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Here’s another short, quirky You Tube video from jeff noel at University of Oregon and Track Town USA.
If you are not a Track fan, that’s ok. This blog isn’t about Track anyway, it’s about excellence, our physical well-being and our approach to what we do with it.
But you already knew that, right?
Lane 8 Vision From Hayward Field. Visited University of Oregon a few days ago. Here’s a short You Tube summarizing how Lane 8 came to be:
Worst lane and come in last. I’m good with that. Seriously.
In the finals. At the World Championships. Ya with me?
Hayward Field is more fantastic than it looks on film or TV.
Maybe a year or so ago it seemed like a place to visit, based on the things that touch a runner’s soul.
Well yesterday, put a big old check mark next to Hayward Field.
While there, had a great conversation with Mr. Ron. He’s in charge of Hayward Field and has been there 28 years. What are the odds of meeting him? Mac Wilkins was his javelin coach. Small world.
Ran 5,000 meters in honor of Steve Prefontaine’s signature race.
“The hay’s in the barn”, Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Nike, told his team.
My all time favorite running movie?
“Without Limits”. It’s the Steve Prefontaine story.
There’s a scene in which the University of Oregon track team is at the NCAA’s and Bowerman tells the team, essentially, there is no need to practice, “The hay’s in the barn”.
The hard work has been done. Now, it’s time for the feast. Time to celebrate, so to speak.
Yesterday, I actually had a very high quality speed workout and then a few hours later hit Gold’s Gym to do a light core workout.
As I was working my core, I came to a realization – I’m in great shape. There is no need at this point to bust my hump.
The hay is in the barn.
Party time! Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
PS. Here’s Without Limits Trailer:
Inspired? If not, I hope you find it somewhere soon.
Alan Webb You Tube video, breaking the USA National High School record for one mile, at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon, May 28, 2001.
Here’s an article with Alan Webb’s story from that day.
By the way, the great Jim Ryan held the previous record for 36 years. This was a monumental day in High School Track & Field.
The winner of the race was Hicham El Guerrouj, from Morocco, the world record-holder, who ran 3:49.92, the fastest mile ever run in North America.
Amazing things happen all the time. We often forget that they can also happen to us, and do happen to us, but we don’t recognize them because they are not record-breaking feats.
Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