212:30:36RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
27 Oct 1985562:28:25aRDMarathonNew York NY/USANew York City
20 Oct 19851430:12RD10 kmSouth Bend IN/USASportsMed
14 Sep 1985230:04RD10 kmHutchinson KS/USADefeet Diabetes
18 Aug 19856435:10aRD11.265 kmFalmouth MA/USAFalmouth Road Race
03 Aug 1985131:09RD10 kmErie PA/USAQuad Games
02 Jun 1985930:51RD10 kmMiddletown NY/USAOrange Classic
27 May 19852130:38RD10 kmBoulder CO/USABolder Boulder
05 May 1985431:01RD10 kmDenver CO/USAMayor’s Cup
28 Apr 1985224:36RD5 miDenver CO/USACherry Creek Sneak
06 Apr 19851131:24RD10 kmDenver CO/USAColorado Heat Run
02 Mar 19851516:51RD5 kmMount Berry GA/USAViking Classic
02 Mar 1985231:48RD10 kmMount Berry GA/USAViking Classic
22 Nov 1984119:05RD4 miDenver CO/USATurkey Trot
27 Oct 19843748:54RD15 kmTulsa OK/USATulsa Run
01 Jul 1984151:30aRD12 kmVail CO/USAVail Hill Climb
08 Jun 1984329:03.40OT10 kmSan Jose CA/USATAC Championships
03 Jun 1984730:37RD10 kmMiddletown NY/USAOrange Classic
20 May 1984230:16.65OT10 kmLong Beach CA/USALong Beach Invitational
04 May 1984829:11.61OT10 kmEugene OR/USAOregon Relays
03 Mar 1984215:10RD5 kmRome GA/USAViking Classic
19 Feb 1984DNFDNFaRDMarathonLos Angeles CA/USALos Angeles International
11 Dec 1983DNFDNFRDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
05 Nov 1983147:04RD15 kmBoulder CO/USARun for the Roses
29 Oct 19831546:30RD15 kmTulsa OK/USATulsa Run
09 Oct 1983430:32RD10 kmDenver CO/USAGovernor’s Cup
17 Sep 1983332:00RD10 kmHutchinson KS/USADefeet Diabetes
30 May 19835132:10RD10 kmBoulder CO/USABolder Boulder
12 May 1983931:11RD10 kmTacoma WA/USAHeart Run
24 Apr 1983124:39RD5 miDenver CO/USACherry Creek
26 Mar 1983531:10aRD10 kmCharleston SC/USACooper River Bridge
12 Mar 1983131:05RD10 kmManhattan KS/USASt Patrick’s
05 Mar 1983231:16RD10 kmMount Perry GA/USAViking Classic
20 Feb 1983331:31RD10 kmHallendale FL/USAHallendale
12 Dec 198252:22:16.5RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
06 Nov 1982129:47RD10 kmHutchinson KS/USACoors Defeet Diabetes
30 Oct 19823047:55RD15 kmTulsa OK/USATulsa Run
24 Oct 19821262:27:19aRDMarathonNew York NY/USANew York City
17 Oct 1982230:43RD10 kmBoston MA/USAEvening Medical Center
04 Sep 1982229:55RD10 kmOmaha NE/USASeptemberfest
07 Aug 1982429:57RD10 kmAsbury Park NJ/USAAsbury Park
24 Jul 1982333:35xRD11.22 kmDavenport IA/USAQuad-City Times Bix
18 Jul 1982129:18RD10 kmMiddletown NY/USAOrange Classic
11 Jul 198211:01:21RD20 kmChicago IL/USAChicago Distance Classic
06 Jun 198211:05:04RDHalf MaraKansas City MO/USAHospital Hill
31 May 1982629:26RD10 kmBoulder CO/USABolder Boulder
15 May 1982330:20RD10 kmTacoma WA/USAHeart Run
02 May 1982447:37xRD10 miNew York NY/USATrevita Twosome
06 Mar 1982129:48RD10 kmMount Berry GA/USAFrank Shorter Viking Classic
09 Jan 1982830:56RD10 kmCharlotte NC/USACharlotte Observer
13 Dec 198182:23:30RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
22 Nov 1981430:40RD10 kmRancho Bernardo CA/USANorth County
08 Nov 1981329:44RD10 kmEast Lansing MI/USAEast Lansing State Bank
31 Oct 19811145:39RD15 kmTulsa OK/USATulsa Run
25 Oct 19811162:25:45a xRDMarathonNew York NY/USANew York City
