1880—Frank “Black Dan” Hart received the O’Leary Belt strolling competitors earlier than a full home at Madison Sq. Backyard, masking a document 565 miles in 142 hours. Hart was thought of the premier “pedestrian” at a time when six-day strolling races had been all of the craze.
http://www.runningpast.com/frank_hart.htm
NPR Story: http://www.npr.org/2014/04/03/297327865/in-the-1870s-and-80s-being-a-pedestrian-was-anything-but
(Scroll Down) https://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.com/2018/07/v-8-n-48-all-kinds-of-stuff.html
1896–Greek Spiridon “Spyros” Louis, sporting footwear that had been donated by his fellow villagers, gave his nation a thrill by profitable the inaugural Olympic Marathon in Athens. In accordance with the British paper The Guardian, Louis “…handed the chief, Edwin Flack, a London-based Australian accountant who had earlier received the 800 and 1500 metres.”
“Flack entered the marathon regardless of by no means having run additional than 10 miles earlier than. He ultimately grew to become delirious with dehydration and his companion requested a Greek spectator to assist hold him on his ft.”
“However Flack was so confused he attacked the spectator and pushed him to the bottom earlier than being bundled right into a carriage and brought away for remedy by Prince Nicholas of Greece.” http://sport.guardian.co.uk/olympics2004/athletics/story/0,14782,1293622,00.html
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/NewSport/SpiridonLouis.html
American Ellery Clark, a future Corridor-of-Famer, received the Excessive Bounce (5-11 ½ [1.81]) and Lengthy Bounce (20-10 [6.35]) in Athens and M.I.T. grad Thomas Curtis received the 110-meter hurdles.
One other American, Tom Burke, who had earlier received the 400, received a 2nd gold medal within the 100-Meters. As you may see within the photograph under, Burke (2nd from the left), was the one man within the remaining utilizing the now-common crouch begin. And the runners had been separated by ropes! (photograph within the connected file if it doesn’t seem on this e mail)
Marathon Report: https://www.olympedia.org/outcomes/56017
Historical past of the Marathon:
http://www.marathonguide.com/historical past/olympicmarathons/prologue.cfm
http://www.amazon.com/Olympic-Marathon-Centennial-Historical past-Storied/dp/0275957713
Clark–HOF Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/ellery-clark
1963—John Pennel jumped 16-4 (4.98) in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to interrupt his personal American File within the Pole Vault (16-3/4.955). For unknown causes, neither mark was ratified by the IAAF as a World File.
1982–Desirous to placed on an excellent present for the loyal Eugene followers, race director Alberto Salazar assembled a subject for a particular 10,000-meters in Eugene that included himself, World File holder Henry Rono (27:22.4), 3-time NCAA 10k Champion Suleiman Nyambui (he would win his 4th in June), and Nice Britain’s Adrian Royle, who had crushed Salazar to win the U.S. X-Nation title the earlier fall. The Oregon alum advised the Eugene Register Guard, “I haven’t run effectively right here in three years…I’ve been injured and issues simply haven’t labored out. I owe folks right here an excellent efficiency”.
Properly, the followers that stayed to look at the race after the Oregon-LSU twin meet was over, regardless of having to endure a heavy rain the entire time, had been rewarded with one of many nice distance races in historical past.
After Rono led by means of the primary mile in 4:27, Salazar took over and went by means of a gradual stream of laps within the 66-67 seconds vary. Solely Rono and Royle had been in a position to stick with him, and by 4 miles it was simply Salazar and Rono on the entrance. With simply over a lap to go, Rono jumped into the lead, however Salazar stayed proper with him. Coming off the ultimate flip, Salazar despatched the group of greater than 5,000 followers right into a frenzy as he drew even with Rono and the 2 greats went stride-for-stride down the ultimate straight earlier than Rono held on for a slender win. Rono’s time of 27:29.90 was the 4th-fastest in historical past on the time, and Salazar’s 27:30.00 was #5 and simply missed Craig Virgin’s American File of 27:29.16. From: T&F Information)
A lot has been written about Rono’s previous issues with alcohol, and he reportedly had one drink too many the evening earlier than this race, making his efficiency all of the extra spectacular!
Kenny Moore’s nice protection in Sports activities Illustrated:
https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/04/19/yall-come-ready-to-run
T&F Information Cowl(Could): https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1982_05.jpg
