Hope you enjoy my conversation with Frank! It’s really amazing to hear stories from such an illustrious career...and that his proudest moment is when his son (my dear friend) beat him in a 10km.
Was 9 years old when first saw Frank win the 1972 Gold in Munich. My junior year in HS (1979) ran the MA state meet at Northfield Mount Hermon. During those years I trained in New England winter in a Frank Shorter warmup kit. Fast forward to the 1990's and Frank signed my Pre! book at a Boston Marathon expo and I actually got to run with him and Bill Rodgers (a true cool down) after we raced in Boston at the Alamo Rent-a Car Alumni road race event when Bill and Frank represented Wesleyan and Yale. What a thrill! Thank you for sharing this interview. I enjoyed it tremendously.
Ryan - I came for the cycling, but stayed for the interviews. I always enjoy your posts, but this one is certainly special. It is not often you get to hear from someone famous in such an unfiltered manner. Keep up the great work.
Long time Boulder trail and ultra runner now living retired in Sapporo, Japan. The Olympic Marathon will go right past my house in just a week from today. I still run but my body is so busted up I often have to take a lot of recovery time. I'm lucky I can still do it and have no problems with backcountry skiing, which is a big part of the reason I live here. I just stumbled across your series and saw Courtney and now Frank. Somehow in all my decades of living and running in Boulder I never crossed paths with him and sure wish I had after seeing this interview. What an awesome role model for me in every way. Thank you for this and thank you, Frank, for everything you do for running and for Boulder. You are a treasure in our communities.
What a great man! Many years ago he inspired me to get into running which I somehow passed on to my daughter who now lives in Golden. I think she was about 23 when she ran the Steamboat marathon and placed third in her age group. She is now about to run her first ultra at age 43. So Franks influence carries so much farther than he knows. Thanks for sharing with us. I had no idea he lived in Boulder. And thank you Frank for the inspiration!
Ryan, that was interesting and informative. I'm not a runner nor will I ever be, but in your usual style, you retained my attention span for the entirety of the video. That's nice that you caught up with Frank to thank him for giving you your inspirational running shoes. I'm sure in some way those shoes indirectly inspired me too :-)
Ryan!! This is the most amazing backstory to such an absolute LEGEND in distance running that I absolutely look up to as I go through high school track and cross country! Thank you for making this happen!
Fantastic interview Ryan. Well done! Frank is a very inspirational guy with a lot of very important things to say about running and life in general. We can all learn a lot by listening to him.
Thank you for this great interview, Ryan. Frank has exceptional experience and insight into the murky side of running and he is of outstanding character. I really enjoyed your chat with him.
Awesome video and very inspirational. It reminds me of my former high school track coach, Glenn “Jeep” Davis. He was a three time Olympic gold medalist in ‘56/60. He always had awesome stories like Frank.
Love this video. Frank Shorter and Jerome Drayton were heroes of mine. Both ran in the Montreal Olympics. I had a privilege to watch the race. Never forget, as if it was yesterday...
I was 18 and I remember standing in the rain on Sherbrooke street in front of Mcgill university without an umbrella as the Frank ran by followed by Jerome. I remember Dwight Stone complaining and making a fool of himself in the media...
This was great! Your running interviews (walking in this case lol) are my favorites of all our videos. Those adventure films are pretty good too, hah. I've never been much of a runner in my life and only recently discovered (as a baby boomer) how awesome it is, an activity so healthy both physically and mentally. Only in the last few years have I learned about the great runners and coaches who have made such positive influences in other people's lives. It really is a world of awesome discovery - at any age! Running is for all ages. Now what I have to do is get enough income to afford decent running shoes. Way too expensive, especially because they have to be replaced regularly!
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. Frank Shorter was one of my childhood hero's. He's the reason I was a cross country runner and track athlete in high school. I have a niece following in those footsteps. She's in Colorado Springs. It was great to hear his stories.
I remember running the Honolulu Marathon with Frank in about ‘78. I was just a kid. He had already looped thru Hawaii Kai, and was headed back to Diamond Head. He came out to several Honolulu marathons, and was excited to see him finish second on one occasion.
