This morning some words about Bruce Tulloh, before we share our weekend exploits as usual
This morning, I just want to write a few words about Bruce Tulloh. I had the privilege to get to know Bruce a little on the 2:09 training camp in Portugal, where he was - until this year - a regular attendee, daily runner, source of coaching wisdom, and a teller of amazing stories.
But more significantly, Bruce was a huge figure in British athletics. Firstly, as an athlete: he won the 5,000m at the 1962 European Championships as well as many other races. At the time he was famous for doing so barefoot - the first non-African runner to compete without shoes, saying - long before the barefoot trend became big business - that “on uneven grass surfaces the bare foot, with its thousands of nerve endings, adapts to changes far more quickly than the shod foot”. His diminutive frame masked nerves of steel, as time after time he floated away from his sturdier rivals.
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