Half Fast. But faster than the other half. We all carry the same competitive burden. Some choose to express rather than suppress. Expression takes a lot of huevos, suppression none but it allows you to comfortably schmooze with like minded non competitors.
Today I’m nodding to those that were the Fastest, each in their turn. Los hombres tienen heuvos mas grande de todos!
Any of these books are sure to inspire. If you can find them. All detail the best milers of their generation. IN QUEST OF GOLD, 1984. RUNNING WILD, The Gordon Pirie story by W.H. Allen, 1961. A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS, The Murray Halberg Story as told to Garth Gilmour, 1963. NO BUGLES NO DRUMS, Peter Snell’s story by Garth Gilmour, 1965. LOVELOCK, by James McNeish, 1986. THE JIM RYUN STORY by Cordner Nelson, 1967. THE MILER, Steve Scott’s story by Marc Bloom, 1997. Gil Dodds, THE FLYING PARSON, by Mel Larson, 1945. New Views of Speed Training, Runners World, 1971. INTERVAL TRAINING, by Nick Costes, Runners World, 1972. Open book row three is THE HERB ELLIOTT STORY, as told to Alan Tengrove, 1961. OVETT, by Steve Ovett, 1984. SEBASTIAN COE, RUNNING FREE with David Miller, 1981. KIWIS CAN FLY, by Ivan Agnew, 1976. JOHN WALKER, CHAMPION, with Ron Palenski, 1984. Row four open book is 2nd copy of RUNNING WILD, then a couple of my favorite fiction pieces, SLINGER SANCHEZ, RUNNING GUN by my old buddy Bruce Glikin and ONCE A RUNNER by my even older buddy John L. Parker Jr. And finally OLYMPIC DREAM, by Henry Rono, 2008.
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