Showing posts with label Hayward Field. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hayward Field. Show all posts

29 May 2022

The final 5 K....


 Eugene, Hayward Field, May 29, 1975

Frank Shorter and Steve Prefontaine making an attempt to break the American record in the distance. Both runners had a huge influence on the emerging running boom of the 1970`s (and that never faded away !). They were at the time at the forefront of fighting to change the amateur rules that prevented top-class athletes from making a decent living out of their sports. Prefontaine embodied the true joy of running and, on the track, he was a completely fearless athlete. A few hours later, his life came to an end in a car accident. This was his last sunset.... 

29 May 2016

The final race....

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behind is nothing....ahead, a few hours 

Eugene, Hayward Field, May 29, 1975. A remarkable career that came to a sudden end. Steve Prefontaine personified in many ways the "joy of running"....and had a huge influence on the running boom that emerged in the 1970's.