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V 19 N. 60 Otis Davis , R.I.P.
Otis Davis Takes the 400 Meters World Record Over Karl Kaufmann at Rome 44.9 Former World Record Holder at 400 meters, Otis Davis of the University of Oregon has passed away at the age...
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V 14 N. 61 Carl Kaufmann , Born in the USA? Sang Opera? Won an Olympic Silver.
The previous post on the passing of Otis Davis, Olympic 400 champion and world record holder brought to our attention that the man who came in second in that race, with an almost identical time, Carl...
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V 14 N. 62 What Happened to C.K. Yang? Find Out Here.
A few weeks ago, thanks to Bob Darling, I was made aware of a Taiwanese produced documentary on C.K. Yang. As you may recall, C.K. was a native of Taiwan and competed for UCLA alongside his teammate...
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V 14 N. 63 "Moses - Thirteen Steps" Documentary of Edwin Moses Debuted This...
Scanning my hometown newspaper The Dayton Daily News yesterday I saw a story about Edwin Moses, Dayton's third most famous, home towner after Orville and Wilbur Wright. And most track nuts will...
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V 14 N. 64 Darryl Taylor Tells Us About His Own Beach Run And A Lookback at...
A few weeks ago we published an article about a cross country race in Corpus Christi, Texas. Darryl Taylor had his own story about an afternoon of racing in Long Beach, California back in the winter...
View ArticleN 14 N. 65 Thoughts and Musings About Promoting Track and Field
This week I was almost intrigued by the promotion of the meet called Athlos, in the old Randal's Island stadium now called the Icahn Stadium in NYC. I wasn't intrigued enough to remember to watch it...
View ArticleV 14 N. 66 What The Future May Hold For Human Performance
I'm reading a book titled "The Coming Wave" by Mustafa Suleyman co-founder of the Artificial Intelligence firms Deepmind and Inflection AI. I predict it will replace Fred Wilt's "How They Train"....
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V 14 N. 67 Oklahoma State 4x880 World Record Holders (1965) Finally Inducted...
Dave Perry (kneeling), Tom Von Ruden, James Metcalf, John PerryAfter 59 years, James Metcalf, John Perry, Tom Von Ruden, and Dave Perry were inducted into the OSU Hall of...
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V 14 N. 68 Review of "Races, The Trials and Triumphs of Canada's Fastest...
Statue of Harry Jerome in Stanley ParkVancouver, British Columbia "RacesThe Trials and Triumphs of Canada’s Fastest Family"By Valerie JeromePerhaps you remember Harry Jerome? If not, let me remind...
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V 14 N. 69 Memories of Brooks Johnson by Russ Ebbets
Recently we received a copy of Track Coach (issue 249) formerly Track Technique published by Track and Field News. We requested and received permission from Track and Field News to publish Editor,...
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V 14 N. 70 What Does It Mean to Be Part of a Team? Essay by Jerry Bouma
WHAT’S IN A TEAM?BY JERRY BOUMA What does it mean to be part of a team? This question suddenly posed to me by my long-time friend and former Villanova teammate Russ Ebbets the day I learned he...
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V 14 N. 71 Dallas Long R.I.P. 1940-2024
Dallas Long ( from USC Athletics )Dallas Long has passed away on Tuesday this week in Whitefish,...
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V 14 N. 72 A Reprint on Our Article About the 1978 NCAA National XC Meet in...
Here is the link to that article:1978 NCAA Nationals Madison WIComments Thanks for sending this information out. I too was at the 1978 nationals in Madison, driving with the Indiana team which did...
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V 14 N. 73 New Book on American River Community College Running History and...
I received the following note from David Bruhn regarding a new book out on the story of Al Baeta, long time coach at American River Community College in Sacremento, CA. Hoping some of our readers,...
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V 14 N. 74 The Answers To Where You Were on November 22, 1963
Where Were You When President Kennedy Was Shot?November 22, 1963To fellow readers and writers, I sent out this query November 22, 2024 on the 61st anniversary of the assassination of President...
View ArticleV 14 N. 75 Alain Mimoun Interview on Youtube
Alain Mimoun interviewI received this from Bob Darling a few months ago. It's an extended interview with the great French Algerian runner Alain Mimoun who was a great friend of Emil Zatopek and...
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V 14 N. 76 Artificial Intelligence Comes to This Blog
There is a low level AI link that showed up on my computer recently. It is called Gemini. I did not even know it was AI until this morning when I clicked on it to see what the hell it was. I asked...
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V 14 N. 77 When Old Runners Start Jawing, Memories Fade, Times Improve
A few days ago I put out a posting on using artificial intelligence. Today we're going back to real intelligence compounded a bit by fading memories. The Principal Protagonists:Bruce Kritzler: of...
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V 14 N. 78 Joss Naylor , King of the Fells, R.I.P. 1936-2024
Joss Naylor 1936-2024This story appeared in The Guardian this week. It is a 17 minute film about an incredible runner in England, Joss...
View ArticleV 15 N. 1 The Challenges of Organizing a Race and Publishing Results In the...
Good friends look out for each other in all kinds of times. Today Bob Roncker who goes back to my high school days when we competed against each other in 1960-61, has sent me an account of behind...
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