27 Sep 198132:17:27.7RDMarathonChicago IL/USAChicago
13 Sep 1981130:28RD10 kmGlencoe IL/USAGlencoe Friendship Run
25 Jul 1981233:50RD11.27 kmDavenport IA/USAQuad City Times Bix
12 Jul 1981129:32RD10 kmMiddletown NY/USANY Times Herald Record
05 Jul 1981129:53RD10 kmSt Louis MO/USAVeiled Prophet Fair
21 Jun 198111:01:05RD20 kmChicago IL/USAChicago Distance Classic
25 May 1981129:28RD10 kmBoulder CO/USABolder Boulder
07 Dec 198042:20:11RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
23 Nov 198041:33:06RD30 kmKawaguchi JPNKawaguchi-ko
01 Nov 1980245:22RD15 kmTulsa OK/USATulsa Run
28 Sep 198092:23:38RDMarathonChicago IL/USAChicago
24 Aug 1980347:11RD15 kmBoulder CO/USARun for the Roses
04 Jul 198041:01:30RD20 kmChicago IL/USAChicago Distance Classic
29 Jun 19801545:14RD15 kmPortland OR/USACascade Run Off
26 May 1980831:30RD10 kmBoulder CO/USABolder Boulder
24 May 1980852:23:23.6aRDMarathonBuffalo NY/USAUS Olympic Trials
27 Apr 1980748:35xRD10 miNew York NY/USATrevira Twosome
05 Apr 1980228:50RD10 kmSan Diego CA/USANike Club Championships
09 Dec 197922:17:51RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
25 Nov 1979129:33RD10 kmBoston MA/USABoston Evening Medical Center
27 Oct 1979245:44RD15 kmTulsa OK/USATulsa Run
21 Oct 197972:16:14.8xRDMarathonNew York NY/USANew York City
14 Oct 197931:04:11RDHalf MaraDayton OH/USARiver Corridor Classic
29 Sep 197911:01:33RD20 kmThe Woodland TX/USAGulf AAU Championships
23 Sep 1979129:47aRD10 kmNew Orleans LA/USAHibernia Crescent City Classic
22 Sep 1979548:23RD10 miLynchburg VA/USAVirginia
19 Aug 1979532:43aRD11.265 kmFalmouth MA/USAFalmouth Road Race
05 Aug 1979147:34RD10 miCudahy WI/USASchlitz Light Badgerland
28 Jul 1979129:29.9OT10 kmBoulder CO/USANational Sports Festival
21 Jul 1979129:11RD10 kmDenver CO/USAn/a
07 Jul 1979329:06.4OT10 kmSan Juan PURPan American Games
01 Jul 197911:00:59RD20 kmChicago IL/USAChicago Lung Association Distance Classic
17 Jun 1979328:26.6OT10 kmWalnut CA/USAAAU Championships
28 May 1979230:11RD10 kmBoulder CO/USABolder Boulder
28 Apr 1979348:34xRD10 miNew York NY/USATrevira Twosome
16 Apr 1979752:21:57aRDMarathonBoston MA/USABoston
13 Jan 197942:23:41RDMarathonMiami FL/USAOrange Bowl
16 Dec 1978329:28RD10 kmTampa FL/USASchlitz Light
28 Oct 1978446:38RD15 kmTulsa OK/USATulsa Run
22 Oct 1978122:19:32xRDMarathonNew York NY/USANew York City
23 Sep 19782430:46RD10 kmPurchase NY/USARun America Run
16 Sep 19781452:16RD10 miLynchburg VA/USAVirginia
03 Sep 1978532:59RD10 kmSanta Fe NM/USASanta Fe Trail
17 Apr 1978232:18:17aRDMarathonBoston MA/USABoston
19 Mar 1978148:36RD10 miCrowley LA/USAn/a
23 Oct 1977DNFDNFxRDMarathonNew York NY/USANew York City
02 Oct 197716?41:55RD12.87 kmBoston MA/USAn/a
02 Sep 1977628:52.5OT10 kmDüsseldorf GERWorld Cup
24 Aug 1977913:26.62OT5 kmZurich SUIWeltklasse Zurich
21 Aug 1977533:24aRD11.265 kmFalmouth MA/USAFalmouth Road Race
04 Jul 1977129:20aRD10 kmAtlanta GA/USAPeachtree Road Race
12 Jun 1977130:32RD10 kmGreen Bay WI/USABellin Run
11 Jun 1977128:19.76OT10 kmWestwood CA/USAAAU Championships
14 May 197711:03:56RDHalf MaraIndianapolis IN/USA500 Festival
01 May 1977138:26RD12 kmSpokane WA/USABloomsday
