2006-06-15 07:51:05 · 16 answers · asked by turtle girl 7 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Smiddy wasn't born, but the depiction of both runners, Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell in the film Chariots of Fire was very inspiring to Smiddy... at almost every level. The contrast between the two men, driven to excel for their own very personal reasons - it's an almost perfect dichotomy - and Smiddy can identify with them both and is doubly inspired every time he watches that film.
BTW, I liked your answer to my fake Yahoo featured questions question. Smiddy doesn't think your running questions are in the least bit silly. Have a great day!
2006-06-15 09:10:33 · answer #1 · answered by Smiddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steve Prefontaine or Jesse Owens
My cross country coaches have inspired me so much too. But it you are looking for a well known runner...
2006-06-15 15:44:27 · answer #2 · answered by ERad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dean Karnazes is my running hero. Anyone who can run 350 miles without sleep is just a running machine. He's a really nice guy, too. I spoke to him for a while at the expo for the Silicon Valley Marathon last year, then I had hiim sign a copy of his book for me.
That was a week or two before I ran my first 50 mile endurance race.
2006-06-15 17:27:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dog. See I just moved to a better neighborhood, one without stray dogs and large scary black men (not being racist, I lived in a rough hood), so I've started walking her. I never walked her before and she was pretty out of shape. But after 1 1/2 weeks, she's gone from a semi-saunter on our short walk, to sprinting half of it and still pulling hard the last part. She's got me running! Which is good becuase I'm pretty out of shape. Pretty soon we're going to be running the entire route that we walk now, and will probably have to go around twice. That'll be great!
2006-06-15 18:29:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cathy Freeman
2006-06-15 14:56:10 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prefontaine
2006-06-15 15:26:20 · answer #6 · answered by happy13nappy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steve Prefontaine and how he died in a car accident before he broke the 5000 meter record.
2006-06-15 14:58:48 · answer #7 · answered by preismyhero 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think my coach wayyyyyyyy back in Kindergarden inspired me to run! We used to run laps for an hour everyday and I loved it!
2006-06-15 14:55:46 · answer #8 · answered by ♥♡ღ••Kelly••ღ♡♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flo Jo
2006-06-15 14:54:12 · answer #9 · answered by Miss Mouse 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Justin Gatlin-He promised and came across. There something about being cocky and have the ability to back it up not to mention the desire
2006-06-15 14:58:01 · answer #10 · answered by Jujeaux 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