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
I graduated from Yale in 1969, from the University of Florida Law School in 1974, and passed the Colorado bar and was admitted in 1975.
I was actually going to law school in 1972.
Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.
I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.
How did I know you ran a 4:30 mile in high school? That's easy. Everyone ran a 4:30 mile in high school.
I think he had a wake-up call. ...It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.
Really, I think that going out and playing with your friends is kind of becoming a lost art, with the kids in the neighborhood.
You don't rub 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.
My goal is to break three hours in a marathon
The weather is perfect. The gods are shining on us.
I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it.
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.