lal_truckee wrote:

The Real Bev wrote:
lal_truckee wrote:
The Real Bev wrote:

Surely you jest. If it ain't got gear it ain't got nothin'. Everybody
knows who Lance Armstrong is, but do you know the name of the guy who won
the marathon in his bare feet?

You mean Phidippides?

No, a bit later than that. Besides, he probably wore sandals. And didn't
he spell his name Phaedippides?

You expected me to look up the spelling? I'd be lucky to guess his
nationality.

Troublemaker.

OK, I looked it up. Abebe Bikila in 1960 and 1964, setting a record the
second time, and here are some details:
http://www.runningbarefoot.org/AbebeBikila.html

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Bev
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