Enjoyed this very much! Frank is a great guy. I met him at the finish line of the Honolulu Marathon back in 1979 and he took the time to chat with me. He gave me a ton of inspiration. Thanks Frank and thanks for this Ryan!
Ryan, man what thrill, I mean thrill. I remember Frank Shorter, my hero way back in the day, and not many of us around that remember him in his running days, articles in Runner's World Mag. Anyway, he inspired me to run 10K's every weekend, until I pulled ligaments in my right ankle which ended my running with an ankle fusion, now I'm a bicycle person. OK, enough about me, just wanted you to know, to chat with Frank Shorter, you have arrived for sure, keep doing what your doing, enjoy you so much.
@@duzer You too Ryan, I hope Frank is aware of how many runners he inspired and he is on his way to good health. These days seems memories are short and fail to give credit those who made history. Thanks again for You Tubing the interview.
Ryan, thanks for bringing back memories! I worked at Runner's World 1977-85 and got to know many of the sport's standouts. Frank mentions Skip Hamilton. I ran the Fiesta Bowl Marathon with him in 1975 or so. Me, Skip and another runner took Coach Jerry Quiller's beat up van. Skip had a good race as I recall. He was just coming into his own as a runner. Frank should be given the gold for 1976. Totally agree with him on drug use abuse. Today the old Runner's World building is still standing, right next to Google HQ. And I see publisher Bob Anderson out running from time to time when I'm riding my bike. Great work.
I remember being the only one running on the road and if you saw anyone they were a member of a track club,.....but when Frank won the Olympic marathon, suddenly everyone was running, ...at 5 In the morning or 5 at nite,...even marathons had only about 100--500 people ,.....not long after he won the numbers went to 5,000--25,000.and today some are 50,000 with 2 million spectators (nyc)......I was glad to see Frank became a TV sports commentator at track and field events,....that was another first for the sport.
Awesome interview! I was a little girl living in my hometown of Philly, PA. but I remember watching Frank Shorter win the 1972 Olympic marathon! I also remember the confusion when an impostor got into the stadium ahead of Frank - I was so mad, my whole family was! We were all yelling at that guy on tv, trying to steal Frank's thunder! Thank goodness he was caught and thrown out before Frank ran across the tape! I also remember the Munich massacres. I remember feeling scared and confused. It was such a joyful time and then these terrorists murdered the Israeli athletes and coaches. I remember seeing the legendary Jesse Owens sobbing into his handkerchief during the memorial service. Jesse had raced and won at the Nazi Olympics in 1936. To think that he lived to see his beloved Olympics bespoiled in such a horrific way. 😢💔And for Frank to live through that too, and then yet another terrorist act at the Boston marathon. 🥺💔 Frank is an Olympic legend! The 1972 Olympics are my first memory of the Summer Games (Sapporo are my first Winter Games memory!). Frank Shorter, Olga Korbut, Mark Spitz - they are all still my Olympic heroes! ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
Fabulous, Ryan!! Great interview. Learned LOTS. I love Boulder Boulder, too. Back in my running days ( late 80's/early 90's), we'd run it every year. Plenty of memories!
WOW !!!!! This was SOOOOOO GOOD ! When I was growing up and got into running in the late 70's/early 80's Frank, Boston Billy and Joan Benoit were my running hero's. Ive Ive met and talked to Bill and Joan quite a few times but have yet to meet Frank. I would have loved to have been on this walk with you two. One of these days I need to do the Boulder Boulder run with the hope of maybe meeting Frank. Thanks so much for this video and inviting all of us to go along with you. Have a great Holiday season and looking forward to your 2020 adventures...
@@duzer YIKES...Dont tempt me. I may have to look up when the Boulder Boulder run is...I may take you up on your offer...Ill bring his book to have it autographed. Ryan...hope you and your family have one hell of a great Holiday season...hoping 2020 is all you hope it will be.
