Old Guys: another "Name The Stars" Photo

Don Kardon rocking the Puma gear.

Frank Shorter wearing the Onitzuka Tiger Oboris.

Ted Castanada, Jeff Galloway, John Tuttle.

1) my HS calculus teacher to the far right

2) James harden top row, 3rd from right

3) Kyle merber bottom row, far left

I see Pre in there as well.

BACK ROW- Dr. Michael Pollock, Kenny Moore, Steve Prefontaine, Don Kennedy, Ted Castaneda, Philip Ndoo, Hank Pfeifle, Dr. Kenneth Cooper

MIDDLE ROW- Jeff Galloway, Doug Brown, Russ Pate, unknown, Gary Tuttle, Rick Pettigrew, Mike Manley

FRONT ROW L to R: unknown, Ron Wayne, Jim Johnson, Paul Geis, Don Kardong, Steve Scott, Frank Shorter.

January 1975, Dallas, TX wrote:

BACK ROW- Dr. Michael Pollock, Kenny Moore, Steve Prefontaine, Don Kennedy, Ted Castaneda, Philip Ndoo, Hank Pfeifle, Dr. Kenneth Cooper

MIDDLE ROW- Jeff Galloway, Doug Brown, Russ Pate, unknown, Gary Tuttle, Rick Pettigrew, Mike Manley

FRONT ROW L to R: unknown, Ron Wayne, Jim Johnson, Paul Geis, Don Kardong, Steve Scott, Frank Shorter.

Very nice, but WTF Steve Scott? who was a freshman at UCI with PRs of 1:52/4:15 from high school. He was two years from elite.

It is clear that the guy on the lower left is indeed Kyle "Zelig" Merber. Andy Kaufman doing a full "role immersion" of an elite runner is in center.

Several young men pictured, including the two unidentified, were college students at the time. This photo was taken at the infamous study of high performance runners in Dallas during 1975 at the Cooper Institute. My memory recalls it was Frank Shorter that had the lowest measured VO2 of the group, yet he has the only Olympic medal. Kenny Moore's book Best Efforts provides personal insight of the happenings that week.

Wasn't Doug Brown in that study? I recall him as being proud as the "fattest elite". Still weird that they almost randomly picked up the future AR-holder for the mile.

I recall that Shorter basically didn't try all that hard on the VO2max test, whereas Pre tried to kill it. I need to get Kenny's book and reread, maybe the best running literature ever (Kardong's was great too).

Ken Cooper's "Aerobics" was the first book I ever read on exercise. It helped ignite the running/fitness boom.

January 1975, Dallas, TX wrote:

Several young men pictured, including the two unidentified, were college students at the time. This photo was taken at the infamous study of high performance runners in Dallas during 1975 at the Cooper Institute. My memory recalls it was Frank Shorter that had the lowest measured VO2 of the group, yet he has the only Olympic medal. Kenny Moore's book Best Efforts provides personal insight of the happenings that week.

Who picked up the bar tab at the Marriott.?

January 1975, Dallas, TX wrote:

BACK ROW- Dr. Michael Pollock, Kenny Moore, Steve Prefontaine, Don Kennedy, Ted Castaneda, Philip Ndoo, Hank Pfeifle, Dr. Kenneth Cooper

MIDDLE ROW- Jeff Galloway, Doug Brown, Russ Pate, unknown, Gary Tuttle, Rick Pettigrew, Mike Manley

FRONT ROW L to R: unknown, Ron Wayne, Jim Johnson, Paul Geis, Don Kardong, Steve Scott, Frank Shorter.

That isn't Steve Scott next to Shorter.

Ronald Dump wrote:

January 1975, Dallas, TX wrote:

BACK ROW- Dr. Michael Pollock, Kenny Moore, Steve Prefontaine, Don Kennedy, Ted Castaneda, Philip Ndoo, Hank Pfeifle, Dr. Kenneth Cooper

MIDDLE ROW- Jeff Galloway, Doug Brown, Russ Pate, unknown, Gary Tuttle, Rick Pettigrew, Mike Manley

FRONT ROW L to R: unknown, Ron Wayne, Jim Johnson, Paul Geis, Don Kardong, Steve Scott, Frank Shorter.

That isn't Steve Scott next to Shorter.

Figured it out... John Tuttle!

YMMV wrote:

Ronald Dump wrote:

That isn't Steve Scott next to Shorter.

Figured it out... John Tuttle!

John Tuttle was a sophomore or junior in HS in NY at the time of the study. It is not he.

January 1975, Dallas, TX wrote:

BACK ROW- Dr. Michael Pollock, Kenny Moore, Steve Prefontaine, JIM CRAWFORD, Ted Castaneda, Philip Ndoo, Hank Pfeifle, Dr. Kenneth Cooper

MIDDLE ROW- Jeff Galloway, Doug Brown, Russ Pate, unknown, Gary Tuttle, Rick Pettigrew, Mike Manley

FRONT ROW L to R: unknown, Ron Wayne, Jim Johnson, Paul Geis, Don Kardong, Steve Scott, Frank Shorter.

Craw next to Pre.

malmo wrote:

January 1975, Dallas, TX wrote:

BACK ROW- Dr. Michael Pollock, Kenny Moore, Steve Prefontaine, JIM CRAWFORD, Ted Castaneda, Philip Ndoo, Hank Pfeifle, Dr. Kenneth Cooper

MIDDLE ROW- Jeff Galloway, Doug Brown, Russ Pate, unknown, Gary Tuttle, Rick Pettigrew, Mike Manley

FRONT ROW L to R: unknown, Ron Wayne, Jim Johnson, Paul Geis, Don Kardong, Steve Scott, Frank Shorter.

Craw next to Pre.

Who's the dude with the headband?

Awww, the 70s, weren't they fun?

Phidippides T-shirt. Only the 70s, or runners, or 70s runners would think that's a good name for a store.

Gramps wrote:

Who's the dude with the headband?

Gary Tuttle