aaronk wrote:I remember ...Bob Seagren RUNNING an 800 (!!!) in 2:00 or 2:01!! (At the time, I believe he was WR holder in the PV....or at least AR holder!!)
Are you sure it wasn't Bob Seaman, who was also in the L.A. Track Club about that time, I think, and went sub-4 mile about that time? He was a former HS-record holder at the mile distance. Of course if Seaman was in sub-4 mile shape about that time (he did that twice in about '62-63), he probably wouldn't have been clocking a 2:00 800, unless it was en route.
It's been about 12 years since I've seen Seaman, but he was doing well, still in the L.A. area.
I too saw SEAGREN run a 2:00 880 @ Pierce summer meets. He also ran the 440 IH while @ SC. Quite the athlete. Surprised me as well, although Igloi's boys frequented those meets as well. Don't Remember Seaman running there - but that was a few days ago! I do remember shadowing their warm-ups. It was not unusual to see quite a few national and international level athletes there.
aaronk wrote:I remember ...Bob Seagren RUNNING an 800 (!!!) in 2:00 or 2:01!! (At the time, I believe he was WR holder in the PV....or at least AR holder!!)
Are you sure it wasn't Bob Seaman, who was also in the L.A. Track Club about that time, I think, and went sub-4 mile about that time? He was a former HS-record holder at the mile distance. Of course if Seaman was in sub-4 mile shape about that time (he did that twice in about '62-63), he probably wouldn't have been clocking a 2:00 800, unless it was en route.
It's been about 12 years since I've seen Seaman, but he was doing well, still in the L.A. area.
I think it was Seagren. Didn't he compete in Superstars where they ran the 800 and did very well?
I probably wouldn't have remembered a 2:00 880 by a 4-minute miler!! I remember being VERY surprised to see a PV'er run that distance....in that time!! And yes, there were NUMEROUS "big names" that ran there!! I ran almost every meet there for 5 years ('62 through '66).
Those were VERY different days in T&F!! Where All-Comers meets and DUAL meets ruled!!! (Same with Eugene in the 70's!! I ran some All-Comers meets there too!! Mike Manley TIMED some races, as a volunteer!! Big names RAN in those meets!! Nothing like today!! Heck, didn't Mary Slaney set that WR in the 10,000 (31:35.3) in an All-Comers meet at Hayward?? Or was that the Twilight meet??)
I probably wouldn't have remembered a 2:00 880 by a 4-minute miler!! I remember being VERY surprised to see a PV'er run that distance....in that time!! And yes, there were NUMEROUS "big names" that ran there!! I ran almost every meet there for 5 years ('62 through '66).
Those were VERY different days in T&F!! Where All-Comers meets and DUAL meets ruled!!! (Same with Eugene in the 70's!! I ran some All-Comers meets there too!! Mike Manley TIMED some races, as a volunteer!! Big names RAN in those meets!! Nothing like today!! Heck, didn't Mary Slaney set that WR in the 10,000 (31:35.3) in an All-Comers meet at Hayward?? Or was that the Twilight meet??)
Decker's 31:35 was July 16, 1982, so it wasn't the Twilight. Other than an all comer I can't think what else was going on then.
I ran quite a few of those all comer meets. I remember it was in one of them that Henry Marsh broke 4 minutes for the first time and got a ribbon.
Mike Manley was the guy I called back in 1975 about joining OTC after moving to town.
Considering that Rupp is a legitimate contender, I'm a little annoyed NBC is spending virtually all of their pre-race hype on Farah, including a profile piece, and have said nothing about Rupp. Disappointing
Farah & Rupp. Not surprising. I just for once wish Rupp would get the jump at the beginning of the last 400. He always starts at a deficit to Farah and can not make it up. He was closing the best in the last 150, but gave up too much ground.
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What a great race for both Farah and Rupp, beautifully planned and executed, with huge kicks despite all the surging. At least Tariku has the family bragging rights for once.
Nice,indeed. I'm not entirely surprised by the finish, as I've been saying for months now that Rupp is for real. What surprised me more than anything was the relatively feeble resistance put up by the Kenyans and Ethiopians. With this race done, the 5000 could be VERY interesting.
