Craziest person you've ever trained with.

The craziest person I have ever trained with was Eddie Alaniz of Northern Arizona University. That guy is just PEMped up. Watch out for him in the future.

Hate to break the news to you One Keg, Shannon didn't quit drinking, he only cut way back.

I used to train with a guy named Francis, but he made us call him Psycho. He said that if we called him Francis, he would kill us.

hey, we have a psycho too. everyone has been calling her psycho that most of us forgotten her actual name. she tries to strangle me every day before and after practice and enjoy throwing large rocks at innocent things. she also enjoys killing people with pens. aren't psychos just the greatest things?

Future cool thread ideas for you, FASTERTHANU:

"Funniest thing you've ever said on a run?"

"Biggest shit you've ever taken on a run?"

"Silliest conversation you've ever had on a run?"

"Worst thing you've ever eaten on a run?"

"Farthest you've ever fallen on a trail run?"

"Worst shoes you've ever run in?"

"Grossest thing you've ever coughed up on a run?"

"Nastiest thing you've ever stepped in on a run?"

"Highest fence you've ever climbed over on a run?"

"Worst sunburn you've ever gotten on a run?"

"Most annoying hiccup attack you've ever had on a run?"

"Most snot you've ever blown out of your nose on a run?"

"Ugliest person you've ever run with?"

"Strangest animal you've ever stepped on on a run?

"Funkiest song you've ever sung on a run?"

"Funniest outfit you've ever worn on a run?"

Hope that helps you out...

Oh wow, all these great questions I feel compeled to reply...

That was fun thanks.

I would also like to add Tim Wunch to the mix. Ever heard of him? Very crazy in the day.

Yep...Butler didn't quit drinking entirely and it was two-and-a-half years ago not 1-1/2 (he did quit for about the first nine months or so). He seems to have it under control though and he's one of those anomalies who doesn't seem to miss drinking, unlike most folks who drank as much as Butler did in his day.

Hey, thanks for the ideas!

Malcolm Campbell......The scotsman fell on a nasty downhill (rocky and slick from rain) broke his back (spine cracked) and acouple ribs, with blood streaming from his forehead. Then continued the workout claiming his head broke his fall, and his legs were fine.

one-kid ----- Is it true that you were once bulter's pace

bitch ?

King Tut! A legend on and off the track. One of the best in both venues.

When I was training for my second marathon with hopes of running about 2:50, I did some training runs with this guy Ralph. Ralph would want to do 20 milers at about 6:45 pace since that is about what the Kenyans ran their long runs at (or so he thought). Years later after reading a lot more, I had to let him know that 6:45 is easy for THEM but that was race pace for me!

No wonder that was one of my worse races ever.

While running in Raleigh, NC I used to see this guy the local NC State guys called Crazy Long-Sleeve Shirt Man....No matter how hot, he would always run in a long-sleeve shirt....He had as a stated goal to run under 2 minutes for the half-mile....One day I went to the track where he had indicated that he was going to try to break 2:00....After watching him run 8 consecutive 100 meter strides, I came down from the stands to ask how he was feeling and if he was ready to break 2...."Well, The problem I'm having is that I can't break 15 seconds for the 100, so I figured I would start over each time".....

While in Raleigh I also became acquainted with members of the girls team....The NC State girls would do double runs a couple of times a week with the first run being about six miles at 7:00 in the morning...In order to get more mileage in without the coach catching on, one of the girls would get up at 4:30 in the morning and do a ten miler and get back in time to get back in bed before her roommate would wake up so they could go to morning practice....This chick would then run at morning practice plus afternoon practice as well.......I'm sure this kind of activity is more prevalent in women's programs than men's.....

When I was at Wake Forest we had girls that would do runs in the middle of the night....But, I also had a roommate that ran 6 consecutive 150 mile weeks one summer and wondered why he didn't have any higher gears at the end of the races that year.....

Bottom line, many "committed" runners are nuts!

An acquaitance that I met at a track meet from Trinidad and became corresponding friends briefly. I forget his name but he routinely went out EVERY Sunday and ran for 3 to 3 1/2 hours at 8:00-8:30 pace (SLOW) and said it felt wonderful. He also competed in the 800m, 1500m, Steeple, 5000m, and 10000m at his conference in Louisiana-winning all but the 800m in decent times. 1:53, 3:49, 9:03, 14:14, and 30:26. The crazy thing is I forget which but I know that he ran 3 finals on the last day of competition.

Vipam

Just as I was about to end this post, I remembered his first name was Trevor.

training with Willy Best - 1.46 800m runner from Canada.

He used to do half his training in the morning, then would show up inthe afternoon and do the other half - e.g 6 x 400m in the morning, and another 6 in the arvo.....

Who wants to know?