http://www.londonrunner.ca/articles.php?id=327 or Dave Reid
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From that same article:
People have raised various theories as to why Greg never became the exceptional runner that others expected him to be, but only Andersen truly knows for himself; all we can do is speculate. Perusing the Dartmouth topperformance lists, Andersen finished his career there with the following marks:
Mile Run - 9. Greg Andersen '91, 4:07.88
3000m Run - 13. Greg Anderson '91, 8:11.1
5000m Run - 4. Greg Andersen '91, 13:49.7
10000m Run - 16. Greg Andersen '91, 30:07.6
Maureen Morrison remembers “something about an accident in the summer just before going to Dartmouth. I believe I heard that a railroad tie had fallen on his leg while working in the backyard.” Morrison, however, also saw “Greg running at an indoor meet at Copps years later and doing quite well.”
Phil Steel offers a bit more info, citing that the railway tie fell on Andersen’s leg, injuring his calf and impacting his first season at Dartmouth. “In, and of, itself it wasn't responsible for Greg's development (or lack thereof) during his University years. Greg had the previous year been at World Juniors (Athens 1986) competing in the 5000m (11th in 14:09), so had international experience. One former athlete of Bill's has suggested to me that this – while a terrific achievement – was a reality check for Greg, that may have sowed the seed for his future mindset that this wasn't going to be as easy (becoming one of the best in the world) as maybe he had thought - that a doubt as to his future in the sport as an elite athlete might exist.”
I can't tell you what happened to Anderson, but Dave Reid was coaching in the Toronto area for a while. He coached the likes of Nicole Stevenson (marathon) and several junior/senior athletes with the Etobicoke Huskies. He stopped coaching in late 2003 or early 2004 for personal reasons. Never really heard what those were. One of my good friends trained with him for 2 or 3 years, and had nothing but great things to say about him. Great coach, and always had a good story to tell from his running days.
Matthias recently seems to have reinvented himself as a duathlete. I saw him win a couple at the end of last summer. His biking is outstanding. Perhaps not surprising considering his build seems more suited for that sport. Maybe he should have switched earlier.
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8 flat 3k grade 12
leonard stotch wrote:
8 flat 3k grade 12
8.00 in OAC (G13), 8.10 in G12 (US HS Snr).
Doesn't really matter does it? this was 20+ years ago!
Why pull up an old thread (2007)?
canadeh wrote:
Why pull up an old thread (2007)?
bumped
BUMP.
He retired and changed his name to Andersen.
Same thing that happened to many great runners when they got to Dartmouth under Vinny. Too much running and too much drinking.
LOL RIP GREG!