Now I’m even more of a Frank Shorter fan👍❤️👏 !!! being a transplanted NYer that now lives in the Boulder area, I have seen him in the past around town. Next time I see him, I will go say hi. FYI, I am old enough to remember watching the 72 Olympics.....both heart breaking and amazing too. This is my new favorite running video, so good luck topping this one 😳😁🤔😉
I met Frank Shorter at a 10K on Maui. 1991. Just stretching before the race and another runner stretching next to me says do you wanna go for a warm up? I looked up and said you're Frank Shorter and he said yes I am. So Frank Shorter gathered a few of us and we went out for nice slow two miler on a beautiful maui morning. Then he went out and slaughtered the field with some ridiculous time. Super nice guy. Humble and sincere. Took pictures with everybody. A true legend.
@@duzer he was just the coolest cat in the world. I just showed up for a 10k and suddenly im running with Frank Shorter. They say never meet your heroes but Frank Shorter was just the classiest nicest dude you could meet.
I watched the ‘72 Olympics, with my Dad and brothers, - Frank Shorter win Our Gold. My older brother was over the moon. We all whooped and holler. Waved our 🇺🇸.. Seems like yesterday.
this was an incredible interview ryan. every minute was so interesting. frank is a very interesting guy. fun fact: i have never seen frank run, but frank has seen me run twice. (1st cal international, then at his run for kids I’m superior co)
Enjoyable video Ryan,it was long but enjoyable.Frank looks like he could still run a fast mile ext.Happy Holidays to you and your family and Subscribers.Good Health to all in the 2020 year. 🏃🎋🌍✌
He was my top running when I was a kid, even over Pre (rare for an Oregon kid). His form is so beautiful -- it always looked to me like he was not quite touching the ground. By the way, he's not the only one with issues with Mickey Mantle. The Bob's wrote a song about Mantle and autographs. ua-cam.com/video/D0B99l444L0/v-deo.html
USADA is the US Anti-Doping Agency. USANA is a private company that manufactures nutritional products. I did not see any comments on this, but I only read a handful of them. Sorry if this has been mentioned already in the comment section. Thanks for this wonderful conversation.
I was a lifeguard when I was at CU in the 80s at a pool Frank and his ex wife were members and they were so nice. I just heard he moved out of Boulder! Do you know why?
THE NARRATOR OF THIS VIDEO IS WRONG WHEN HE STATES THAT FRANK SHORTER IS "THE ONLY AMERICAN MAN TO EVER WIN GOLD MEDAL IN OLYMPIC MARATHON" Not so. Long before Frank won the Munich Marathon in 1972--a race I saw in person on September 10, 1972 in Munich--way back in 1904 Olympics Tommy Hicks,USA won marathon gold in Saint Louis (first Olympics ever held in USA) Also four years later in London 1908--Johnny Hayes USA won the marathon--first time the marathon race was exactly 26.2 miles--and has been ever since. Granted those two times were a long time before 1972--but the Modern Olympic Games began in 1896--so those were official Olympics back then. You would think the narrator would have checked this, it can't be that hard to do--especially in the computer age we live in. Still this is a nice video--it really is--but I just think in all fairness this error should be noted. By the way--I am one of a very few people to ever teach a course--and give lectures on Olympic Games history. In Baltimore I taught an Olympics history course at Johns Hopkins University and lectures at a local library. Three times in my life I met Frank Shorter--twice at the Montreal Olympics in 1976--and in 1980 here in Baltimore--he autographed his book for me--which I appreciated very much.
Wow, that was fantastic! I’ve been waiting for this one! We got our first TV for the ‘72 Olympics when I was 11 so that dark event was my introduction to television. Still don’t like it much... BTW, my girlfriend lives on the Fortitude course near City Park in Fort Collins. I think I heard Frank Shorter lived there for a time. I’m curious where.
There is no way I am going to sit here and watch a 48 min interview about running....... ummm, apparently I was mistaken. That was very interesting and I'm not even a runner, his stories really held my attention.
You stated incorrectly that Frank was the only American male to win the gold medal in the Olympic Marathon. Johnny Hayes of the US won the gold at the 1908 London games.
you could buy a drone that follows you for those types of interveiws, just to mix it up a bit in editing. also a microphone attached to you and the subject that you can record to a dictaphone for editing later. good show, in my recommended for a reason
Slight historical correction. Johnny Hayes of the USA won the gold medal in the marathon in the 1908 Olympics. Dorando Pietri crossed the line first but was DQd because officials had materially aided him in the stadium. That doesn't detract from Frank's achievements. He should have gotten the gold in 1976 because Cierpinski of the DDR undoubtedly used PEDs and wasn't caught.
