- Marathon Great Takeyuki Nakayama criticizes boring rabbitted races - "The Marathon is a Drama Without a Script - When it's just the same old script it's boring as hell" Nakamyama, who was 4th at both the 1988 and 1992 Olympic marathons, famously went out in 61:55 in Fukuoka in 1987 when the WR was 2:07:12.
*MB: RR: Japanese marathon legend takes shot at today's rabbited races. "When it's just the same old script it's boring as hell" - A conversation with Canadian icon Bruce Kidd Kidd was once called “a symbol of Canadian manhood” by former Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips. At 18, he ran 13:42 for 5k. At 19, he won CG gold and bronze. He talks about his memoir 'A Runner's Journey'. Purchase here.
‒ Japanese marathon legend Takeyuki Nakayama, who was twice 4th at the Olympics, talking about why he went out in 61:55 at the 1987 Fukuoka Marathon when the world record was 2:07:12.
*MB: RR: Japanese marathon legend takes shot at today's rabbited races. "When it's just the same old script it's boring as hell"