HeyJaredRunning In The 70s
Interviews with Cross Country Runners, Track Athletes, and Road Racers who ran in the 1970s
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4.30 Charlie Duggan (opens the original)
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Episode 4.30: Charlie Duggan Charlie Duggan stumbled into distance running as a sophomore at Hartford Public High School, intending to spend only a week with the cross-country team before football practice began. Instead, he outran the experienced varsity runners in his first workout and discovered the sport that would shape his life. Coached by 1952 Olympic sprint champion Lindy Remigino, Duggan became one of the nation’s leading high-school two-milers before attending Springfield College. At S
4.29 Coach Matt Centrowitz Sr. Part 2 (opens the original)
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In the second half of his conversation, Matt Centrowitz Sr. traces his path from elite athlete to influential coach. He describes working with Frank Gagliano and the Reebok Enclave—one of America’s pioneering post-collegiate training groups—before building American University’s running program from a modest cross-country team into a successful Division I track program. Centrowitz also explains how a torn hamstring ended his pursuit of the 5,000-metre world record and shares the remarkable story
4.28 Coach Matt Centrowitz Sr Part 1 (opens the original)
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Episode 4.28: Matt Centrowitz Sr., Part 1 Four-time U.S. 5,000-meter champion Matt Centrowitz Sr. takes us from a tough childhood in New York City to becoming one of America's best distance runners. Matt talks about how track "saved his life," transferring to Power Memorial, training in Central Park and Van Cortlandt Park, and his breakthrough high school summer when he raced Craig Virgin, ran 8:56 for two miles and eventually 4:02 for the mile. Centro tells how being rejected by legendary Villa
4.27 Gertrude Betsy Peace (opens the original)
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Running in the 70s episode 4.27 Gertrude Peace Gertrude “Betsy” Jackson-Peace started 1975, is a former standout middle-distance runner whose career stretched from Albany, New York (Albany High School Hall of Fame), to Howard University, where she set an 800-meter school record of 2:09.55 in 1982 that stood for an extraordinary 43 years and was selected as "XC/Track Legend". A lifelong runner, coach and mentor, Peace went on to spend decades introducing young athletes to track and field. In this
4.26 Brad Kron (opens the original)
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Running in the 70s episode 4.26 Brad Kron, start 1964, Brockton High school teammate with Ron Wayne, Mass. state and New England XC team champs (1966), Springfield College, Brockton MA Athletic Hall Of Fame, coaching, 4th place team NE College Championship Springfield College'68 2nd place team College Div. iC4As '68-'70 3x top 20 finisher College Div IC4A's'70 4th place finisher Albany Invitational Ran 709 plus road races 1965-2016 Overall 1st place finisher in races in 5 decades
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