Coffee with Larry for June 30, Episode 759, Bill Dellinger, Nike Pre Classic, Breaking 4, Running Memories,

Coffee with Larry for June 30, Episode 759, Bill Dellinger, Nike Pre Classic, Breaking 4, Running Memories, #runblogrun, #billdellinger, #nikepreclassic,

Our topics today:

This Day in Track & Field–July 15, Sandor Iharos breaks Emil Zatopek’s 10,000m WR with his 28:42.8 (1956), compiled and edited by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field, June 14, Morgan Taylor sets WR at 400m hurdles (1924), Asafa Powell breaks WR (1997), HJ showdown at adidas Track Classic (2014)! by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field, May 29, Diane Leather becomes first women under five minutes for the mile (1954), by Walt Murphy

1. Bill Dellinger, one of our most important athlete/coaches, has died. Bill died at the age of 91 on June 27, 2025.

2. Bill Dellinger was a three time Olympian and won the Olympic bronze medal at the 5,000 meters in the Tokyo 1964.

Steve Prefontaine, post workout with Coach Bill Dellinger, photo courtesy of The Eugene Register-Guard

3. Bill Dellinger began coaching at Oregon in 1968 and retired in 1998. Among his athletes were Steve Prefontaine, Joaquim Cruz, and Ruday Chapa.

Mike Shriver, Pat Tyson, Eamonn Coghlan, Jeff Benjamin, Bill Dellinger, Craig Virgin, from Jeff Benjamin

4. Bill Dellinger had a stroke in 2000, recovered and continued to coach for many years.

5. This is the week of the 50th NIKE Pre Classic, which will be held on July 5, 2025.

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See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry!

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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