Don't forget Ted Corbitt, 1952 Olympian, top finisher at Boston, first president of the New York Road Runners Club. He's better known for his ultra-running, his most impressive performance being 5:35 (6:40 per mile) for 50 miles at age 50.
He was also one of the first real proponents of high mileage training, brushing 200 miles per week at his peak. - Ed Parrot ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Wayne T. Armbrust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:11 AM Subject: Re: t-and-f: we have a winner! > Elite black distance runners before 1960: > Ted Wheeler, Iowa & US half-miler and miler - 4:4ish in the '50s - and > Olympian. > Charles 'Deacon' Jones, Iowa and US, 2-time Olympian in the s/c. 1952 and > '56. > Nyandika Maiyoro, Kenya, 6th in 5,000m. at Rome Olympics and pioneer of > Kenyan distance running (4th. in English AAA 3 mile in 1954). > The Iowa connection is interesting - the foresight of Francis X. Cretzmeyer, > track coach who recruited Wheeler and Jones, transgressing the prevailing > view of blacks only having 'great speed but little stamina'. > Cheers > John Bale > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wayne T. Armbrust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 4:00 PM > Subject: Re: t-and-f: we have a winner! > > > "Mcewen, Brian T" wrote: > > > Now I remember that when I read that Keino was the first sub-4:00 > "African" > > ... it was actually the first "black African". > > > > I'll have to try and stop quoting things from work where my books aren't. > > > > /Brian > > Elite black distance runners were a distinct rarity in 1964 when Keino first > emerged on the international scene. I remember well the announcer (can't > remember his name) noting with amazement that "There's a colored runner, > Keino > from Kenya, up with the leaders," during the coverage of the Tokyo 5000. > > -- > Wayne T. Armbrust, Ph.D. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ComputomarxT > 3604 Grant Ct. > Columbia MO 65203-5800 USA > (573) 445-6675 (voice & FAX) > http://www.Computomarx.com > "Know the difference between right and wrong... > Always give your best effort... > Treat others the way you'd like to be treated..." > - Coach Bill Sudeck (1926-2000) > > > >
