Bill Rodgers (athlete)

Bill Rodgers (actually William Henry Rodgers, born December 23, 1947 in Hartford, Connecticut ) is a former American long-distance runner, who scored extraordinary success in the marathon from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s ^.

He won the 1975 Boston Marathon and ran it as the first U.S. runner for a time under 2:10. 1978, 1979 and 1980, he was able to repeat this victory, in 1979 with a new U.S. record time and his personal record of 2:09:27. 1976 to 1979, he won four times in a row the New York City Marathon in 1977 in addition to the Fukuoka Marathon.

In a marathon, the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he was handicapped by an injury and was ranked 40th for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, he was a big favorite until the boycott these Games by the United States thwarted his participation.

With 28 marathons he remained under 2:15 - only the Ethiopian Abebe Mekonnen was able to offer this brand more often.

Bests

  • Hours of operation: 20,568 m, current U.S. record
  • 30,000 m: 1:31:48.9, current U.S. record
  • 10 - km road race: 28:16 min
  • 15 - km road race: 43:25 min
  • 25 - km road race: 1:17:23 hrs
  • Marathon: 2:09:27 hrs

Rodgers also offers over 10 km, half marathon and 30 km, the U.S. records in the age group 45 M

Publications

  • With Joe Concannon: Marathoning. 1980, ISBN 0-671-25087-6
  • With Joe Henderson and Priscilla Welch: Masters Running and Racing. Rodale Books, 1995, ISBN 0-87596-330-7
  • Bill Rodgers ' Lifetime Running plan. Definitive Programs for Runners of all Ages and Levels. 1996, ISBN 0-06-273386-9
  • Scott Douglas: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Running. 2nd edition. 2003, ISBN 0-02-864466-2

Weblink

  • Website of Bill Rodgers
  • The Bill Rodgers You Do not Know, Article by Scott Douglas in Running Times, April 1996
  • Interview with Scott Douglas on mensracing.com April, 2001 ( English)
  • Chat: Bill Rodgers with Toby Tanser for Runner's World, October 27, 2006 ( English)
  • Marathon runners (United States)
  • Americans
  • Born in 1947
  • Man
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