Any notable runners who are men of the cloth?
Any notable runners who are men of the cloth?
The priest who tackled Vanderlei De Lima at the Olympics is pretty famous and presumably fairly fleet of foot.
jeff wells and john lodwick at least went to seminary school.
jeff wells and john lodwick at least went to seminary school.
Gavin Long of the UK perhaps?
Mike Losapio from LaSalle was going to be a priest I believe. He wanted to be the first priest in the Olympics. He was really fast. He set the conference record in the 1500m while at LaSalle. He's truly an inspiration for us guys.
There was a religious woman who ran so fast they called her the Flying Nun.
Most Priests seem to think it is a semenary.
Father Pat Conroy, chaplain of the House of Representatives. He was a top runner in Div III at one of the California schools.
Eric Liddell and Alyson Felix were/are children of ministers/priests. And Liddell wad a missionary.
Do a little research on Sister Marion Irvine aka the Flying Nun.
2:51 at age 54. Oldest to qualify for US Olympic Trials marathon.
http://www.runnersworld.com/masters-profiles/greats-sister-marion-irvine
Nanook wrote:
The priest who tackled Vanderlei De Lima at the Olympics is pretty famous and presumably fairly fleet of foot.
First of all, OP is talking about real priests, not witches.
Second of all, homeboy was fat as hell.
douglas burke wrote:
jeff wells and john lodwick at least went to seminary school.
Jeff Wells is a Senior Pastor at a church in the Woodlands.
Jeff Wells has never won the Boston Marthon. But in 1978 Jeff Wells came second in one of the closest finishes ever in the history of the Boston Marathon.
Bill Rodgers was back in fine form, but he had to hold off a fast-closing Jeff Wells to win by two seconds. Rodgers finished in 2:10:13, with Jeff Wells at 2:10:15, in the Boston Marathon's closest finish to date. In the post race interviews Rodgers states "This was the hardest marathon in my life".
It was a great achievement for Jeff Wells to get so close to one of the legends of the Boston Marathon. Bill Rodgers won the Boston Marathon four times (1975 - 2:09:55; 1978 - 2:10:13; 1979 - 2:09:27; 1980 - 2:12:11). Jeff Wells was 23 years old when he achieved this great result in the Boston Marathon. Jeff Wells earned the 28th place for the fastest US marathon times ever for his 1978 Boston Marathon performance.
Sally Vixxxxxens wrote:
Jeff Wells has never won the Boston Marthon. But in 1978 Jeff Wells came second in one of the closest finishes ever in the history of the Boston Marathon.
Bill Rodgers was back in fine form, but he had to hold off a fast-closing Jeff Wells to win by two seconds. Rodgers finished in 2:10:13, with Jeff Wells at 2:10:15, in the Boston Marathon's closest finish to date. In the post race interviews Rodgers states "This was the hardest marathon in my life".
It was a great achievement for Jeff Wells to get so close to one of the legends of the Boston Marathon.
Great, but not unusual. Wells probably had the 2nd best kick of any American for events 10k or greater during the 70s. He was a maniac.
I watched him walk-down Nyambui from waaaay back in a 5000m in Helsinki. Just a badass.
malmo wrote:
[quote]Sally Vixxxxxens wrote:
Great, but not unusual. Wells probably had the 2nd best kick of any American for events 10k or greater during the 70s. He was a maniac.
I watched him walk-down Nyambui from waaaay back in a 5000m in Helsinki. Just a badass.
Jeff Wells' college and seminary roommate, John Lodwick, finished 4th, I believe, in the 1981 Boston Marathon.
Sally Vixxxxxens wrote:
Jeff Wells' college and seminary roommate, John Lodwick, finished 4th, I believe, in the 1981 Boston Marathon.
Yessir. Lodwick, would you believe it, was a 1:52 half-miler in high school!!!! 880 yards, not meters!
John Cootes was a Catholic priest who played rugby league for Australia.
Masters ace Norm Green was an ordained Baptist minister.
Gill Dodds was called "The Flying Parson" and held the American (outdoors) and World records (indoors) in the mile.
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