Yes. He used to jam with runner/saxophonist Joe Henderson.
Paul Chambers wrote:
Yes. He used to jam with runner/saxophonist Joe Henderson.
And run with runner/violinist Yo Yo Mah.
I believe so and rememer reading something about it a few years ago. I have tried to search for the source in my email and Googled it to no luck. On Nolan's website there is a contact link where you can email him (or someone who works on his website). Keep us posted, because I believe they are one-and-the-same.
Yes, I can definitely say they are one and the same.
Look at the picture below of Nolan the 'runner' (from the SoCal Track Club website). And check out my next post for a picture of Nolan 'the musician'.
Conclusive evidence (or at least the musician looks like a runner in a singlet...)
Nolan - the musician
imagine the coolest jazz trumpet player you can think of...
nolan is even cooler than that...
seriously... the guy is a COOL CAT...
Ditto on that, xxx.
Nolan's one of the most positive personalities I've ever encountered - and one of the most astounding athletes!
i thought he was the kenyan that got snatched up by the quataris or something like that.
Is it true that he only eats one meal per day and fasts every friday?
yes, it's true...
I know that he holds some master-records but what are his lifetime pbs?
Have you ever seen those devices that are sold to increase your lung power? You blow into them to increase your breathing strength? I gotta think that they're quackery, but maybe playing trumpet for hours and hours a day for your whole life might give you some benefit?
Me, I'm taking up the tuba...
I've run against him before. I remember they had a masters mile in 2001 in Eugene. He was 50 and was 4th! He ran something like 4:25 and led at the gun. A couple of us passed him on the backstretch and he actually said something like "go get it". Really nice guy. He also played with Stevie Wonder and is on some of his albums.
He actually started running to improve his breath control/capacity for his trumpet playing.
...the idea of going out to run after a 24+hrs fast...how can this work?
Tischke wrote:
...the idea of going out to run after a 24+hrs fast...how can this work?
indeed, only 6 meals a week, and a pretty decent mile time, seems kind of fishy
Nothing fishy about it. It's just who Nolan is - what he does. He holds world age 50-54 records at the indoor mile in 4:26, the outdoor 800 at 1:58, and 5K on the roads at 15:26, among many others. He's every bit as great a guy and as talented (both as a musician and runner) as people who know him are saying here ... And just as eccentric with his eating habits! Oh, and he won't even touch aspirin (or liquor) when it comes to drugs.
There was a "Brief Chat" with Nolan at runnersworld.com in March. It mentioned that he'd played with Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Count Basie and that his solos can be heard throughout Denzel Washington's film "Hurricane."
I've raced Nolan many, many times over the years....won some, lost some. The short answer to you question is YES.
I ran against him when he ran his masters 10K PR - 31:26 (?). It was the Marina-Venice 10K back in 1990, if I remember correctly. I led the first mile in just over 4:50, at which point Nolan (and another runner) ran steadly past me. Nolan won the race outright that year - I was back in fifth in about 32:18 or so.
Nolan has run under 15 as a masters - his AR for 50+ is 15:37 at Carlsbad, I believe, in 2001. I pushed him to run a few ticks off of that later that year at the Dana Point Turkey Trot 5K (15:43) on a much tougher course.
Nolan always shows up ready to run - but, as SoCalPete said, a really nice guy.