Thursday Oct 27, 2022

Episode 2: Thousand-Mile Summers

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Largo coach Brent Haley rode the wave of the running boom in the United States in the 1970s. He recruited in PE classes, he created a T-shirt incentive program and he got runners, year after year, summer after summer, to develop the will to prepare for greatness. It wasn't just Largo guys who were putting in the miles, as current Florida State coach Bob Braman and former sportswriter Bill Ward explain. Oh yeah: One of the guys in this photo is nicknamed Moose.

Music credit: "Love" by John Gillespie, used with permission; Bill Rodgers footage by Ambrose Salmini


 

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GDoss

1 years ago

Our Edgewater team came close in November 1981, finishing 3 points behind Largo. Coach Haley made a point to walk over to our dejected team as soon as the close final result was announced. He was so gracious and encouraging. His kindness matched his excellence.

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