#tbt – Dick Buerkle Remembers Pre
May 30th was the 40th anniversary of Steve Prefontaine‘s death in a car accident. Dick Buerkle, two-time Olympian […]
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#tbt – The Ad That Launched a Million Swooshes
This ad, published 50 years ago in the Long Distance Log, was one of the very first from […]
#tbt – How Kickstarter Worked in the 60’s
In 1964, Ted Corbitt spearheaded an effort to get a runner from the US to England for September’s London-to-Brighton […]
#tbt – The Beatles could have played the first San ...
They’re holding the 2015 San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon at the end of this month. I’ll always have […]
#tbt – A Killing Pace Won’t Kill You
Since time began… well, anyhow since timing began, people have been telling runners that excessive running (defined as “more than […]
#tbt – Percy Cerutty wants you to “Just Do It”
Australian Percy Cerutty turned to exercise in 1939 to reshape his life after a nervous breakdown. Afterwards, he became […]