Regarding the outlawing of certain running shoes, there’s two sports that had to deal with that and they chose opposite ways. MLB outlaws aluminum or titanium bats and is better off than Tennis, which allows EVERY Racquet known to man to be used. MLB a did It RIGHT!!
Me my body was comfortable with 30 to 50 miles a week 100 plus insane ran a 20 mile under 2 hours I was wiped for a few days I was good for 30 miles a week truth be told some are able sky piolet you'll never reach the sky
Hope you enjoy my conversation with Frank! It’s really amazing to hear stories from such an illustrious career...and that his proudest moment is when his son (my dear friend) beat him in a 10km.
How tall are you Mr Duzer, bc they have Frank at 5'10 and in the video it looks like you are almost a head taller. Thanks
Was 9 years old when first saw Frank win the 1972 Gold in Munich. My junior year in HS (1979) ran the MA state meet at Northfield Mount Hermon. During those years I trained in New England winter in a Frank Shorter warmup kit. Fast forward to the 1990's and Frank signed my Pre! book at a Boston Marathon expo and I actually got to run with him and Bill Rodgers (a true cool down) after we raced in Boston at the Alamo Rent-a Car Alumni road race event when Bill and Frank represented Wesleyan and Yale. What a thrill! Thank you for sharing this interview. I enjoyed it tremendously.
What an incredible human being, you got to love Frank Shorter! Thanks Ryan for sharing Frank's story with us all.
Thanks for watching!
Frank Shorter also inspired me to run. Great to see a legend. Thanks for sharing your time with him.
He inspired so many!
Incredible interview! Frank Shorter was a hero of mine as well and it's awesome to see he's such a friendly dude to this day.
He's a great guy!
Ryan - I came for the cycling, but stayed for the interviews. I always enjoy your posts, but this one is certainly special. It is not often you get to hear from someone famous in such an unfiltered manner. Keep up the great work.
Aw thanks Sam! I really enjoyed walking and talking with Frank, he is an amazing guy!
Long time Boulder trail and ultra runner now living retired in Sapporo, Japan. The Olympic Marathon will go right past my house in just a week from today. I still run but my body is so busted up I often have to take a lot of recovery time. I'm lucky I can still do it and have no problems with backcountry skiing, which is a big part of the reason I live here. I just stumbled across your series and saw Courtney and now Frank. Somehow in all my decades of living and running in Boulder I never crossed paths with him and sure wish I had after seeing this interview. What an awesome role model for me in every way. Thank you for this and thank you, Frank, for everything you do for running and for Boulder. You are a treasure in our communities.
What a great man! Many years ago he inspired me to get into running which I somehow passed on to my daughter who now lives in Golden. I think she was about 23 when she ran the Steamboat marathon and placed third in her age group. She is now about to run her first ultra at age 43. So Franks influence carries so much farther than he knows. Thanks for sharing with us. I had no idea he lived in Boulder. And thank you Frank for the inspiration!
Very cool! Frank's reach is far and wide!
Ryan, that was interesting and informative. I'm not a runner nor will I ever be, but in your usual style, you retained my attention span for the entirety of the video. That's nice that you caught up with Frank to thank him for giving you your inspirational running shoes.
I'm sure in some way those shoes indirectly inspired me too :-)
Thanks for watching! The shoes that keep on giving ;)
Frank had a great influence on the running craze back in those days. He was a real idol for a lot of runners. Love the interview.
What an incredible and insightful conversation. Thank you Ryan for making it happen and to Mr. Shorter for being so generous of his time.
Thanks for watching!
Ryan!! This is the most amazing backstory to such an absolute LEGEND in distance running that I absolutely look up to as I go through high school track and cross country! Thank you for making this happen!
Thanks for this great interview! Frank is such an amazing athlete and person.
Fantastic interview Ryan. Well done! Frank is a very inspirational guy with a lot of very important things to say about running and life in general. We can all learn a lot by listening to him.
