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Steve Prefontaine is the greatest endurance runner of all time | Zach Bitter and Lex Fridman

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@stephenstuckey · 4 years ago (edited)
Steve is the man. Without Limits is a fantastic depiction of his life and events at the time. Pure guts man. Legend. PRE.👊💯
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@michaelborek378 · 5 years ago
Pre was a huge inspiration growing up
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@allenhahn-j8x · 3 weeks ago
I knew Steve Prefontaine. He grew up in Coos Bay, Oregon and my wife and Steve were neighbors. They went to high school together and college at the University of Oregon. Steve was like a God in Eugene. After a race at Hayward Field, which he usually won every time from his freshman year through his senior year, but after the race he would take a victory, lap and victory lap, and a victory lap. and the fans would give him a standing ovation, and this happened at every race that Steve ran in Eugene. If he had lived, who knows what kind of records he would have said worldwide.
@TedErhartCFP · 3 years ago (edited)
This clip got me interested in learning about Steve Prefontaine. I didn't know ANYTHING about the man or his story. There's something captivating about him, the triumph, the tragedy, etc. Whatever it is, it's inspired and pushed me on my runs this summer. Thanks Pre!
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@randymeyer6482 · 2 years ago
Pre is my all-time favourite runner. I spent over 3 years in HI in the 70s, and unbelievably, had the privilege to know Max Telford. Great guy, and THE distance runner of all-time.
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@frostie1315 · 5 years ago
Geb, Bekele, El Geurrouj, & Kipchohe r the goats
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@starmersbarber · 2 years ago
Viren, Farah, Zatopek not even mentioned...COME On guys! I'm from Scotland and totally get why Prefontaine is considered so special (I even enjoyed the 1997 film about him recently)...but you guys surely need to see more things beyond the USA. I'm sure he would have been box office in Montreal '76, but we'll never know just how good he was compared to other international athletes (especially Viren). Ian Stewart (who ran Pre down for bronze in '92) was also a fascinating character in athletics...and a total beast! Pre wasn't the only guy in the '72 race to be disappointed with the final placings.
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@johnpatterson4516 · 3 years ago
Awesome interview Lex !!
@DavidGarcia-h5l · 2 years ago
GREAT PIECE GENTLEMAN.. thank you for a real PROFESSIONAL understanding about distance runner history .I needed to hear this so that everyone gets it... very cool
@columbus7950 · 3 years ago
Abebe Bikila, Frank Shorter, Bill Rodger, Paavo Nurmi, Vladimir Kurt’s, Emile Zatopek, there a plethora of great runners.
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@Trzntxn · 2 years ago
Only recently learned about Pre, pretty inspirational.
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@califinn · 2 years ago
Pre was a legend, an absolute legend.  On the track he was a rock star, and more importantly he was an advocate and activist for amateur athletes in America - changing how young athletes could support themselves training and competing for medals.
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