15.Nestor Moreno, IN, bought me a Pink Champale after Sao Sylvester Half Marathon, Cuamo, Puerto Rico, 1979.
15.Nestor Moreno, IN, bought me a Pink Champale after Sao Sylvester Half Marathon, Cuamo, Puerto Rico, 1979.
coachkritter wrote:
15.Nestor Moreno, IN, bought me a Pink Champale after Sao Sylvester Half Marathon, Cuamo, Puerto Rico, 1979.
It must've been the purple hair!
The french guy you speak about was Phil Laheurte from montreal. Great guy who represented canada many times in track and xc.Phil was sadly killed in a car accident in 1990 in Montreal.
Squid wrote:
I was wondering that myself. He may have run for AW for a year or two? RJ's claim to fame was that he actually hurdled over the water rather than putting his foot on the barrier and pushing off.
In Eugene he was known as "belltower" because it seemed that any day he might climb the highest building in town with a high powered rifle and start shooting.
27. Ron Craker IU 25:34
1975 Illinois HS XC State Champion from York HS
Might be a typo in there- Larry Wieczorek most definitely graduated from Iowa, so I doubt he won his second BT title for Indiana.
you can download the BigTen record book for XC from the BigTen site. its pretty interesting.
Its cool to see how many times Wisco won, how many times Wisco and Michigan went 1/2, and how Indiana used to be damn good.
unifight wrote:
Might be a typo in there- Larry Wieczorek most definitely graduated from Iowa, so I doubt he won his second BT title for Indiana.
The team title went to Indiana. Larry was from Iowa.
That fall was my first year out of college. I came down to Madison to watch the national race with an old buddy from my college xc team at UW-O who lived in Madison. It was colder than hell with snow blowing in the wind! My most vivid impression was the guy from Cleveland State who finished a bit behind Lacy. His only concession to the conditions was a pair of brown jersey gloves. His skin was so red by the time he approached the finish line!
Pretty sure Randy Jackson went to HS in Iowa City, Iowa. Find the "belltower" nickname a little interesting, please explain further. He always seemed like a regular guy to me.
ChiRunner wrote:
Pretty sure Randy Jackson went to HS in Iowa City, Iowa. Find the "belltower" nickname a little interesting, please explain further. He always seemed like a regular guy to me.
Shhtt man, you blew my cover. He went to City High and ran a 9:00 2 mile in high school.
I only met Randy a few times but agree that the belltower nickname is extreme. On the track he was probably a little aggressive (got dq'd in the state meet 880 in 1976 for trying to bust out of the pack and he impeded the stride an athlete or two). And after winning the NCAAs in 80, his coach (McClimon) was quoted in the paper as saying that Randy had was not a typical runner but had more of the mentality of a hockey player. He was quiet and intense, but not potentially psychotic.
Looks like Mike White is getting to use his cross country skills as principal.
Living in the Past wrote:
Squid, I do remember that two-week stretch of below-zero weather. It was roughly from the last five days in December through the first 10 days in January.
Do you recall that the consecutive daily highs below freezing set a record that winter?
If I recall, the two weeks sub-zero was a couple of years earlier. The 78-79 winter set a record for most consecutive days sub-freezing in Minneapolis, from late November to early March.
A couple of years ago, here in Jersey we had our first chilly winter in a long time. I broke out my log book from the winter of 78-79. The average temperature of my January runs was something like +4. Looking back, I'm amazed I did that.
fwen wrote:
The french guy you speak about was Phil Laheurte from montreal. Great guy who represented canada many times in track and xc.Phil was sadly killed in a car accident in 1990 in Montreal.
That's horrible news about Phil. You're absolutely right about him being a great guy. He was really quite kind and unassuming. We talked a lot about running during lunches at the French House.
McGato, I think you're right about the two weeks stretch of below zero weather. Now that I think about it, I believe it was '77/'78. But the winter before that was also brutal.
Squid wrote:
Living in the Past: Your memory is improving. That winter was clearly pre-global warming. Several storms dropped over 2 feet of snow. Below freezing? It went for over 2 weeks without getting above ZERO. That weather would kill me today.
I remember the winter of 76-77 in southeastern Kansas. There was a 34 day stretch where the temp never got above freezing. I remember wearing my Oregon Waffle racers on a couple of early morning runs due to the treacherous footing. It has rarely been that cold for very long since. We rarely get a 'white xmas' or as much snow as I got growing up in the 60s and 70s. Something is happening with the weather. I'll let Hannity and Gore argue about it, though.
yes, Indiana used to be damn good
Phillipe LaHeurte (sp?).
If I recall, the two weeks sub-zero was a couple of years earlier. The 78-79 winter set a record for most consecutive days sub-freezing in Minneapolis, from late November to early March.
A couple of years ago, here in Jersey we had our first chilly winter in a long time. I broke out my log book from the winter of 78-79. The average temperature of my January runs was something like +4. Looking back, I'm amazed I did that.[/quote]
McGato, if that stretch was a couple of years previous, then we would have been running together in it, pounding the pavement in O-town. I remember doing some Sunday 20 milers with Mort and Jones that were just brutal. A cold, clear day indeed. It would have never occurred to me to run in that weather were it not for those guys.
Yeah, I think it was Philippe LaHeurte. I didn't realize he was that fast. He ended up running the steeplechase in 8:29 and the 1500 in 3:40.
http://www.boutiquecourir.com/mag2003-2004/textes/tri_Philippe,%20une%20inspiration.htm