Thanks, I really enjoyed talking with him.
Frank, you NEVER disappoint me with your class and thoughtfulness!! Thanx!!
Thank you for this great interview, Ryan. Frank has exceptional experience and insight into the murky side of running and he is of outstanding character. I really enjoyed your chat with him.
Great video and interview Ryan! Thanks a lot! Also thanks to Franks Shorter of course!
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ありがとう。
Frank Shorter is the main reason I got into running like so many other people. Great interview!
Awesome! He's inspired so many people.
Awesome video and very inspirational. It reminds me of my former high school track coach, Glenn “Jeep” Davis. He was a three time Olympic gold medalist in ‘56/60. He always had awesome stories like Frank.
Very cool, glad you enjoyed it!
Love this video. Frank Shorter and Jerome Drayton were heroes of mine. Both ran in the Montreal Olympics. I had a privilege to watch the race. Never forget, as if it was yesterday...
I was 18 and I remember standing in the rain on Sherbrooke street in front of Mcgill university without an umbrella as the Frank ran by followed by Jerome. I remember Dwight Stone complaining and making a fool of himself in the media...
This was great! Your running interviews (walking in this case lol) are my favorites of all our videos. Those adventure films are pretty good too, hah. I've never been much of a runner in my life and only recently discovered (as a baby boomer) how awesome it is, an activity so healthy both physically and mentally. Only in the last few years have I learned about the great runners and coaches who have made such positive influences in other people's lives. It really is a world of awesome discovery - at any age! Running is for all ages. Now what I have to do is get enough income to afford decent running shoes. Way too expensive, especially because they have to be replaced regularly!
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. Frank Shorter was one of my childhood hero's. He's the reason I was a cross country runner and track athlete in high school. I have a niece following in those footsteps. She's in Colorado Springs.
It was great to hear his stories.
Very cool!!
Pay it forward....what a humble and talented man. great interview
That was excellent! Thank you for the great content Ryan!
Thanks for watching!
My personal hero, for many reasons. Thanks Ryan, great job. Awesome interview, you let him tell his story.
I agree, he's a lot of people's hero!
I remember running the Honolulu Marathon with Frank in about ‘78. I was just a kid. He had already looped thru Hawaii Kai, and was headed back to Diamond Head. He came out to several Honolulu marathons, and was excited to see him finish second on one occasion.
I'm not a runner. This interview was so interesting! Well done, Ryan : )
Awesome, glad you liked it! Frank is awesome
Enjoyed this very much! Frank is a great guy. I met him at the finish line of the Honolulu Marathon back in 1979 and he took the time to chat with me. He gave me a ton of inspiration. Thanks Frank and thanks for this Ryan!
Very cool!!! He's a great guy
Ryan, man what thrill, I mean thrill. I remember Frank Shorter, my hero way back in the day, and not many of us around that remember him in his running days, articles in Runner's World Mag. Anyway, he inspired me to run 10K's every weekend, until I pulled ligaments in my right ankle which ended my running with an ankle fusion, now I'm a bicycle person. OK, enough about me, just wanted you to know, to chat with Frank Shorter, you have arrived for sure, keep doing what your doing, enjoy you so much.
Frank has inspired so many, glad you're part of that too. Happy Holidays Bill!
@@duzer You too Ryan, I hope Frank is aware of how many runners he inspired and he is on his way to good health. These days seems memories are short and fail to give credit those who made history. Thanks again for You Tubing the interview.
Wow, Frank Shorter, Best regards from Germany .
Ryan, thanks for bringing back memories! I worked at Runner's World 1977-85 and got to know many of the sport's standouts. Frank mentions Skip Hamilton. I ran the Fiesta Bowl Marathon with him in 1975 or so. Me, Skip and another runner took Coach Jerry Quiller's beat up van. Skip had a good race as I recall. He was just coming into his own as a runner. Frank should be given the gold for 1976. Totally agree with him on drug use abuse. Today the old Runner's World building is still standing, right next to Google HQ. And I see publisher Bob Anderson out running from time to time when I'm riding my bike. Great work.
