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“You entered a marathon with hills? You idiot.“ OK, I think I have some time today to give this a shot. Toughest opponent and why? Obviously, it was Pre. I think I figured out at one point that I was 0 and 9 against him. Compare that to my 3 and 1 record against Viren….
I ran my first road race in Greenwich, Connecticut. New England was a hotbed of roadracing in the early 1970s. Even big races were small by today’s standard. Guys like me could still get into the school gym in Hopkinton. We all grew bigger and went faster. Few bigger and faster than Boston Billy. I have…
The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course, there is another advantage, because of your long experience, you can use it. – Haile Gebrselassie Running is an art, a craft, a method of expression. Running is science, an experiment. A race is a performance. Becoming a runner is an invention…
Success isn’t always about ‘greatness.’ It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come. – Dwayne Johnson Last year I took the day off. I purposely skipped a workout last January 2nd. Purposely missed a day right off the starting line, so I don’t spend the rest of the year maintaining a streak…
by Terry Greenberg Gannett News Service June 19, 1980 Forget “The Empire Strikes Back.” We’ve got Magazine Wars. Jack Welch, taking a few good swipes at Runner’s World, said, “It’ll be a cold day in hell before I put nipples on the front cover or run 19 different articles on stretching.” He promises his revamped…
From City Sports, a feisty publication out of San Francisco. July 1980. One column illustrated by the cover of our promotional issue. Photo of my size-thirteen foot actually splashing a red Nike shoe into a Portland puddle. Caption: The wet foot on Running‘s promo cover may portend a dousing in the crowded market. No byline….
Salem, Oregon, was still a small town in the late 1970s and they were often desperate for business news. The Sunday Statesman-Journal published (8/17/80) a piece titled “Jack Welch Is Off… And Running.” – JDW By John Dillin Eugene – Jack Welch, editor and publisher of Running Magazine, is a happy man these days. For Welch, happiness…
I have a clipping from the Statesman-Journal (Salem, OR) dated Tuesday, April 17, 1979. Torn and smudged. I know the feeling. Front page of the sports section. Big headline: BILL RODGERS wins second straight Boston Marathon. Sidebar: Four locals finish race. (From combined reports) Boston. Four Salem men finished the Boston Marathon held here on Monday. …
Original Gangster Of Running: a title awarded more for who you are than when you were running big time. But thinking 1966-1976 for our purposes here. Think about it. A walk-on runs a sub-four minute mile AND a sub-two-ten marathon. An American, more than a few decades ago. That’s some pioneer stuff right there. Hadn’t…
When I ran my last “serious” race, my first competition in fifteen years, I found I was half as fast as I used to be. Twice as slow, some might say. Worse than that, hurt with every short, stiff stride. That wasn’t the worst part. The worst part was watching those little girls in flourescent…