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Old 05-30-2005, 07:04 PM   #1
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Today is the 30th anniversary of his tragic death (yes I was reminded by a Nike ad), but he is my hero in the sporting world so I am making a thread.

I know this is TPWW and people are just looking for something to pick out and flame me on, and especially the English guys whenever its an American athlete, but he was one of the greatest American athletes of all time. I won't go as far as to say that he is the greatest distance runner of all time, because he was killed before he reached his prime and even so his records probably would have been surpassed by new technology.

Its hard to explain to a non-runner the importance of Pre, but he ran with heart. He was a front runner, he didn't sit back and kick at the end, he wanted to win the whole thing. At one point he held every American Record from like the 1000 to the 10000 or something like that. He was an unbelievable athlete and a character that is rare in the world in track and field.

If you have the opportunity I would recommend watching either Prefontaine or Without Limits, both great movies, I don't know which one I like better.

RIP Steve Prefontaine. American legend.

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Old 05-30-2005, 07:05 PM   #2
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http://www.nike.com/nikerunning/usa/...dv#prefontaine

Theres the Nike tribute to him. Kinda shitty, but meh
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Old 05-30-2005, 07:05 PM   #3
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If he's so great then why's he dead? I mightn't hold any records, but at least I'm not a corpse.
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Old 05-30-2005, 07:11 PM   #4
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LOL man that was harsh.
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Old 05-30-2005, 07:15 PM   #5
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Prefontaine is the better movie IMO. I love that end guitar solo where they do his "Final Lap."

Pre was pretty awesome as a runner.
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Old 05-31-2005, 01:01 AM   #7
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Prefontaine is the better movie IMO. I love that end guitar solo where they do his "Final Lap."

Pre was pretty awesome as a runner.
I don't know if we are talking about the same thing, but the last time I watched Without Limits, I shed a few tears when they were driving the hurse around the track in his American record time.
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I don't know if we are talking about the same thing, but the last time I watched Without Limits, I shed a few tears when they were driving the hurse around the track in his American record time.
That's Prefontaine. That's the part I'm talking about. Unless they do it in Without Limits too.
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Old 06-01-2005, 03:08 AM   #10
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Yeah they do it in both. I think I like Without Limits a little better, but I think I may reread the biography now too
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I dont know which one of the 2 movies I saw, but the guy in the one I saw looked like tom cruise.
Good movie.
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