Post by marathondude on Feb 10, 2011 11:19:47 GMT -5
My Feb interview is with Tom Fleming at www.garycohenrunning.com/Interviews/Fleming.aspx Tom discusses his 1973 and 75 NYC Marathon wins, 1973 and 74 Boston runner up finishes, 1975 Olympic Trials Marathon 5th, 1977 Fukuoka Marathon 4th, 200-mile training weeks with Bill Rodgers, a lengthy conversation with Jesse Owens where he heard Owens’ version of meeting Adolph Hitler, being inspired by 1952 Olympic Gold Medalist Horace Ashenfelter, what he did on Woodstock weekend, the current state of U.S. marathon racers and much more. Also ‘Inside Stuff’ like a ‘Funny Memory’ with Bill Rodgers in Japan, an amazing ‘First Job’ experience and his ‘Running Heroes’ (Hill, Ashenfelter and Bikila) in his most in-depth interview ever. Tom was gracious to spend two hours on the telephone with me.