Gerry didn’t fall, but said he had to nearly stop three or four times to keep from it. Oregon’s runners, the only ones to wear spikes on the slippery, leaf-covered course at Oregon State which also involved some hard-surfaced areas, got 5 of the first 6 places and a surprisingly easy victory over highly-regarded Washington State, 19–44.įreshman Prefontaine went ahead early on the grass, watched Gerry Lindgren burn by and build a 60y lead on the second and third miles of asphalt, then gained it all back-pIus 150y-as they got back on grass and Lindgren found the going too treacherous.
And for his first-ever 6M, Steve Prefontaine did the same. … Pacific Coast: For a team giving little emphasis to cross country and running its first meet of the year, Oregon made quite a showing in the Northern Division (of the Pac-8) race. November 1969: XC Roundup November 1969: In the first of what would be 5 front-page appearances, Pre was captured winning the Pac-8’s Northern Division XC race. We have taken the liberty of doing some stylistic updatings to mirror our modern protocol and also added an editorial comment or three: he was waiting to take my picture and i hollered at him from about 100 yards away.and then 50.and he didn't see me until i was right next to him! 'oh! slow down!' and i smiled and waved and he tried in vain to get a picture of my back as i ran off.HERE, IN THE SECOND of a long multi-part series, is how we reported the career of Steve Prefontaine in our pages from the fall of ’69 through the summer of ’70, with the same photographs we used at the time. my dad was the only one who made it down to watch the race (the girls were still sleeping at 8ish when i ran past my dad ). even with good training, a perfect day, and a great event with loads of cheering spectators, i couldn't imagine going twice as far (although, i did feel like the time on the north shore was too short.and the marathon is an extra 13.2 miles on the shore ). i am still in complete awe of anyone who does a full marathon. really gave me the sense of how far i was travelling. it went from being a tinker toy to being actual size.
my brother told me that it would be really amazing seeing the arial lift bridge from mile 1 and then again at mile 11.and boy was that true.
REALLY had to pee and there were port-a-pots at each water station (which were at nearly every mile marker ), but there were lines! ran past them at mile 3 and then a bit later saw 5 women squatting in a little gully off the side of the road.so i joined them. ran with peter to mile 2, but then felt ready to go faster. wanted to go slower at the beginning and get my legs slowly warmed up, since it was pretty cool at the start.
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