The London Olympics
will come to a conclusion on Sunday, August 12. The final event of the Olympic
Games is the men’s Marathon which will happen on Sunday. No other event is
scheduled on the closing day of the Olympics. Clearly, it is the capstone
event. Two weeks ago on July 27th, as the Games were set to begin, a
vivid memory from a previous Olympics came to my mind: Frank Shorter winning
the Marathon in 1972.
After
winning the Gold Medal, Frank Shorter instantly became a household word in the
United States. I remember being inspired
as I watched him run: I so wanted to run like him. I was not alone in my
feelings. Frank Shorter is credited with triggering the running boom in the USA
that occurred in the 1970s. And the rest is history, as they say.
The London Olympics
will come to a conclusion on Sunday, August 12. The final event of the Olympic
Games is the men’s Marathon which will happen on Sunday. No other event is
scheduled on the closing day of the Olympics. Clearly, it is the capstone
event. Two weeks ago on July 27th, as the Games were set to begin, a
vivid memory from a previous Olympics came to my mind: Frank Shorter winning
the Marathon in 1972.
