Bruce and Hugh,
I too gathered incredible motivation from John Walker and other Kiwis
distance runners of the late 70s/early 80s (Rod Dixon, Dick Quax,
etc.). In HS, a couple of teammates and I used to wear New Zealand
shorts, the black ones as well as the flag shorts. We thought they were
so cool, especially since they severely clashed with our green and gold
uniforms. Numerous people would ask us if we were "Australians, New
Zealanders, or something?", our reply would be something like, "No,
but I'm John Walker!", much in the same spirit as those Nike "I'm Tiger
Woods" commercials that run nowadays.
Steve
> From: Bruce Goodchild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: t-and-f: John Walker memories
>
> Probably my greatest memory of John Walker was the
> summer of '75, when I was touring around southern
> England on my bicycle, sitting in a coffee shop
> in London, opening up the Times of London, and
> seeing that great picture of Walker crossing the
> finish line, the first man under 3:49, his
> blonde hair blowing in the wind (Stockholm, I
> think).....
>
> Bruce Goodchild
> Cambridge/Boston.
>
>
>
> >Running xc and track in highschool from '75-'79, EVERY day I drew motivation
> >from a photo of John Walker tearing up a huge hill. In the background
> >stretched a loooooong road already covered...might have been from SI...maybe
> >T&FN...
> >
> >I WAS John Walker running the hills of SE CT...especially that one @ the mile
> >mark of our xc course...ask John J. Kelley (my coach) about the Brooks St.
> >hill!!
> >
> > Hugh Walker
> >
> > (no...REALLY!)
> >
>
