I did a training run with Sonia O'Sullivan when she came to NYC to run the 2002 NYC marathon. I was helping with the NIKE RUN NYC stuff and they asked me and another guy to take her out on a training run in Central Park.
I did a training run with Sonia O'Sullivan when she came to NYC to run the 2002 NYC marathon. I was helping with the NIKE RUN NYC stuff and they asked me and another guy to take her out on a training run in Central Park.
Does Mike Fout count? I mean he did win Foot Locker last year. I went to school about 45 min. from his school and I raced against him many times. Never came close to him. He was a nice guy until he got good, then he got kinda cocky.
alan webb hung out at my house in college...he borrowed my guster cd and has not returned it...bastard
Slept at my house or I've slept at their house:
Ibrahim Hussein
Ron Tabb
Malmo
Tom Raunig
Jim Spivey
Peter Rono
Henry Rono
Paul Tergat
Benjamin Ako
Faustin Saktay
Hezron Otwari
Jackson Kipng'ok
Joseph Nzau
Greg Lautenslager
Been to their house or they to mine:
Lots!
Met:
Relative, so who cares?
Oh I have to mention Tom Raunig as well. I went to his running camp in high school, ran for him in college and then ran against him in several races. Very nice down to earth guy.
Fun answers.
Er... wrote:
As a high schooler I met:
Mike Boit (seriously nice guy)
John Walker (totally uninterested in chatting until my friend brought up horses, then he livened up)
Nick Rose (very cool and autographed and gave me his bib number)
Tony Staynings (good guy)
Henry Rono (standoffish)
Adrian Leek (chatted for ages and he tried to convince me to go to ETSU)
Steve Scott (nice, but much more interested in the girls--who could blame him)
Edwin Moses (wouldn't give me an autograph)
Suleiman Nyambui (begged me to convince my friend Madge to dance with him)
and
Eamon Coughlin. He was totally funny. I walked into the hotel room "party after the party" at an indoor meet and he was standing at the door. As we walked in with some friends he said, "Oh, the children are here. Isn't it past their bedtimes?" I turned to him and said, "Yes, but my mother threw me out of the house and said don't come back until you've met Eamon Coughlin." He looked at me with that Irish twinkle in his eye and said, "Oh, well he's right over there" and pointed far into the corner of the adjoining room. I just nodded and smiled as if to say, "Okay, I won't bother you." Later that night Dwight Stones and I, arms over each other's shoulders, used beer-bottle microphones to sing along to "American Pie." He was totally cool.
And yes, I'm old. Google these names and learn some history. LOL.
You're younger than me. I ran against, and met some of those names. Almost broke Rono's foot at a crowded party once, stepped on it. Boy he shot me a look, but he was nice.
Not bad for a jogger wrote:
Slept at my house or I've slept at their house:
Ibrahim Hussein
Ron Tabb
Malmo
Tom Raunig
Jim Spivey
Peter Rono
Henry Rono
Paul Tergat
Benjamin Ako
Faustin Saktay
Hezron Otwari
Jackson Kipng'ok
Joseph Nzau
Greg Lautenslager
Been to their house or they to mine:
Lots!
Met:
Relative, so who cares?
Great List!
Now we wonder who you are and what you do/did!
Ran with Luke Watson and Ryan Shay, very nice guys, extremely intense. Although Ryan tended to be somewhat of a loner when it came to training, doing his own thing a lot. He did some crazy plyos. Also, I was suprised to see that the two did their fair share of partying and could hold their own when it came to drinking. Overall, stand-up gentlemen. RIP Ryan.
Met Marion Jones, Michael Johnson, and El G at the Prefontaine Classic in either '01 or '02 (I forget). Marion was beastly, and we all know why now. Michael J seemed very aloof. El G was all smiles and was very nice. I don't know if he can even speak English. I took a picture with him but don't remember if I said anything to him. He was very small I remember.
Greg Whitely, when he was 11, Track City International Classic, Eugene, Oregon
a friend of mine ran with David Kimani for a year at Alabama and i hung out with him for a few hours once. he had destroyed the field at pre-nats earlier in the day and i think he just wanted to lounge around his hotel room and talk to his fiancee on the phone for the night, but my buddy convinced him to come out to dinner with us. he was very humble, funny, and overall just seemed like a really nice guy. this was when he was about at the peak of his legendary status, before injuries hampered much of the rest of his career, which was tragically cut short by his sudden death. it was a really cool experience, and it's a shame he had to go so soon.
