remember when...reminiscing....

When the clock in your kitchen was your timer.

...When Dino and I could run all over Bedrock without all those new fangled machines.

lol, I still drive my running routes with my car to measure distance...I don't have a garmin.

lol also at 9 and 10!

When road races were about racing.

"It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia." - Frank Zappa

When a dime bag cost a dime

A Skeptic wrote:

When road races were about racing.

We are ALL winners. LOL!

Nothing to do with running, but still interesting...

My first driver's license was just a piece of thick cardboard-like paper, with no pic--more or less similar to a 'proof of insurance' card these days.

A friend of mine modified his date of birth by means of exacto knife and glue, so that he could ride a motorcycle restricted to 18 & older. Cops were never the wiser since there were no computers then to check his DOB.

old timerz wrote:

3.) the original nike waffle racer (in grey)

Were those the grey ones with the light blue stripe? If so, those weren't the first; I remember wearing those in the 82-83 timeframe, give or take a year. I remember the fluorescent green ones with the black stripe were before the grey ones and even earlier than that were the bright yellow ones with the green stripe - I think those were the originals?

1972; finished my first marathon in 3;39. Nearly last in a field of 275.

2009; finished my last marathon in 3;38. Top 20th percentile in a field of 40,000.

Why did it become so "OK" just to finish??

Bushman wrote:

1972; finished my first marathon in 3;39. Nearly last in a field of 275.

2009; finished my last marathon in 3;38. Top 20th percentile in a field of 40,000.

Why did it become so "OK" just to finish??

I remember when the "average" person wanted to compete then improve- at their own level.

Then, it's just finishing- 5 hours? More? Could it be Gallowalking's fault? letting people know that it's ok NOT to give your all. That gradually diminished to "just finish"- walk whenever you're tired.

I guess it's good that there is a segment of society that resists obesity by doing this. It's better than if they got fat and painted their bodies as they lived vicariously through some NFL "athlete".

We used a Marks A Lot to draw a line at an angle on the side of the card decks in order to keep see if the cards are in sequential order before submitting the job to the Job Clerk at the RJE station.

I remember when ... My parents agreed to pay for half of the cost of the new Nike Air Max, which were $75 - way higher than any other shoe on the market at the time.

distance guy wrote:

I remember when ... My parents agreed to pay for half of the cost of the new Nike Air Max, which were $75 - way higher than any other shoe on the market at the time.

I remember my first pair of spikes (Onitsuka Tigers) cost $18.00 and my father almost had a heart attack when he paid for them!

I just bought a pair of shoes for $100.00 and didn't bat an eye.

1. The Sao Silvestre Race in Brazil was a 5 miler at Midnight. It was too wild so they moved it to the afternoon.

2. The Road Race of the Month was the greatest show on TV. I remember when it took 30 minutes (ok22 w/commercials) to show the Carlsbad 5K!

3. The same show would show San Blas every year.

I remember my dad watching Wide world of Sports and there was a masters mile on. My dad could not believe that a 40 year old guy could run under 5:00 for the mile. this was late 60's maybe.

I also remember not caring what your time was in a road race....it was a road race!

I remember when Cross country was a prep for outdoor track and other than Martin Mcgrady and Lee Evans there wasn't anything remotely interesting about indoor track.

I remember when cross country and road racing were a matter of drawing a line on the ground and saying first one back here wins.

Failing my first dope test.