19 Feb 197718:27.4IT2 miSan Diego CA/USAn/a
11 Feb 19772IT3 miToronto ON/CANn/a
13 Nov 197611:17:56RD25 kmYoungstown OH/USAInternational Peace Race
07 Nov 1976130:54RD10 kmPhoenix AZ/USAPhoenix
24 Oct 197622:13:12xRDMarathonNew York NY/USANew York City
18 Sep 19762RD10 miLynchburg VA/USAVirginia
04 Sep 197611:14:26RD15 miCharleston WV/USACharleston Distance Classic
15 Aug 1976133:14aRD11.265 kmFalmouth MA/USAFalmouth Road Race
31 Jul 197622:10:45.8RDMarathonMontreal PQ/CANOlympic Games
22 Jun 1976127:55.45OT10 kmEugene OR/USAOlympic Trials
22 May 197612:11:51RDMarathonEugene OR/USAUS Olympic Trials
17 Apr 1976114:17.2OT5 kmLawrence KS/USAKansas Relays
27 Feb 1976413:16.4IT3 miNew York NY/USAAAU Championships
20 Dec 19751427:43XC8.6 kmLondon ENGCrystal Palace
04 Oct 197512:16:29aRDMarathonCrowley LA/USAInternational Rice Festival
28 Sep 1975255:02RD18.5 kmLondon ON/CANSpringbank
20 Sep 1975248:17RD10 miLynchburg VA/USAVirginia
29 Aug 1975227:45.91OT10 kmLondon ENGn/a
20 Aug 1975113:32.98OT5 kmZurich SUIWeltklasse Zurich
17 Aug 1975133:24aRD11.265 kmFalmouth MA/USAFalmouth Road Race
07 Jul 1975213:29.6OT5 kmNykoping SWEn/a
30 Jun 1975127:51.74OT10 kmStockholm SWEDagens Nyheter Gala
26 Jun 1975428:11.03OT10 kmHelsinki FINTOP Games
21 Jun 1975128:02.17OT10 kmEugene OR/USAAAU Championships
07 Jun 1975113:00.8OT3 miEugene OR/USAn/a
25 Mar 1975530:42XC9.5 kmMilan ITAn/a
25 Mar 19755XC9.5 kmSan Vittore Olona ITACinque Mulini
16 Mar 19752036:25XC12 kmRabat MARIAAF Crosscountry Championships
09 Feb 1975146:32.1XC15 kmGainesville FL/USAAAU Championships
15 Dec 197442:33:32RDMarathonHonolulu HI/USAHonolulu
08 Dec 197412:11:31.2RDMarathonFukuoka JPNFukuoka
30 Nov 19741130:57XC10 kmBelmont CA/USAAAU Championships
15 Sep 1974113:44.0OT5 kmRieti ITARieti Meeting
25 Aug 197428:39.6OT2 miBrussels BELn/a
16 Aug 1974213:36.45OT5 kmZurich SUIWeltklasse Zurich
03 Aug 1974146:32RD15 kmLittleton CO/USAAAU Championships
24 Jul 1974313:34.0OT5 kmTurin ITAMeeting Internazionale Città di Torino
21 Jul 1974113:49.6OT5 kmSiena ITAMeeting dell’Amicizia
01 Jul 1974228:11.03OT10 kmStockholm SWEDagens Nyheter Games
22 Jun 1974128:16.0OT10 kmWestwood CA/USAAAU Championships
21 Jun 1974213:34.6OT5 kmWestwood CA/USAAAU Championships
08 Jun 1974212:52.0OT3 miEugene OR/USAn/a
18 May 1974127:09.6OT6 miGainesville FL/USAn/a
24 Mar 1974231:19XC9.5 kmSan Vittore Olana ITACinque Mulini
22 Feb 1974213:18.0IT3 miNew York NY/USAAAU Championships
02 Dec 197312:11:45.0RDMarathonFukuoka JPNFukuoka
24 Nov 1973129:52XC10 kmGainesville FL/USAAAU Championships
20 May 1973DNFDNFRDMarathonVantaa FINKorson
03 May 1973128:46.3OT10 kmCali COLn/a
26 Apr 1973515:11.8OT5 kmBogota COLn/a
25 Mar 1973131:00.8XC9.5 kmSan Vittore Olana ITACinque Mulini
18 Mar 197312:12:03RDMarathonOtsu JPNBiwa-ko
03 Dec 197212:10:30RDMarathonFukuoka JPNFukuoka
25 Nov 1972130:42XC10 kmChicago IL/USAAAU Crosscountry Championships
01 Oct 1972155:46.6RD18.6 kmLondon ON/CANSpringbank
10 Sep 197212:12:19.8RDMarathonMünichen GEROlympic Games
03 Sep 1972527:51.32OT10 kmMünichen GEROlympic Games
31 Aug 1972327:58.23OT10 kmMünichen GEROlympic Games- Heat 2
03 Aug 197267:51.4OT3 kmOslo NORn/a