I remember being the only one running on the road and if you saw anyone they were a member of a track club,.....but when Frank won the Olympic marathon, suddenly everyone was running, ...at 5 In the morning or 5 at nite,...even marathons had only about 100--500 people ,.....not long after he won the numbers went to 5,000--25,000.and today some are 50,000 with 2 million spectators (nyc)......I was glad to see Frank became a TV sports commentator at track and field events,....that was another first for the sport.
This guy is my idol. He has such an amazing history and list of accomplishments in the sport.
He's been a hero of mine since I was a little kid
Really enjoyed this friendly informative interview, many thanks...
Glad that you enjoyed it!
What a sweet and humble man! He is a running hero, and a model citizen.
He sure is
Awesome interview! I was a little girl living in my hometown of Philly, PA. but I remember watching Frank Shorter win the 1972 Olympic marathon! I also remember the confusion when an impostor got into the stadium ahead of Frank - I was so mad, my whole family was! We were all yelling at that guy on tv, trying to steal Frank's thunder! Thank goodness he was caught and thrown out before Frank ran across the tape! I also remember the Munich massacres. I remember feeling scared and confused. It was such a joyful time and then these terrorists murdered the Israeli athletes and coaches. I remember seeing the legendary Jesse Owens sobbing into his handkerchief during the memorial service. Jesse had raced and won at the Nazi Olympics in 1936. To think that he lived to see his beloved Olympics bespoiled in such a horrific way. 😢💔And for Frank to live through that too, and then yet another terrorist act at the Boston marathon. 🥺💔 Frank is an Olympic legend! The 1972 Olympics are my first memory of the Summer Games (Sapporo are my first Winter Games memory!). Frank Shorter, Olga Korbut, Mark Spitz - they are all still my Olympic heroes! ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
Fabulous, Ryan!! Great interview. Learned LOTS. I love Boulder Boulder, too. Back in my running days ( late 80's/early 90's), we'd run it every year. Plenty of memories!
Very cool, the Bolder Boulder is so fun! Happy new year to you!
WOW !!!!! This was SOOOOOO GOOD ! When I was growing up and got into running in the late 70's/early 80's Frank, Boston Billy and Joan Benoit were my running hero's. Ive Ive met and talked to Bill and Joan quite a few times but have yet to meet Frank. I would have loved to have been on this walk with you two. One of these days I need to do the Boulder Boulder run with the hope of maybe meeting Frank. Thanks so much for this video and inviting all of us to go along with you. Have a great Holiday season and looking forward to your 2020 adventures...
If you ever come to Boulder, I'll do my best to introduce you to Frank!
@@duzer YIKES...Dont tempt me. I may have to look up when the Boulder Boulder run is...I may take you up on your offer...Ill bring his book to have it autographed. Ryan...hope you and your family have one hell of a great Holiday season...hoping 2020 is all you hope it will be.
Great interview Ryan, with a great legend!
He's the best!
So cool to watch this again....total enjoying his total attention to you.
He’s an awesome guy
Now I’m even more of a Frank Shorter fan👍❤️👏 !!! being a transplanted NYer that now lives in the Boulder area, I have seen him in the past around town. Next time I see him, I will go say hi. FYI, I am old enough to remember watching the 72 Olympics.....both heart breaking and amazing too.
This is my new favorite running video, so good luck topping this one 😳😁🤔😉
Thanks Alexa! Hope you get to meet Frank someday, he's a great guy.
I met Frank Shorter at a 10K on Maui. 1991. Just stretching before the race and another runner stretching next to me says do you wanna go for a warm up? I looked up and said you're Frank Shorter and he said yes I am. So Frank Shorter gathered a few of us and we went out for nice slow two miler on a beautiful maui morning. Then he went out and slaughtered the field with some ridiculous time. Super nice guy. Humble and sincere. Took pictures with everybody. A true legend.
That’s an awesome story!!
@@duzer he was just the coolest cat in the world. I just showed up for a 10k and suddenly im running with Frank Shorter. They say never meet your heroes but Frank Shorter was just the classiest nicest dude you could meet.
