"Waldrop said, "It was a really easy decision to decide to hang up the shoes and get on with the rest of my life. I never regretted the decision [to retire during the Olympic year], maybe there were one or two seconds of momentarily regret when I watched the 1500m at the Olympics... I accomplished a lot more in track than I ever imagined I would. There were a lot more things I wanted to do with my life…"
3:55 indoor WR. He ran when there was zero money in track and ran on indoor tracks that mostly were under 220 yards and certainly even less 300 meter tracks, no hi-tech shoes, very little national recognition outside of the hardcore track community.