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September 4, 2007
No man has affected more runners in more ways than Bill Bowerman. During his 24-year tenure as track coach at the University of Oregon, he won four national team titles and his athletes set 13 world and 22 American records. He also ignited the jogging boom, invented the waffle-sole running shoe that helped establish Nike, and coached the US track and field team at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games
 
With the full cooperation of the Bowerman family and Nike, plus years of taped interviews with friends, relatives, students, and competitors, two-time Olympic marathoner Kenny Moore - himself one of Bowerman's champion athletes - brilliantly re-creates the legendary track coach's life.

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About the Author

KENNY MOORE, who trained with Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon, is a two-time Olympic marathoner and former senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He cowrote and coproduced teh movie Without Limits, based on the life and tragic early death of Hall of Fame runner Steve Prefontaine. Moore lives in Eugene, Oregon.

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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Rodale Books (September 4, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1594867313
  • ISBN-13: 978-1594867316
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars History of Oregon Track, November 16, 2007
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Even though I am a big track and field fan, and I even went to the NCAA National T & F Championship meet at Oregon in 1962, I never realized how big an influence Bill Bowerman was on his athletes and on the whole state of Oregon.

This well-researched volume gives the reader a true understanding of Bowerman-the-man, his roots and his impact on Oregon society. It was a wonderful read and an inspiring personal journey.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Man, Great Book, July 7, 2008
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I knew that Bowerman coached Pre and had an influence on Nike and the jogging boom of the 70s, but Moore's biography fills in all the gaps from Medford to Mexico City. Bowerman's life reads like a case-closing defense of the Great Man theory of history, at least for track & field. His accomplishments are truly remarkable and well-rendered by Moore.
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wow , lots of book for your dollar and the greatest training methods of the greatest track coach ever.

I feel like i'm stealing when i got this book.

" a runner is a much smarter athlete then a football player " don't call him coach .
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last backstretch, spike plates, track club, dual meet, early pace
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Bill Bowerman, Hayward Field, Van Dyk, Bill Dellinger, United States, Bill Hayward, Olympic Trials, John Jaqua, San Romani, Mary Jane, Phil Knight, Barbara Bowerman, New Zealand, Jim Grelle, Oregon Track Club, Bob Newland, Los Angeles, Steve Prefontaine, University of Oregon, Jay Bowerman, Jeff Johnson, New York, Coos Bay, Otis Davis, Harry Jerome
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