Ryan it’s very difficult to set through interviews on UA-cam. Your interviews always keep me focused even though I’m not a runner.
aww thanks! I really appreciate it. I know this was a long one, but Frank has so much to say! Cheers
This should have 10 million views, not just 10 thousand
I agree!! ;)
I used to see him running around Gainsville Fla . sometimes his wife was on a bike. It was very common to see him.
Nice interview, Ryan. Gonna send this to my older bro. He used to run CC and was a big fan of Shorter.
David Berger awesome!!
Such a huge fan of Frank Shorter. I haven’t ever had the chance to meet him. Yet
Hopefully you can meet him someday!
bless you ryan fo r sharing this.
Thank Bob! Glad you liked it
Nice interview. Like this Running with Series.
Thanks! I hope to make more once covid settles down!
I watched the ‘72 Olympics, with my Dad and brothers, - Frank Shorter win Our Gold. My older brother was over the moon. We all whooped and holler. Waved our 🇺🇸.. Seems like yesterday.
Frank was and is a great man. I remember him winning the olympic marathon.
I don't remember it because I wasn't alive yet, but it's been fun to watch all his old races on youtube
Yes i do. It's inbad shape now. But i like the reaction when i use it !
Fantastic interview
Thanks! Frank is so interesting
Nice interview - really enjoyed hearing the history of some of the events -
Thanks!
Where was this interview held? It's a pretty path. Nice interview with a fascinating man.
Awesome interview!!! I love this!
Thanks Kay!
this was an incredible interview ryan. every minute was so interesting. frank is a very interesting guy.
fun fact: i have never seen frank run, but frank has seen me run twice. (1st cal international, then at his run for kids I’m superior co)
Thanks my friend, Frank is so articulate and knowledgeable about everything in the running world. Fascinating!
Great Video.. Outstanding.. Totally Fascinated... This video held my interest.. learn so much...
Awesome! Glad you liked it!
Great, great interview. Lots of wisdom there.
Frank is awesome
Fantastic interview Ryan.
Thank you!
Enjoyable video Ryan,it was long but enjoyable.Frank looks like he could still run a fast mile ext.Happy Holidays to you and your family and Subscribers.Good Health to all in the 2020 year. 🏃🎋🌍✌
Thanks my friend! Happy Holidays to you as well
He was my top running when I was a kid, even over Pre (rare for an Oregon kid). His form is so beautiful -- it always looked to me like he was not quite touching the ground.
By the way, he's not the only one with issues with Mickey Mantle. The Bob's wrote a song about Mantle and autographs.
ua-cam.com/video/D0B99l444L0/v-deo.html
USADA is the US Anti-Doping Agency. USANA is a private company that manufactures nutritional products. I did not see any comments on this, but I only read a handful of them. Sorry if this has been mentioned already in the comment section. Thanks for this wonderful conversation.
Shorter, Prefontaine, Wottle...I was 13 in 1972 and in the UK but I remember them all.
Legends!
Frank Shorter is the second American to win an Olympic marathon. John J. Hayes won in the 1908 London Olympic marathon.
Frank might know my dad, Chris Wardlaw, he was an Aussie and always spoke of frank shorter and a great runner
oh very cool!
@@duzer yes, very. he looks younger than my dad but was at 72 when my dad was 76 and 80. they both look tired even walking though, poor old guys.
I was a lifeguard when I was at CU in the 80s at a pool Frank and his ex wife were members and they were so nice. I just heard he moved out of Boulder! Do you know why?
Great episode...
What an amazing guy!
he sure is!
Great talk!
THE NARRATOR OF THIS VIDEO IS WRONG WHEN HE STATES THAT FRANK SHORTER IS "THE ONLY AMERICAN MAN TO EVER WIN GOLD MEDAL IN OLYMPIC MARATHON" Not so. Long before Frank won the Munich Marathon in 1972--a race I saw in person on September 10, 1972 in Munich--way back in 1904 Olympics Tommy Hicks,USA won marathon gold in Saint Louis (first Olympics ever held in USA) Also four years later in London 1908--Johnny Hayes USA won the marathon--first time the marathon race was exactly 26.2 miles--and has been ever since. Granted those two times were a long time before 1972--but the Modern Olympic Games began in 1896--so those were official Olympics back then. You would think the narrator would have checked this, it can't be that hard to do--especially in the computer age we live in. Still this is a nice video--it really is--but I just think in all fairness this error should be noted. By the way--I am one of a very few people to ever teach a course--and give lectures on Olympic Games history. In Baltimore I taught an Olympics history course at Johns Hopkins University and lectures at a local library. Three times in my life I met Frank Shorter--twice at the Montreal Olympics in 1976--and in 1980 here in Baltimore--he autographed his book for me--which I appreciated very much.
