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V 9 No. 40 Paul O'Shea's Report from Doha
We’ll Always Have DohaBy Paul O’SheaAs Rick wistfully tells Ilsa in the 1942 film classic, Casablanca, “We’ll always have Paris,” so will I remember the 2019 World Track and Field Championships in...
View ArticleV 9 N. 41 The Mary Cain Story
November 9, 2019Yesterday Mary Cain, the phenomenal middle distance runner came forward to talk openly about her experience while running for the Nike Oregon Project. I think all of you are aware of...
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V 9 N. 42 A New Book on Distance Running "The Five and Ten Men" by Richard Amery
She doesn't know it yet, but this is what my wife is going to buy me for Christmas.Richard Amery, a retired teacher and current gentleman farmer in South Australia has recently published a book The...
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V9 N. 43 Harrison Dillard One of the Truly Great Ones R.I.P.
Harrison Dillard 1923-2019November 17, 2019Harrison 'Bones' Dillard passed away last week in Cleveland, his home town.Let me start from memory. Harrison Dillard, a World War II veteran served with an...
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V 9 N. 44 Old Photos from the Left Bank
My good friend Jerome McFadden (U. of Missouri 1963 and 4:05 miler, 2nd in Big 8 Conf.) is a frequent visitor to the City of Lights. See link to earlier article: Long Live the PastWhen he goes there...
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V 9 N. 45 Passing of Two Former Olympians and Other News
November 20, 2019I am in a desk clearing mode at the moment with many things to be related in bits and pieces and also in need of giving recognition to the passing of two former Olympians, one British...
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V 9 N. 46 One of Jesse Owens' Gold Medals on the Auction Block
Jesse Owens' Gold Medal Auction (clik here for bidding info and picture of the medal)Just in time for Christmas. GoldinAuctions.com is offering one of Jesse Owens' four gold medals.Minimum bid is...
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V 9 N. 47 Cross Country Back Then and Some Other Stuff
Our good friend and foreign correspondent, Jerry McFadden, sent some more vintage cross country photos from France this week. Not a lot of information came with the photos, but they do provide a look...
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V 7 N, 48 Mo Farah Still Has Skin in the Game
Mo Farah plans to return to the track after a brief sortie into full time road racing. Here is a report from the Associated Press today Nov. 29, 2019LONDON (AP) — Olympic champion Mo Farah is...
View ArticleV 7 N. 49 Hayward Field Reconstruction Hitting a Few Snags
Dec. 2, 2019I've been corresponding with an internet friend about how things were looking at Hayward Field, how the new construction seemed to be coming along down in Eugene, Oregon. He recently drove...
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V 9 N. 50 The Russians Aren't Coming ! The Russians Aren't Coming !!
December 9, 2019For the younger readers, our headline paraphrases the 1960s Alan Arkin film, The Russians Are Coming. The Russians Are Coming about a Soviet submarine that runs adrift off a small Cape...
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V 9 N. 51 Sir Peter Snell R.I.P.
It is with much sadness that we report the passing of a true legend in the world of track and field.Peter Snell, 1960 800 meters, 1964 800 meters and 1500 meters Olympic Champion who passed away in...
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V9 N. 52 Dean Smith, An American Gold Medallist You May Not Know
Dean SmithThanks to Ricardo Romo for putting me onto the Dean Smith story. Smith was a Texas Longhorn football player and track sprinter in the late 1940s and early 1950s and one of the fastest men in...
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V 9 N. 53 The Exclusive Five and Ten Club a Review by Paul O'Shea
On The Starting Line With The Exclusive Five-and-Ten ClubBook ReviewBy Paul O'SheaHow do you measure greatness in an athlete? In distance running at the highest level, the traditional metrics are...
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V 10 N. 1 Phil Henson, Long Time Coach And Professor at Indiana U. R..I.P.
I never knew Phil Henson, but he was on our list of subscribers of this blog. We were recommended to him by best friend, Bill Schnier, U. of Cincinnati Track Coach. One of the highlights of Phil's...
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V 10 N. 2 Mike Lindsay, Scottish Olympian, Oklahoma Sooner R.I.P. And Buddy...
Mike Lindsay, Scotland Discus Thrower and Shot PutterMike Lindsay, an outstanding shot and discus thrower at the University of Oklahoma class of 1960 passed away recently (December 11,...
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V 10 N. 3 Race Across America Eddie Gardner and the Bunion Derbies book review
Race across AmericaEddie Gardner and the Great Bunion DerbiesBy Charles B. Kastner (Seychelles 1980-82)Syracuse University PressDecember 2019319 pagesHardcover - $75.00Paper – $29.95Reviewed by Thomas...
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V 10 N. 4 Gail Hodgson South African and Oklahoma Sooner 1960 R.I.P.
January 15, 2020Yesterday I received the following email from Neville Soll, South African friend who graduated from the University of Okahoma and was a friend of Gail Hodgson a 4:03 miler back when sub...
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V 10 N. 5 World Indoor Champs Postponed due to Corona Virus and other News
World Indoor Championships Postponed to 2021and Several R.I.P.sThe following story appeared in The Guardian today Jan. 29, 2020World Indoor Athletics cancelled over coronavirus with Chinese GP at risk•...
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V 10 N. 6 The New Shoe Wars or Vapor Fly vs. the World
Today, a guitar picking friend and occasional runner sent me an article on the controversy stirred by the Nike Vapor Fly shoe.If you wish to read the story which is considered a 'long read' in today's...
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