Talking about Frank Shorter beating him: "At one point he broke away and I said well I wasn't going to go I figured I'll just cruise in for second place."
Talking about Frank Shorter beating him: "At one point he broke away and I said well I wasn't going to go I figured I'll just cruise in for second place."
Doesn't Frank admit to throwing a race in that video?
wiz khalifa wrote:
Talking about Frank Shorter beating him: "At one point he broke away and I said well I wasn't going to go I figured I'll just cruise in for second place."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eVjYEByXbo
An Olympic gold medalist at an award ceremony wearing real shorts and no shirt. Refreshing. Today, he’d be mocked. This goes along well with the current thread on racing in the 70s and 80s.
Summer running: Pair of shorts, shoes, maybe socks. Period. What happened? Will it ever cycle back?
commonsense13 wrote:
Summer running: Pair of shorts, shoes, maybe socks. Period. What happened? Will it ever cycle back?
It would be nice!
There was a huge cover story about this exact race in The Runner magazine in 1981. Some of the best pics ever of Frank and Bill racing side by side. I miss those days!
Fava Beans wrote:
Doesn't Frank admit to throwing a race in that video?
In Italy a hint is not a hint my friend.
Fava Beans wrote:
Doesn't Frank admit to throwing a race in that video?
He did! Wonder how much that still happens???? Maybe that’s where the saying “rigging up” at the end of a race comes from???
commonsense13 wrote:
Summer running: Pair of shorts, shoes, maybe socks. Period. What happened? Will it ever cycle back?
Come hang out in the inner city during the summer some time. Shirts are strictly optional.
T. Soprano wrote:
Fava Beans wrote:
Doesn't Frank admit to throwing a race in that video?
In Italy a hint is not a hint my friend.
Runners back then had to get paid under-the-table any way they could.
Given the overall corruption especially with countries like Russia and Kenya, I wonder how many big races today are also "choreographed".
I wonder what BR and FS got for that race 2-3 thou?
Times?
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
2017 World 800 champ Pierre-Ambroise Bosse banned 1 year for whereabouts failures