So last night i caught a program on PBS. Its the Oregon Experience and it was on Bill Bowerman. At barely half an hour i recommend watching it. It was interesting.
Mike
Mike
Bowerman on PBS
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umm, a few things i guess. he
umm, a few things i guess. he did coach a number of olympic athletes as well as cofound Nike. Knight was on camera saying he got a letter of resignation like once a month from Bowerman because of the shoes. it's also cool to see the vintage footage where everyone is forefoot landing. one guy said he trained bf like it was no big deal. like i said its barely 30mins and worth a watch.
Mike
umm, a few things i guess. he did coach a number of olympic athletes as well as cofound Nike. Knight was on camera saying he got a letter of resignation like once a month from Bowerman because of the shoes. it's also cool to see the vintage footage where everyone is forefoot landing. one guy said he trained bf like it was no big deal. like i said its barely 30mins and worth a watch.
Mike
I missed this.What about
I missed this.
What about "the shoes" made Bowerman want to quit each month?
I missed this.
What about "the shoes" made Bowerman want to quit each month?
I guess I will have to hunt
I guess I will have to hunt it down and hopefully find a link on the net or something.
I guess I will have to hunt it down and hopefully find a link on the net or something.
I'm pretty sure they kept
I'm pretty sure they kept going in a more "artistic" direction that often deviated from his designs. Must have been a pretty big disconnect. How many shoes could they have been designing each month for him to be threatening over, considering how long it takes for a single shoe model to be released? There must have been a veritable tug of war multiple times for each design.
Amazing man though, and a pretty fair capsule of his life. Was a bit disappointed when they left running and coaching to cover the Rajneesh compound problem. I know he was instrumental in it, but seemed a bit odd to finish with that.
John T.
I'm pretty sure they kept going in a more "artistic" direction that often deviated from his designs. Must have been a pretty big disconnect. How many shoes could they have been designing each month for him to be threatening over, considering how long it takes for a single shoe model to be released? There must have been a veritable tug of war multiple times for each design.
Amazing man though, and a pretty fair capsule of his life. Was a bit disappointed when they left running and coaching to cover the Rajneesh compound problem. I know he was instrumental in it, but seemed a bit odd to finish with that.
John T.
Here's the link. Thanks Mike
Here's the link. Thanks Mike for that heads up. Definitely worth the time it took to watch it. John I agree with you about the cult stuff detracting from it.
"If you have done your best, you are the winner" was a quote he was known for. That troubles me in a good way.
Here's the link. Thanks Mike for that heads up. Definitely worth the time it took to watch it. John I agree with you about the cult stuff detracting from it.
"If you have done your best, you are the winner" was a quote he was known for. That troubles me in a good way.
Joshh, thanks for the link. i
Joshh, thanks for the link. i got lucky and just happened to flip on pbs when it came on. i liked the movie about Prefontaine if anyone hasn't seen it. "Without Limits". with Billy Crudup as Pre and Donald Sutherland as Bowerman. At Pre's eulogy Sutherland says "Pre taught him it's not about winning but whether or not you gave it your all."
the other movie about Pre with Jared Leto blows.
Mike
Joshh, thanks for the link. i got lucky and just happened to flip on pbs when it came on. i liked the movie about Prefontaine if anyone hasn't seen it. "Without Limits". with Billy Crudup as Pre and Donald Sutherland as Bowerman. At Pre's eulogy Sutherland says "Pre taught him it's not about winning but whether or not you gave it your all."
the other movie about Pre with Jared Leto blows.
Mike
Thanks for the link. I'm
Thanks for the link. I'm going on vacation next week, so hopefully I can watch it then.
Thanks for the link. I'm going on vacation next week, so hopefully I can watch it then.
