Bill Rodgers 1976 Journey to the First Five Boroughs New York City Marathon “Remember Every Valor of Yours” It is January 1st 1976 and I am running with my Greater Boston Track Club teammates on the streets of Boston from the Eliot Lounge in the Back Bay heading south. The spirit of the group is…
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.…