50 Years ago Frank Shorter won the 1972 Olympic Marathon gold and changed the course of running in America. He joined us at 68:22 to look back at his magical moment, plus recount some of the sadness from the 1972 Games, talk about his training and a lot more, including Steve Prefontaine going snow skiing.

A great listen. Our talk with Frank went longer than expected so we've got a super long podcast for today as before our talk with Frank we broke down the latest professional track and field news. Show notes below.

If you'd like video of our talk with Frank we have it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SV5s4u9Zo0 (We had some audio issues early on which are more apparent in the video)

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Show notes: 5:35 LetsRun Forums get a shout-out on Diamond League broadcast
6:41 Grant Fisher 12:46 American Record + How great is his 2022 season?
9:07 Kara Goucher audio
21:39 Rest of Brussels: Jake Wightman FTW 800, Ciara Mageean dreams become reality
32:35 Yared Nuguse the top US 1500m runner?!
42:13 Who would you rather be: Cole Hocker, Cooper Teare, Hobbs Kessler or Yared Nuguse?
47:23 Keira D'Amato and Emily Sisson Impress at New Haven 20k
53:50 Conner Mantz Wins and Ready for Marathon Debut
58:50 Diamond League Final
68:22 Frank Shorter 50th Anniversary Podcast
78:26 Training with Prefontaine, focusing on strengths
85:33 Rooming with Dave Wottle 1972 800m gold medallist
89:22 1972 Massacre
95:18 The running boom with Bill Rodgers and the crazy 1966 dual meet with Wesleyan
101:50 The running camaraderie in the 1970s and how professionalization changed it
108:36 Anti-doping now vs 20 years ago vs 50 years ago
117:53 1976 silver, Frank thinking Waldemar Cierpinski was Carlos Lopes
124:58 How fast could he run with a pacer and supershoes
131:49 Telling Steve Prefontaine he was 'stupid' at 1972 Olympics
136:43 Altitude training with Pre, Pre's ski accident
141:41 Yale cross country and Frank dropping out of Yale-Harvard meet
148:46 His running now. How fast could he run a mile now?
150:28 The toughest runner he ever competed against
153:15 A sample week of training
160:07 What he remembers most about 1972 Olympics
163:00 Frank's #1 piece of running advice

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