09 Jul 19721=2:15:57.8RDMarathonEugene OR/USAUS Olympic Trials
02 Jul 1972128:35.6OT10 kmEugene OR/USAUS Olympic Trials
16 Jun 1972228:12.0OT10 kmSeattle WA/USAAAU Championships
29 Apr 1972127:38.0OT6 miDes Moines IA/USADrake Relays
05 Dec 197112:12:50.4RDMarathonFukuoka JPNFukuoka
27 Nov 1971129:19XC6 miSan Diego CA/USAAAU Crosscountry Championships
14 Nov 197171:12:25xRD20 kmGainesville FL/USAn/a
25 Sep 1971456:59.4RD18.6 kmLondon ON/CANSpringbank International
05 Aug 197112:22:47RDMarathonCali COLPan-American Games
31 Jul 1971128:50.83OT10 kmCali COLPan-American Games
02 Jul 1971228:41.6OT10 kmBerkeley CA/USASoviet Union vs USA
26 Jun 1971313:02.4OT3 miEugene OR/USANational AAU Championships
26 Jun 1971127:27.2OT6 miEugene OR/USANational AAU Championships
06 Jun 197122:17:44.6RDMarathonEugene OR/USAAAU Championships
15 May 1971213:35.0OT5 kmBakersfield CA/USAn/a
24 Apr 1971127:24.3OT6 miDes Moines IA/USADrake Relays
24 Apr 1971113:07.0OT3 miDes Moines IA/USADrake Relays
17 Apr 1971113:08.6OT3 miLawrence KS/USAKansas Relays
02 Apr 197128:33.4OT2 miAustin TX/USAn/a
20 Mar 197111:03:00RD20 kmManhattan KS/USAn/a
26 Feb 1971113:10.6IT3 miNew York NY/USAAAU Indoor Championships
19 Feb 197138:26.2IT2 miSan Diego CA/USAn/a
07 Jan 1971121:15.8RD7.5 kmBrasilia BRAn/a
31 Dec 1970124:27.4RD8.4 kmSao Paulo BRARound the Houses
28 Nov 1970130:15.7XC10 kmChicago IL/USAAAU Crosscountry Championships
25 Nov 1970129:01.3XC6 miUniversity Park PA/USAUSTFF Crosscountry Championships
27 Sep 1970119:52.8RD7 kmLondon ON/CANSpringbank International
11 Aug 19707?7:57.8OT3 kmCologne GERn/a
05 Aug 1970128:32.6OT10 kmOslo NORBislett Games
29 Jul 19703OT5 kmStockholm SWEn/a
23 Jul 1970128:22.8OT10 kmLeningrad RUSn/a
08 Jul 1970213:42.4OT5 kmColombes FRAn/a
27 Jun 1970113:24.2OT3 miBakersfield CA/USANational AAU Championships
27 Jun 19701=27:24.0OT6 miBakersfield CA/USANational AAU Championships
20 Jun 197038:42.0OT2 miOrange CA/USAn/a
06 Jun 1970413:54.4OT5 kmLos Angeles CA/USAn/a
30 May 1970213:13.8OT3 miBerkeley CA/USAn/a
16 May 1970213:46.8OT5 kmVillanova PA/USAn/a
24 Apr 1970213:15.6OT3 miDes Moines IA/USADrake Relays
24 Apr 19701=28:24.0OT6 miDes Moines IA/USADrake Relays
27 Feb 1970213:29.8IT3 miNew York NY/USANational AAU Championships
12 Aug 1969129:16.4OT10 kmLondon ENGn/a
28 Jun 1969428:52.0OT6 miMiami FL/USAAAU Championships
18 Aug 1968DNFDNFRDMarathonAlamosa CO/USAUS Olympic Trials
15 Nov 19651015:17.0XC3 miBronx NY/USAIC4A Freshman Race

Taking A Walk With Frank

I remember in particular many black & white photos of Frank Shorter. I’d stare at them and read about his adventures.

Put pictures in my mind where I looked just like him, bigger and slower, sure, but somehow like Frank.

Then I’d take those pictures out for a run.

You don’t run 26 miles at six minutes and seventeen seconds a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.

Thank you, sir.

One comment on “Original Gangsters Of Running (Frank Shorter)
  1. JDW says:

    From one Bill Rodgers: “There would be very Incomplete Original Gangsters of Running without Frank!”

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