I'm looking for the text to the 1970 SI Prefontaine article "The Freshman and the Great Guru". I can't find it anywhere online. If anyone has it electronically and can post it, I'd appreciate it. If not, I'm particularly looking for a part in the article that says something like "After hitting two miles in x:xx, Prefontaine thought "Oh, no, I've never been here before......" Any help is appreciated.
bump this later and I'll remember when I'm home.
The piece, The Freshman and the Great Guru, was written by Pat Putnam and ran in the June 15, 1970 issue of SI. The part you asked about:
"It was in the three mile against Washington State that he did his 13:12.8, the best by an American in two years. As usual, Prefontaine was away fast, setting a burning pace. He passed the two-mile mark in 8:45. "I said, 'Oh, oh, I've never been here before,'" says Prefontaine. "It was unexplored territory. It's strange. You find yourself in a spot in time you've never hit before and you don't know if you can finish. But I'm always exploring myself. I haven't reached the threshold of unconsciousness yet. Maybe I never will."
Nostradamus . wrote:
"I haven't reached the threshold of unconsciousness yet. Maybe I never will."
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You're an idiot.
Thanks researcher; that was what I was looking for.
Nostradamus . wrote:
"I haven't reached the threshold of unconsciousness yet. Maybe I never will."
Image:
http://i22.tinypic.com/j9lnvk.jpg
funniest thing i've ever seen. this should be the quote [and picture] of the month.
ante up wrote:
You're an idiot.
Thanks.
How can you douchebags who live in glass houses be so sure that you are above it all to laugh at a tragedy? I hope you get through life unscathed but if you don't maybe you can look back at this kind of mentality and remember that you probably got what was coming to you.
negrodamus wrote:
Nostradamus . wrote:"I haven't reached the threshold of unconsciousness yet. Maybe I never will."
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http://i22.tinypic.com/j9lnvk.jpgfunniest thing i've ever seen. this should be the quote [and picture] of the month.
The guy has been dead for decades. Give up the worship already.
There are plenty of runners who have actually won something who don't rate much around here. But Pre is a "dude who went for it dude" and these tools who weren't even born before he hit the tree rush to give him cyber rim jobs and buy Nike crap.
zx,m wrote:
The guy has been dead for decades. Give up the worship already.
There are plenty of runners who have actually won something who don't rate much around here. But Pre is a "dude who went for it dude" and these tools who weren't even born before he hit the tree rush to give him cyber rim jobs and buy Nike crap.
Was there a tree in that wall? Hmmm, they must have pulled it out.
And ohh yeah, I'm sure there are plenty of "dudes who have actually won" as much as Pre did.
Sounds like you were born before he hit the wall...errr....tree and don't know to much about him. That would make you pretty ignorant considering I have co-workers who don't know shit about running but remember Pre.
xm,z:
Jesus has been dead for hundreds of decades, why you dont just get over him?
He was a normal man. Prefontaine ran.
Get a life - Pre Sucks
