Check this out!
Check this out!
I remember to SI column by Austin Murphy I think. Lindsey said that during the race with Viren, reflecting on the fact that he was beating a 4 time gold medalist, he was almost overcome with emotion and teared up.
Good job, J
Nice pics.
We used to call him the 'terminator' back then. Just look at the 3rd picture down (Falmouth) and compare his arms to the other 3. In that pic, who can tell me who is in 5th place?
Ric Rojas?
How about some of Herb's training logs? Or the Runner Magazine cover, can you PDF the article if you still have the issue?
Yes. It was Falmouth 1980 (not 1981). Who else had a big bush of hair and mustache?
Falmouth 1980
1. Dixon 32:20.4
2. Lindsay 32:32
3. Rojas 32:34
4. Hodge 32:38
5. Meyer 32:49
6. Baker 32:58
7. Thomas 33:03
8. Heffner 33:07
9. Durden 33:09
10. Vernon 33:19
I'm not sure from that bunch. Durden has a scraggly beard. Remember Kinky McCarey? He had some phat follicles.
Randy Thomas had a good mustache too.
Those guys were road whores and were great runners.
Lorenzo the Magnificent wrote:
Randy Thomas had a good mustache too.
He had a mustache around that time but had lighter hair. It's not him.
pretty sure that is Ric Rojas
Some great racing flats in those photos. Too bad there's nothing out there to match them these days.
TDF wrote:
pretty sure that is Ric Rojas
Of course.
Yes, I said it was Rojas a while back. Look up the page. We were addressing other guys who had facial hair.
This is the article in *.pdf as you requested (1 MB)
full color...
http://www.juanjosemartinez.com.mx/Files/Herb_Lindsay_art1982.pdf
Lorenzo the Magnificent wrote:
Ric Rojas?
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!
L the M, you have won an all expense paid trip for 7 to the fab resort town of Chelsea, Ma. along the river overlooking the home of 'Red Sox Nation.' Don't forget to bring your sleeping bag so that you can camp out under the Tobin Bridge. Dinner at the exquisite Santarpio's in East Boston.
Congrats!
I've got plans over the 4th. Can I come late next week?
Sorry, offer expires July 3.
OK. Well, it still sounds great. I may come on my own dime.
memories of my youth....Michigan State grad Herb L. was a 'beast' on the roads for a few years. Underrated, for sure.