Old Man by the Sea wrote:
I've met a few.
Alberto was coaching some of his guys{Goucher} at the Nike headquarters and he graciously allowed me to run on the track . "Stay out of lane one !"
Centro and his sister ran in the summer program Dr Scott Eden put on in Annapolis. I ran in a different group at same time. You could see greatness even back then.
I met Mike Scannell and we ran much of the Annapolis ten mile course one day. Fabulous guy.
Saw Lydiard speak at U of Maryland on his last speaking tour.
Met Galen in Eugene when he was at Pre Classic years ago. Very nice guy
Met a few at Boston who were signing autographs on posters.
Lydiard did a small series of clinics in my running shoe store one weekend in the mid-late 80s, partly to promote that Converse shoe back then. Our whole staff spent time with him. What a treasured experience. He was a character!