Frank Shorter
Frank Shorter
Frank Charles Shorteris an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His Olympic successes, along with the achievements of other American runners, are credited with igniting the running boom in the United States during the 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth31 October 1947
CityMunich, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
When you first run up First Avenue in New York, if you don't get goose bumps, theres something wrong with you.
Numbers don't lie. You always seem to remember your workouts as being a little better than they were. It's good to go back and review what you do.
I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet.
It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes - they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing.
I was actually going to law school in 1972.
The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.
For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point.
Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.
Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed.
I also held several masters running titles.
It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting the child in an organized activity so the child can find what they truly like to do and let them go.
To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.
Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.
So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer.