Finger Lakes Runners Club
Newsletter
May 2004
Trail Running Stoneheads, Road Running Pavement Pounders, and Track Smacking Maniacs
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"A man who sets out to become an artist at the mile is something like
a man who sets out to discover the most graceful method of being
hanged. No matter how logical his plans, he can not carry them out
without physical suffering."
-- Paul O'Neil, quoted in the new book "The Perfect Mile," by
Neil Bascomb which commemorates the 50th anniversary May 6th of the quest
for the first sub-four minute mile.
"And what exactly will you ladies be using these shoes for?"
-- a high school kid working the shoe department at Dick's
watching "old enough to be his mothers" Phyllis Radke and Diane Sherrer
trying on RocketGirl track spikes. The kid couldn't imagine why we'd need
these shoes. Dripping in sarcasm, I answered him, "Track." Phyl whispered
to me to tell him we're going to use them for gardening.
"I think they picked me because I can still walk and feed myself. I
run 7 days a week. I've run 12 marathons, and I just ran a little 4-mile
race on St. Pat's Day."
-- Phil Russell, 83, of Kirkwood and the Triple Cities Runners
Club. Congratulations to Phil Russell, an avid runner and supporter of
all runners, who has been selected as a U.S. delegate to the D-Day
ceremonies in France in June to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the
allied troops landing in Normandy. Phil served with the Army's 101st
Airborn Division during the D-Day invasion, and he will be among 100 WWII
vets awarded the Legion of Honor, France's highest military and civilian
decoration for his role in liberating France from the Nazi occupation
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