You have
The
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in the history of neighbors.
Having Mr Shorter on was genius and one wonders why it took so long?
Bruce Hodson he’s an awesome neighbor for sure!!
Great video - thank you
Glad you enjoyed it! Frank is the man
Wow, that was fantastic! I’ve been waiting for this one! We got our first TV for the ‘72 Olympics when I was 11 so that dark event was my introduction to television.
Still don’t like it much...
BTW, my girlfriend lives on the Fortitude course near City Park in Fort Collins. I think I heard Frank Shorter lived there for a time. I’m curious where.
That's good timing for your first TV...but I agree, I only have one to watch movies
Wow... awesome interview!! Wonder if he could have a heart to heart conversation with Craig Masback. That is...if Massback is open to it
Hmmm, I wonder
I love running with Ryan. I want to run with Ryan.
Thanks buddy! I hope we can make this happen someday!! Have a great January, I’m off to Baja now
Superb!
Ryan great interview.
Thanks!
There is no way I am going to sit here and watch a 48 min interview about running....... ummm, apparently I was mistaken. That was very interesting and I'm not even a runner, his stories really held my attention.
Richard Temple I’m glad that you enjoyed it, Frank has so much to say. We just kept walking and talking, I didn’t want it to end.
You stated incorrectly that Frank was the only American male to win the gold medal in the Olympic Marathon. Johnny Hayes of the US won the gold at the 1908 London games.
Awesome episode! Don’t forget to hit the thumbs up button fans of Ryan.
Thanks my friend!
you could buy a drone that follows you for those types of interveiws, just to mix it up a bit in editing. also a microphone attached to you and the subject that you can record to a dictaphone for editing later. good show, in my recommended for a reason
Drones make too much noise, and would drown out the audio on the conversations. Thanks for watching!
@@duzer dont be silly. haha nah fair enough. do you run? you look like a big boy. you would give the decathalon a good show. yep great show
Wow! Best video ever. You’re next Barbara Walters.
Ha, Running with Barbara :)
Got a pair of Shorter warm up pants. Very high quality.
Nice! That stuff seems to last a long time
Seems like a nice guy.
Slight historical correction. Johnny Hayes of the USA won the gold medal in the marathon in the 1908 Olympics. Dorando Pietri crossed the line first but was DQd because officials had materially aided him in the stadium. That doesn't detract from Frank's achievements. He should have gotten the gold in 1976 because Cierpinski of the DDR undoubtedly used PEDs and wasn't caught.
Interesting, I didn’t know that. Thanks
In the 7os ihad aFrank Shorter out fit and a travel bag too !
That's some vintage clothing, do you still have it?
Regarding the outlawing of certain running shoes, there’s two sports that had to deal with that and they chose opposite ways. MLB outlaws aluminum or titanium bats and is better off than Tennis, which allows EVERY Racquet known to man to be used. MLB a did It RIGHT!!
i will say dad was at moscow.. not montreal
Re: the sub 2
Was he implying that Kipchoge used PEDs?
Not quite sure, but Frank certainly thinks that the shoes he wore, the Vaporflys, will soon be outlawed
How old is Frank nowadays?
I think he's 70ish
the sad thing for us is, he probably blows just as hard on a decent run
Me my body was comfortable with 30 to 50 miles a week 100 plus insane ran a 20 mile under 2 hours I was wiped for a few days I was good for 30 miles a week truth be told some are able sky piolet you'll never reach the sky
Do biking videos
Don't worry, there will be biking video soon enough
He looks like Alice Cooper
haha, kind of!