Eamon coughlan newstalk

shels4ever

Eamon is on newstalk now talking about his book.

thirtyfoot

Came across well I thought and was very honest.

shels4ever

Yes he did come across very well, have heard him talking about the two 4th place in the olympics but first time i've heard him talking about his mindset coming into the games. In 76 he could only see himself with the gold.

Think i'm going to pick up his book tomorrow,

shels4ever

Reading his book at the moment but a mate in work sent me this

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=915187413084771488

didnt see it at the time.. but its my first memory of a big sporting event.

juvenal

shels4ever wrote: »

Reading his book at the moment but a mate in work sent me this

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=915187413084771488

didnt see it at the time.. but its my first memory of a big sporting event.

Cheers for that. I've seen the last 200m several times, but I never realised where he was at the bell :eek:

Fantastic, and what redemption after the failures of the Olympics. He may rub people up the wrong way, but he's very honest in his analysis of his own career and performances. Must pick the book up.

T runner

Enjoyed the book. Interesting to read of someone of that standard starting his training around the Phoenix Park where a lot of us have also trained and raced.

Heres a video of his indoor record in 1983 of 3.49.4. He said he felt like he was floating during this and experienced no discomfort whatsoever.

He looks brilliant during the race. Ray flynn was in good form too in second.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=DGXGTfGB_wc

shels4ever

Flynn was pure class too stil holds both irsh records for 1500 and the Mile thats some going when we had someone of Eamons ability.

Running Bing

Anyone have a link to the interview?

Searched the newstalk and off the ball websites with no luck:(


What an athlete though...very inspirational knowing he grew up about 10 minutes from where I live:D

shels4ever

Well went ot the expo to have my book signed.. was wondering wha ti'd say to him, go there no queue at all, Went up and all I could come out iwth was " Hows the running going" The kind had a better chat with thim then I did..

juvenal

I was over in the US last week and I picked up Coughlan's book on the way out.

It's a handy read, George Kimball's style is decent, easy to put down and pick up as you please. It goes right through from his family background, through school, Villanova, and onto his pro career, the BLÉ fiasco and the Masters Mile record.

He's quite candid in the book about his successes and failures. I only take a passing interest in athletics, and knew of his achievements, but I never realised the scale of the US indoor circuit in the 70's and 80's. Considering that he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated on a few occasions, you get an idea of how famous he was in the US, and we probably didn't realise it here in Ireland.

The Olympic chapters were good, as was his recounting of the various battles he had with John Walker etc. From a personal point of view, he grew up in the same area as me and also went to the same school, so that was a good read. He also grew up across the road from Brian Kerr (which is well known around there), and his anecdotes about the neighbourhood certainly brought back some memories that I've had since childhood.

Decent read, although it is a lot like your sports autobiography - so don't expect any great break from the formula.