1972 OLYMPIC TRIALS-MARATHON

Great victory as rabbit at LA Marathon in 94 !

Seems like it was two weeks ago .

You had a long career .

Bravo !

I remember just a few years ago seeing an ad seeking original Nike waffle trainers from the 70s, even though there were thousands made, for resale in Japan because they were considered cool there and apparently there are shoe collectors. Go figure. they were paying as much as $30 for ones in excellent condition. They were blue nylon with a yellow shoosh.

Paul Pilkington was the rabbit who won the 94 LA Marathon, not our OP.

Hi Paul. I am the person who sold Bruce Mortenson's deteriorating Moon Shoes for $11,200 in December. I'd love to help you with your shoes. Please email me at jordygeller@aol.com. Thank you, Jordan

asking for a friend wrote:

great to see a legend here. OP can I have your shoes for $10?

*asking for a friend

I love letsrun.

1955,

I arrived at BGSU in 1965, two years later and I would have been with Dave

and Sid during the time when they were were getting very good. I graduated

in 1969, just before the influx of good runners arriving at BG.

I'm not sure what happened to Sid in the steeplechase trials. But he

didn't have a good race.

I did get to run with Dave in several races during the summers after I had

graduated. Dave was from Canton and I was living there and helping coach

the Malone College track and cross country teams.

Jordan,

Had my daughter email you photos of my 1972 Nike waffle shoes. I also

sent photos of my college spikes (Puma Blitz), they are from the 60's. Hope

the photos are what you wanted.

Thanks for your interest, Paul

To:1955

About 6 weeks ago you started a thread about some heart issues that you were having. It generated some interesting and valuable information. I was also born in 1955 so I payed special attention to it.

How are you doing?

PAUL TALKINGTON wrote:

Jordan,

Had my daughter email you photos of my 1972 Nike waffle shoes. I also

sent photos of my college spikes (Puma Blitz), they are from the 60's. Hope

the photos are what you wanted.

Thanks for your interest, Paul

Could you also upload these photo to this website? I would love to see them.

And I look forward to hearing the stories of a running legend.

All the best!

Paul, did you know Dan McCrone? Ran for St. Ignatius in the Cleveland area. Graduated from hs in 1969.

Not sure if Paul is aware of this great video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYM9rRuDytU

Birdlegs wrote:

To:1955

About 6 weeks ago you started a thread about some heart issues that you were having. It generated some interesting and valuable information. I was also born in 1955 so I payed special attention to it.

How are you doing?

Thanks for asking. I'll reply on that thread, so as not to hijack this one.

Paul,

I got the pics of the Pumas but not the Waffles. I'd love to see them.

Thank you,

Jordan

42Krunner

Thanks for the video, but I do have a copy of the video from the TV station

which produced it. Those runners were my Summit Athletic Club team

members from around Akron. There were some pretty good runner in that

group.

JORDAN,

You are probably more familiar with how things are put on LetsRun.com.

Others were interested in seeing the shoes. Maybe you could download

the photos which I sent you onto LetsRun.com.

thanks, Paul

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Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Paul,

I have a pair as well. My wife threw them away after about ten years.

We are still married though.

There was a similar pair on display at the Nike store in Eugene.

Igy

I skipped the OP and read this first. I hope you find your balls.

Sorry for my ignorance, but to be clear --- there is really a Paul Talkington AND a Paul Pilkington? And both were great marathoners? If these 2 meet the world might end.