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My run to Duncan (Al Howie)

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Uploaded by on Aug 9, 2009

Al Howie's RUNNING HISTORY:

Year started: 1974
Ultras since: 1980
Marathons: Dozens
Ultras: Almost as many
Average yearly mileage: 10,000 kilometres
Best marathon: 2:28:11 (Vancouver Marathon May 2, 1982)
Average weekly training mileage: 200K
Peak week: 500 Miles (during multi-day race)
Favourite shoes: Brooks Kona
Most common injury: Lethargy
Average training pace: 14K/hour
Favourite race drink/food: Water/Power Bars
Morning pulse: Unknown
Running idols: "I don't idolize anyone but I admire many."
Most indebted to: Peter Holubar
Greatest influence: Don Ritchie, Emil Zatopek, Yiannis Kouros, Hilary Walker
Favourite place to run: Sri Chinmoy one mile loop, Corona Park, Flushing Meadow, New York
Oddest running experience: Learning to tie shoe laces without stopping during world record non-stop run
Most memorable discovery: "Bad patches always end."

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  • I told him I was taking a picture of a house to the left of us, that I told him about, but actually I started a movie clip then held the camera down and to the side, still rolling.

    He is very camera shy and I had to tread very carefully with old Al Howie!

    I had to edit a lot so that if he did get to see it he would be happy enough.

    You probably heard of Al, maybe you even saw him running in town,he was like I am now, but used to run way more.

    Did you see his stats at the end!

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  • Al owes me 20 bucks! I'll never forget driving along a logging road way the hell and gone towards Cape Scott and coming across this hairy guy running the length of Vancouver Island. A running machine. I used to have contact with Al since I worked as a reporter and he was constantly running to support some charity or another and running was big.

    He looks healthy enough..good to see him as I do often wonder if his knees are as screwed as mine for all the miles!!

  • I understand... Those sure are impressive stats!

  • Very interesting... More interview would have been more interesting... Did he know you had a camera going or was it concealed?

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