Tales of the Times
Lowell High School (MA) 1969-1973 Age/Grade Year 880yds 1000yds Mile 2 Mile 3 Mile 14/FR 1969 2:13 4:58 15/SO 1970 2:29.8i 4:38i 9:49.0 16/JR 1971 4:30i 9:45.0 17/SR 1972/73 2:00.0* 2:22.3* i 4:22.4i 9:17.4 15:08 1969- Junior High School Champion 880 yds. 1971 – Class A 2 Mile Champ Indoor & Outdoor; 7th – State…
Excerpts from Marathoning by Bill Rodgers with Joe Concannon pages 87-89. The MARATHON. It is not one of the ultimate challenges, like going to the moon or climbing Mount Everest. The marathon is something that is readily within reach, and when I reached for it, I won Boston. I set the American Record. That opened…
One of the keys to performing well is eliminating anxiety. I have no fear of failure and no fear of success; both will happen. I do not get embarrassed. What happens happens and it matters little to nothing to me if others don’t approve. I do not train to beat people. I do not go…
JANUARY WEEKLY TOTAL Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri.1 21m run a.m 2:14:09 Sat. 2 5m run a.m. 33:49 5m run p.m. 34:26 Sun. 3 71 10m run a.m 65:36 4 6m run a.m. 42:38 snow 6m run p.m. 42:10 5 3m strides 4x400m 68 10x200m 31 1x800m 2:18 5m run 6 9m run a.m. 60:26 6m…
JANUARY WEEKLY TOTAL Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu.1 26m run a.m 2:36:51 Boston Course Fri.2 4m run a.m. 28:22 snow storm Sat.3 5m run p.m. 35:20 Sun.4 66 Holy Cross Open 3m strides 1500m 4:05 1st 2m run 5 5m run a.m. 34:41 5m run p.m. 34:30 6 6m run a.m. 40:11 8m run p.m. 52:37…
JANUARY WEEKLY TOTAL Mon. Tue. Wed.1 26m run a.m 2:40:08 Boston Course Thu.2 5m run a.m. 33:40 7m run a.m. 45:39 Fri.3 7m run a.m. 46:09 Sat.4 15m run a.m 1:36:05 Sun.5 101 14m run a.m 1:29:30 6 12m run a.m 74:18 4m run p.m. 27:06 7 7m run a.m. 44:06 6m run p.m. 40:34…
JANUARY WEEKLY TOTAL Mon. Tue.1 10m run p.m 66:25 Wed.2 nothing sore calf Thu.3 nothing Fri.4 3m run p.m. 20:34 Sat.5 5m run p.m. 31:24 Sun.6 19 nothing 7 6m run a.m. 37:00 massage 8 nothing 9 7m run a.m. 43:12 10 9m run p.m. 59:55 11 10m run p.m 61:30 12 nothing 13 50…
JANUARY WEEKLY TOTAL Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun.1 11322m run a.m 2:18:37 26m run p.m. 38:34 311m run a.m 69:43 6m run p.m. 38:45 411m run a.m. 70:14 3m strides 4x400m 67,67,66,65 4x800m 2:16,2:13, 2:15,2:12 400m 67 4m run 513m run a.m 1:25:30 66m run a.m. 38:04 massage 7Dartmouth Relays 5m run a.m.…
JANUARY WEEKLY TOTAL Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.1 25m run a.m 2:43:07 Sun.2 100 4m run a.m. 28:27 3 4m run a.m. 28:47 5m run p.m. 30:15 nautilus 4 4m run a.m. 27:52 9m run p.m. 56:08 5 15m run a.m 1:24:29 6m run p.m. 40:05 nautilus 6 8m run a.m. 52:46 7 8m…