NAME - ALL THE FAMOUS, ELITE, TOP TIER RUNNERS YOU HAVE RACED AGAINST, RUN WITH, OR MET...

I forgot Sell (ran in same race with, met afterwards.)

The other Hansons guys were much friendlier than he was. But it was very clear that he was the alpha of the group--no question!

Boaz chemboiyo

Brent Vaughn

James Carney

I've run with all three of them.

Nolan Swanson and Ray Hughes broke 4 at about 10pm for all the campers, all of us screaming and cheering running back and forth in the infield followed by a grand celebration when they actually finished. Magical. (Wake Forest XC camp 99)

Marc Davis, Julie Henner, Alan Webb (Virginia XC Camp 01 and 02)

Bob Schul (Morehead State XC Camp)

Solinsky

Tegenkamp

The torres\'

Dick Beardsley

suzy favor-hamilton

DrT wrote:

Just the REALLY good men here (off the top of my head)

Kip Keino

Herb Elliot

John Landy

Ron Clarke

Cierpinski

Salazar

deCastella

Ondieki

Carlos Lopes

Aoutia

Bordin

Moneghetti

Kimani

Brahim Boutaib

Kiptanui

Mottram

etc etc etc

Forgot a couple of 800 guys spanning eras :-)

Ralph Doubell

Andre Bucher

and middle and distance guys

Simon Doyle

Jon Brown

Greg Whiteley

Brad Hudson

Mark Rowland

Chris Cheboibok

Henry Marsh

Doug Padilla

Mark Nenow

Ken Martin

Shaun Creighton

Lee Troop

Pat Carroll

Solinsky

Tegenkamp

The torres'

Dick Beardsley

suzy favor-hamilton

I am good friends with the great Brandon Moen.

Wells and Lodwick - raced in same race

Rick Wolhuter and Ted Haydon (wolhuter's coach)

Anne Audain - met and same race

John Sinclair - met and same race

Carlos Lopes - same race

Pat Porter - same race

Patti Sue Plummer - met

Lynn Jennings - met

Steve Cram - same race

Dick Beardsley - met

Ann Marie Lauck - met

Libbie Hickman - met

Kara Goucher - met

Bill Rodgers - met

Salazar - saw the day after duel in the sun ('82)

Lorraine Moller - same race

Steve Spence - same race

Some others. This was all a long time ago.

Fam, Dan Brown, Meb, Abdi, Wejo, Khalid, Bekele, Frank Shorter, Bill Rogers, Jerry Lingred, Matt Davis, Martin Smith, Jim Sporthill, Patrick Kiptum, Justin and Josh Simpson, Trina Painter, Paula, Deena, - to name the big ones. Lived in Flagstaff with wejo and spent time in Eugene.

Meb (ran in same race)

Carl Lewis (met)

Amy Rudolph (met and kind of ran with)

Peter Gilmore (met and ran in same race)

Joe Rankin (met and ran in same race)

James Carney (ran in same race, hung out with him for a while at a friend's)

Will Leer (met, hung out with for a while at a friend's)

Bernard Lagat (met)

Bill Squires (met, talked with for a good amount of time)

John Thomas (

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_

(high_jumper) )

Said Ahmed (met, run with, hung out with)

I've been fortunate enough to meet a good amount of and spend some quality time with some real fast, down to earth runners.

Geb and Abdi have to be the top two guys I'd love to meet but haven't met yet. Hopefully someday I can!

nate jenkins

he should be a professional wrestler.

Raced and/or Met - Positive

Bill Rodgers

Eammon Coghlan

Nick Willis

Dathan Ritzenhein

Nate Brannen

Gabe

Lauren Fleshman

Molly Huddle

Met - Negative

Mikey Stember- the most major of db's

Louis Lucchini - a B lister who acted like a running God

Ryan Shay at New Haven RR, very friendly.

Mamo Wolde-Enschede 1971-serene but friendly

RACED AGAINST: Pre, Wohluter, Ryun, Liquouri, Walker, Dixon, Bayi, Paul-Heinz Wellman, Wessinghage Ivo Van Damme, Coghlan, Mike Boit, Rose, Waltrop, Bjorklund, Wottle, Scott, Spivey, Waigwa, Brendan Foster, Shorter,Virgin MET: Bannister, Coe, Ovett, Cram, Jens Peter Herald, Abascal, Gonzalez, Peter elliot, Keino, Landy, Snell, Abdi Bile, Morceli, F. Cacho, Vasala, Herb Elliott, Jim Beatty, Don Bowden, Archie SanRomani, J.Cruz, O Sullivan, Tom O'Hara, Delany, G.Cunningham THAT"S ALL THAT I CAN RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD! Fun Times!!!!!!!!!!!!

FORGOT SOME of the great coaches... Bowerman, Dellinger, Haydon,Carius, Jumbo Elliot, Timmons, Payton Jordan, Lydiard, Cerutty, Vigil...to name a few!!!

Um...who are you?1?!

From the 70"s wrote:

RACED AGAINST: Pre, Wohluter, Ryun, Liquouri, Walker, Dixon, Bayi, Paul-Heinz Wellman, Wessinghage Ivo Van Damme, Coghlan, Mike Boit, Rose, Waltrop, Bjorklund, Wottle, Scott, Spivey, Waigwa, Brendan Foster, Shorter,Virgin MET: Bannister, Coe, Ovett, Cram, Jens Peter Herald, Abascal, Gonzalez, Peter elliot, Keino, Landy, Snell, Abdi Bile, Morceli, F. Cacho, Vasala, Herb Elliott, Jim Beatty, Don Bowden, Archie SanRomani, J.Cruz, O Sullivan, Tom O'Hara, Delany, G.Cunningham THAT"S ALL THAT I CAN RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD! Fun Times!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you google you might "learn some history" (lol)...one athlete's name and one coach's name should give you a clue...I'm "old" too!!!