I immediately went out and hammered an 8 miler and my dad went to the gym. I feel renewed for the coming track season now, inspired by this guy named Steve Prefontaine who pushed himself to the limit and left nothing on the table.
I immediately went out and hammered an 8 miler and my dad went to the gym. I feel renewed for the coming track season now, inspired by this guy named Steve Prefontaine who pushed himself to the limit and left nothing on the table.
YES I watched it too and it has renewed my commitment as well.
Sorry that I missed it, but did Pre die in the movie? I assume he did...
too bad you are a useless piece of garbage who couldn't come close to understanding the kind of effort Pre was able to summon in his running and a very productive, if short life. You are only about the 1000000th troll who makes a comment like that everytime Pre is mentioned to make up for your own sad life.
Ay, caramba. Some of you REALLY need to get over this Pre fixation. There are contemporary runners to concern yourselves with...like your own selves.
so, you have no heroes or role models that help keep you motivated?
Ya, I watched it, then had some beers!!! Anyone wanna go for a drive!?
i am a piece of garbage... wrote:
I immediately went out and hammered an 8 miler and my dad went to the gym. I feel renewed for the coming track season now, inspired by this guy named Steve Prefontaine who pushed himself to the limit and left nothing on the table.
Ah, the weekly Pre thread!
There is a kid (around high school or early college age) that works at a local running shop who looks just like Pre (intentionally, I'm sure).
He's always wearing a yellow Nike xc tshirt.
By the way Pre kid, thanks for all of the free ceramic spikes!
which movie did they show?
unfortunately not the one with Monica Potter in
WWRD wrote:
which movie did they show?
It's the one where he gets 4th in the '72 Games, and dies in a car accident.
It was the one with Jared Leto. Saw it as I was flipping through the ESPN channels to check the football scores.
I think Leto actually looks like a real runner. Can't say much for the movie's dialogue, but I think he comes off pretty good.
i am a piece of garbage... wrote:
I immediately went out and hammered an 8 miler and my dad went to the gym. I feel renewed for the coming track season now, inspired by this guy named Steve Prefontaine who pushed himself to the limit and left nothing on the table.
I'm long over the Pre will inspire me nonsense however I hadn't seen this and thought that Without Limits was a better moview.
I found this one a bit tedious.
CSI wrote:
I hadn't seen this and thought that Without Limits was a better moview.
I found this one a bit tedious.
yes, i think, overall, that without limits was a superior film, but i thought Leto was a better Pre.
The way Pre can still inspire is: 'you never know when your time is up, so grab each day, each opportunity, whether in running, work, family or life in general; do your best and get the most out of yourself and your abilities.
ESPN Classic showed the Jared Leto version of Pre as Disney produced that version.
Geoff Hollister and Pat Tyson were technical advisors on that movie, which was shot primarily in the Seattle area (72 Olympics was shot at Husky Stadium; the Olympic village scenes were at McMahon Hall; Pac-8s at West Seattle Stadium; Hayward Field scenes were shot primarily at the University of Puget Sound--I believe there was a conflict between the producers and the U of O).
Several sprinters on my track club worked as extras in that movie.
The more I watch that 5,000 and all its various recreations, the more I admire the race that Viren, Gammoudi, and Stewart ran and the more I realize what a stupid dumbass race that other guy ran.
sorry, but the disney one ain't real.
Quizas wrote:
Ay, caramba. Some of you REALLY need to get over this Pre fixation. There are contemporary runners to concern yourselves with...like your own selves.
Yes, but they haven't made a semifactual movies about them.