Kenny Moore wrote
an article for Sports Illustrated back in the 70's that still haunts me with
its beauty. Sorry, but my failing memory can't recall the date. It was
sometime after the Munich Olympics, and likely before Montreal. The title was
"An Enigma Wrapped In Glory", the author, Kenny Moore. The subject was Lasse
Viren, and it painted a flawless portrait of a shy man's quiet life in
Finland, and his ensuing triumphs in track and field.
Moore is a fine
wordsmith, great storyteller, and most certainly knows his subject matter. I
assume there's Irish blood running in his veins. And like the endless list of
great Irish writers both past and present, he has that special gift of giving
life to words on paper.
I wish he'd write a
running novel. There's little doubt in my mind that he'd shame the rest of us
who have attempted the same.
Bruce
Glikin/author/'Slinger Sanchez Running Gun'
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0966345800
At 10:09 PM 10/19/00 -0700, mike
fanelli wrote:
Having just finished re-reading the NY
Times article by Mike Wise (9/17/00)
which I had submitted to the Track and
Field Writer's of America (TAFWA)
newsletter, I realize that it is most
certainly amongst my all time
favorites. It is entitled "The Third man in
Mexico City" and is about Peter
Norman...the Australian 200 meter silver
medalist...right up there on the
medal podium with Tommie Smith and John
Carlos in '68.
Others on that list include Ken Kesey's coverage
(Running Magazine) of the
1980 Olympic Track and Field Trials as well as
Hunter S. Thompson's version
of the Honolulu Marathon...you know, the one
where he continually refers to
eventual winner, Duncan MacDonald, as
"Drunken McDeviate"
On the more serious side, an article from 8?/85
Runner's World on optimal
training paces passes as my single favorite, most
right-on, comprehensive
long distance training overview...along with just
about anything that Pete
Pfitzinger writes in Running Times these
days.
What are your favorite articles...and why??
-Mike
Fanelli
