lmb wrote:
I think the Run for Fun was Allegany CC coach’s thing.
Neil Cohen.
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malmo wrote:
Unforgotten American talent of the 70s.
Years ago when I was in college. I emailed Tony on advice about trying to break the 4:00 mile and he responded with some very encouragining words towards my attempt. He was for sure a great athlete that I truely looked up to. RIP Dr. Waldrop the running world has truly lost someone special. Thoughts and Prayers to your family at this time and heaven truly gained a wonderful soul!
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1973 was the year Dr. Tony was AA in cross country at infamous Hangman Valley.
Interesting that miler Mike Durkin (Illini) was 18th.
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wide world of sports wrote:
1974 Millrose
If running & academics had't worked out he might have tried out for the Rolling Stones. Man looked like a rock star back in the day.
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Any mention of Dr Waldrop on the podcast? Plans to correct that?
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hopelessly wallowing in the past wrote:
1973 was the year Dr. Tony was AA in cross country at infamous Hangman Valley.
Interesting that miler Mike Durkin (Illini) was 18th.
Waldrop, Waigwa, Matt Centrowitz (FR year for Manhattan College) all representing the milers club.
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4laps wrote:
hopelessly wallowing in the past wrote:
1973 was the year Dr. Tony was AA in cross country at infamous Hangman Valley.
Interesting that miler Mike Durkin (Illini) was 18th.
Waldrop, Waigwa, Matt Centrowitz (FR year for Manhattan College) all representing the milers club.
Tru dat.
Can't find results for Dr. Tony for 1973 thru 1975 AAU. Was he fried by then? He never ran in Europe. Remember he was 2nd to Wottle 1973 NCAA in Looziana.
Interesting that he did not run 1975 AAU (that race is on Historic Film), yet made 1975 Pan Am team along with Scott Daggett (6th at AAU). Why not Hilton, Popejoy, Schilling, Heidenrich, Centro Sr not on that team? They all finished ahead of Daggett.
Did some of them get siphoned off for USA vs USSR in Russia? Kinda curious on that one.
Did Dr. Tony make PanAm team based on Bayi's WR mile?
Again, kinda curious.
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A little perspective wrote:
lmb wrote:
I disagree. There was way more recognition back then. Him running a series of sub fours was nationally covered.just look at the covers of SI in the sixties and seventies compared to the 2000s. Before I ever thought about running I was aware of Ryun, Shorter, Liquori, and Wottle.
I disagree with your disagreement. A WR indoors today would be all over social media which reaches far more than magazine articles. I if didn't there would still be hard copy magazines and newspapers today which obviously there aren't.
What you aren't realizing is the fact that EVERYBODY who was a sports fan took SI back in those days. Elite American distance runners were household names back then. Probably 10-20 of them at any one time. Now if somebody broke the indoor WR 90% of American sports fans wouldn't even notice. Probably wouldn't even pop up on their feeds.
I had not started running when Waldorp went on his tear and I know who he was and remember him going to UNC and the SI articles.
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