Something special regarding Steve Prefontaine is coming Janaury 25th - Any ideas as to what it is?

Sorry, don't want to offend anyone, but I'm totally over anything to do with
Steve Prefontaine. Accordingly, not interested in whatever may be coming.

Time to let him go people and move on away from the myth.

He was born Jan 25 1951.

That is like saying, "what's up with Presidents Day? I'm over those old, dead guys..."

We created this meet to celebrate the memory of one of the icons of our sport in America - The Prefontaine Classic. It is the best pro meet in America.

This year will be 50 years since the creation of that meet, so whatever they are planning is of interest to all of us in the PNW who will, as usual, be going to the meet.

p.s. Why bother clicking on a thread that doesn't interest you? I never click on thread that seem boring to me.

https://www.instagram.com/preclassic/reel/DEiyE7VyvFd/

When I was in 5th grade I checked out the book Pre by Tom Jordan from the library and that was the start of my love affair with running and track & field. Looking forward to it and hope it lives up to the moment.

On Jan 25 it will be revealed that Prefontaine faked his own death and has been living quietly in a remote monastery in Vietnam.

A spokesperson for the rock has stated that Prefontaine will finally be charged posthumously for reckless driving, DUI and felony property damage for what he did to that rock.

The "GO Pre" T-shirt

He is my role model

Was that the day when the only known 4th place Olympian crashed into a rock because of bad judgement?

I totally understand the myth of Pre, but the myth is a getting faded and tired at this point. Since Pre, the US has had other guys run brilliantly and win Olympic races wire-to-wire (e.g., Centro).

Man I hope it doesn't involve Nike at all. Steve Prefontaine would have publicly disowned Nike as a company years ago.

His BAC was higher than we thought

My guess: prestige tv style miniseries on his life.

Held every AR from 2k-10k and died before reaching his prime. Very overrated and a myth, yep.

It's Nike marketing gimmick. Keep beating a dead horse for free.

That instagram post has the cringiest comments. One guy thinks Pre's death needs to be investigated, another thinks he had a "long, flowing" stride at 5'7". Do you know something, Rojo? Being coy doesn't suit you or this site. Do you work for the Pre Classic or something?

The post says "the art of running". Painting? Statue?

All the cool kids at LRC hate Pre, that is how you signal to others you are cool.

How miserable are people these days?