While I was a huge fan of the long haired, barrel chested miler and his
always ballsy racing style, I am forever indebted to him for the shoe named
after him...the Brooks John Walker RT1...it totally chewed the hell out of
my feet but carried me to a then (1979) breakthrough marathon performance of
2:26 on the tough old San Francisco Marathon course...a huge improvement in
which I explained away as being "the shoes"
-Mike
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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: t-and-f: John Walker memories
> In a message dated Mon, 23 Oct 2000 5:52:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Bruce
> Goodchild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> <<
> 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.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Walker set the mile record in Göteborg (Gothenburg).
> sideshow
