The Americans dug some holes in the ocean and out came some oil (money)... what are you so cocky about ?
Showing posts with label 70`s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 70`s. Show all posts
11 Jul 2026
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 5000 m. 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....
4 Dec 2020
3 Nov 2017
1 Sept 2017
20 Aug 2017
30 Apr 2017
27 Feb 2017
21 Oct 2016
16 Sept 2016
11 Sept 2016
25 Jul 2016
24 Jun 2016
29 May 2016
The final race....
(click to enlarge)
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.
8 May 2016
As time goes by....
Holland Park, London 1976, photo: Mick Rock
..there are some advantages to choosing the right style from the beginning.
23 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016
13 Mar 2016
12 Mar 2016
28 Feb 2016
The day Sweden lost its innocence....
..with youngest son at Fårö
Olof Palme, cowardly assassinated in Stockholm, on this date....30 years ago.
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