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INTRAMURALS
ALBERTO!
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marathoner ever,” says Bob Sevene, who
coaches for the Athletics West track club that
lists Salazar as a member. The two first met
10 years ago in Massachusetts.
Squires was right about this guy who had
no kick, but an oh-so-powerful shuffle that left
opponents behind. He was right about this
guy who sometimes wore black socks when
he ran. He was right about this guy who said
goodbye to Wayland, Mass., heard all the
stories about the late Steve Prefontaine, and
came West.
• • •
“The first time, I'd said I’d run 2:10, so all
these guys who hadn’t run that time — or had
barely run that time — were kind of shocked.
And then the next year when I said I was
going to break the record, a lot of them said,
‘Well, who’s that guy.’ I wasn’t trying to put
them down. I just knew that I could do it. And
I did." — Alberto Salazar
To say that Salazar’s running exploits are
the sole thing granting him notoriety is a
farce. Indeed, Salazar’s tongue keeps the
spotlight close to him at all times. Never does
he duck the challenge of being frank. Telling
Salazar not to be honest is like telling Reggie
Jackson that he doesn’t stir the drink, or like
telling Reagan to pack up the MX missile.
“He’s always been very honest,” says
wife Molly, a former Oregon school record
holder in the 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 meters
and the comic relief in the Salazar family.
Molly once said that anybody planning to
watch a 10,000-meter race needed to bring a
good book along. Now she says, “If I look
ugly one night, he’ll tell me.”
And if Alberto thinks he’ll run 2:10 in his
first marathon, he’ll tell her — and everyone
else who cares to inquire. In 1980, Salazar
astounded everybody but himself by winning
the New York Marthon in 2:09:41.
Rodgers, the king that took the American
marathon crown from Frank Shorter, had a
26.2-mile successor. Said Salazar to reporters:
“I think I proved something to people who
said I couldn’t do it, who said running a
marathon is some mystical thing.”
The way Salazar runs marathons is a
mystical thing. He would go on to win his
first four marathons — repeats in New York in
1981 and 1982, then a Boston victory later in
1982.
It seemed the marathon catered perfectly
to Salazar, and vice-versa. ‘‘For Alberto, the
longer the run, the better,” says Oregon
coach Bill Dellinger, who coaches Salazar and
will coach the U.S. distance runners in Los
Angeles this summer. “Biomechanically, he’s
very well suited to the marathon,” adds
Sevene. “He has a low back-kick and he’s
very efficient.”
• • •
“In any other city, I'd be a big celebrity.”
— Ron Tabb
Ron Tabb is Salazar’s training partner. He
is also a tremendous marathoner in his own
right, with a best of 2:09.32 via Boston in
1983. And like Salazar, he gets his coaching
advice from Dellinger. Seemingly, he has all
the traits to make the media flock his way.
But Tabb lives in Eugene, and Eugene is
Salazar country. If the Willamette Valley has
gained a reputation as a marathon mecca, it
is because of Salazar, not Tabb.
Five of the six times he has run the
marathon, Salazar has dipped under 2:10.
Marathons are on the road, where it is harder
for the competition to hang back and kick
past Alberto. Salazar loves the road, for that
is where he can use his strength and his
strategic surges to silence any kicker.
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