Swapped vests with Getaneh Tessema
He ran in the world cross, now a coach and married to Geta Wami
The Halls, at Peachtree a couple of years ago.
He beat me by a lot.
Actually, so did she.
The Oneders wrote:
Greg Whitely, when he was 11, Track City International Classic, Eugene, Oregon
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Was he dick back then too?
the magic rat wrote:
a friend of mine ran with David Kimani for a year at Alabama and i hung out with him for a few hours once. he had destroyed the field at pre-nats earlier in the day and i think he just wanted to lounge around his hotel room and talk to his fiancee on the phone for the night, but my buddy convinced him to come out to dinner with us. he was very humble, funny, and overall just seemed like a really nice guy. this was when he was about at the peak of his legendary status, before injuries hampered much of the rest of his career, which was tragically cut short by his sudden death. it was a really cool experience, and it's a shame he had to go so soon.
and as far as racing against, i got beat up on by Alan Webb and Rickey Harris some in high school, and by Tom Lancashire in college. Also faced a number of top guys (Willis, Brannen, Ellerton, Cragg, etc.) in relays.
Oh, and I met Rich Kenah once and pestered him by email afterward when i was in high school. He was kind enough to respond each time and not blow me off. A few years later I just missed being in his heat at a race at GMU... I think I might have even been wearing the ASICS Kenah's.
Lauren Fleshman
Shanon Rowbury
Alysia Johnson
Lashinda Demus
Scott Bauhs
Jorge Torres
Kevin Sullivan
Blake Russell
Jeff Nelson
Steve Scott
Don Kardong, RRCA, beat him in a 400, XC Nats, club visit
Hal Higdon, I worked his expo booth a few times, club visit
Alan Webb, XC Nats Greensboro
Steve Scott, Boston 96, XC Nats SFO
Amby Burfoot, XC nats, RRCA, expos
Khalid Khannouchi, Rock n Roll half
Frank Shorter, RRCA, Rock n Roll Half, club visit
Keith Brantley, club visit
John Bingham, club visit, Expos
Bart Yasso, RRCA, Expos
Gordon Bakoulis, Expos, club visit
Mark Conover, club visit, various bars
Joe Vigil, XC Nats SFO
Blake Russell, she used to live in town
Joan Nesbit Mabe, club visit, various races
Joe Rubio, Lotsa bars, camp
Bob Kempaigen, 96 Trails (after he'd cleaned up)
Brian Sell, XC Nats Spokane
I know I missed a few. I'll note that six of the above have stayed here at the East Coast Home for Wayward Marathoners.
O I ran with Brian Sell two years ago
raced and/or trained with
Mike Coley (1:52 high school)
Charley Harper
Gene McClain
Jim Ryun
Neil Duggan (3:56.0 JC record)
Micki Gorman
Jackie Hanson
Marty Cooksey
Joan Benoit
Lasse Viren
Henry Rono
Gordon Pirie
Jack Foster
Dick Quax
Ewald Bonzet
Danie Milan
John Lawson
Steve Scott
Ed Chaidez
Chuck Smead
Eddy Cadena
Gary Tuttle
Tony Sandoval
Jeff Wells
Bob Kennedy
Todd Williams
Carrie Tollefson
Alan Webb
Sara Hall
Bernard Lagat
Suzy Hamilton
Carl Lewis
Marion Jones
Meb
Deena Kastor
Dathan Ritzenhein
Adam & Kara Goucher
Kara Goucher
Shalane Flanagan
Julie Isphording
Roger Bannister
Jonan Benoit Samuelson
Mike Shine
Craig Virgin
Frank Shorter
Don Kardong
George Young
Mary Decker Slaney
Jim Ryan
Billy Mills
Bill Rogers
Grete Waitz
Gilbert Okari
Dan Browne
Catherine Ndereba
Lidia Simon
Dorota Gruca
Albina Ivanova
Jen Rhines
Colleen DeRueck
Alan Culpepper
Regina Joyce
Shannon Rowbury
Anne Audain
Edwin Moses
Carl Lewis
PattiSue Plummer
Henry Rone
Joe Vigil (do coaches count?
Elite and Famous wrote:
Since "Met" qualifies, you can be a former elite or non elite, and sight both runners you ran against, and runners you've coached. Male or female. Sprinters count!
GO FOR IT!
Oldsters or Youngsters...
Didn't think sprinters counted! Coached Ryan Grant from the Green Bay Packers, Michael Ray Garvin from Florida State and Dorien Bryant from Purdue.