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[crowpower]

Grechy, I just discovered I have the 1992 City To Surf on tape, ABC coverage. Let me know if you'd like it.

[redbackrun]

crowpower, on Nov 11 2010, 01:58 PM, said:

Grechy, I just discovered I have the 1992 City To Surf on tape, ABC coverage. Let me know if you'd like it.

i for one, would like to see this race on youtube.

[Grechy]

Sure Crowpower, would love it. The ABC coverage of C2S was way better than any Ch 10 broadcast.

I have lots more footage from old races that I will be uploading shortly. I have been a but busy of late but when I get time I will post some links to some great footage of people you may know. I am pretty sure I even have some footage of Digger finishing MM from the 80's and early 90's.

[Grechy]

Thanks to Crowpower, I have received some more classic footage.

I have uploaded the 1986 Commonwealth Games, the 1987 World Champs and the 1988 Olympic Marathons. The hype and excitement before and during these races is something us Aussies don't get to experience anymore. In all races there were Deeks, Mona and Lisa Martin who were all serious medal chances and won medals in some of these races. I urge you to have a peek.

1986 Commonwealth Games Marathon - Part 1

Enjoy!

1987 World Championship Marathon

Edited by Grechy, 25 March 2011 - 08:10 PM.

[BEN-HUR]

Thanks heaps for putting these up Grechy - really look forward to watching the '87 World Champ. Marathon when I get home    
I need a wee bit of inspiration at the moment.

[BigAl5000]

in the 86MM there is footage of who I think is a good old friend of mine. Competing in his first Marathon. The bloke in the pink on the wheelchair. Made me laugh a little. Got to go back through the footage to find it again to show him.

in the 86MM there is footage of who I think is a good old friend of mine. Competing in his first Marathon. The bloke in the pink on the wheelchair. Made me laugh a little. Got to go back through the footage to find it again to show him.

[DontStop]

Not linked here, but the 3 videos that grechy put up on the '83 MM are well worth a look. Some highlights:


The official camera truck: it's a ute with a bullbar, and what looks like a lounge chair taken from the Channel 7 foyer and bolted onto the back tray.

The Big M Girls in their short-shorts and Big M Melbourne Marathon windcheaters. I reckon you could sell those tops on ebay for several hundred now.

5000+ marathoners, all wearing cotton gear, no gels, no garmins, water only. And heaps running 2.40/2.50 like it's no big deal.

Everyone wearing short-shorts.

80's hair is everywhere.

The cheesy commentary (it's a half-hour doco) is at times priceless.

At the finish: free showers, free hot-tubs and free buffet (looks like beer too) for all runners.

Peter Landy interviewing Grenville Wood (who finished second to the great Juma Ikangaa). Peter obviously wasn't one of the world's great listeners:

"Were you happy with your race?"

"Yes, except for the fact I had some groin trouble which slowed me down from about the 25k mark."

"So, any physical problems out there?"

"Well, there was that groin trouble i just told you about..."


Well worth a look to see some old-school marathon action.

Edited by DontStop, 29 March 2011 - 11:32 AM.

[pjay]

Digger, on 08 June 2010 - 01:23 PM, said:

Here is part of the project Grechy, myself and others are working on, by loading as many 'Australian Running Video's' as possible up to youtube:

Click for the 1983 Canberra Marathon

So if you have some video's somewhere, get them to us, or load them up yourself.

In the process of watching the second video, I see a psychologist describing the six profiles of marathoners including the repossessed, the possessed, the born again, the obsessive and two others which escape me.  Perhaps he should be getting out there and participating in a marathon himself, thereby being  able to slap a label on his profile, which could--could have by now?--cause him to reassess his method of dumping every runner into a nice, neat, descriptive, and at times derogatory, box.

[LifeInShorts]

Hi all, I'm new to the site, but quite enjoying reading through old threads. I'm very interested in most all of the footage mentioned in this thread.  I've just started collecting race footage on DVD and VHS - mostly marathons and road races - so I'd be thrilled to pick up some Australian races.  I could use almost any race mentioned in this thread.  I'm particularly interested in the Sydney marathons mentioned above, as well as any year of Gold Coast or Melbourne.  Basically, I'm interested in almost anything I don't already own - especially if it's a marathon.

Not sure what the protocol is here, but I'm more than willing to pay for footage, if need be.  At a minimum, it's only fair that I pay for shipping.  I'm an American (married to an Australian who has lived in the US since her teens).  Thanks in part to my wife, I'm a huge fan of Moneghetti and Deek (both make the short list of my favorite marathoners), so I'd be thrilled to pick up anything they ran on Australian soil (all I have are some marathons they ran abroad and the 1990 Great North Run w/ Moneghetti).

Thanks again.  If anyone has anything they want to share, post in this thread, PM me, or e-mail me.  Hope to hear from someone.

My Email

[Grechy]

I certainly don't accept money for copying DVDs, I do sometimes help people out if they have a specific request but I can't just copy everything for everyone otherwise I will be doing it 24/7.

As for footage of Deeks, Mona etc, I would settle for youtube for satisfaction as asking people to post o/s is probably asking a bit much unless you have something to trade.

If you had Australian races from years gone by then I would be happy to do some sort of trade but asking us to post to a stranger on the other side of the planet is a bit too much in my opinion.

Once again for those who may be able to help, I am after Australian races from the 70's, 80's, 90's and early 00's. Races like C2S, GCM, MM etc. I am not so much interested in Olympics and Commonwealth Games. I am more interested in races that ordinary plodders like us compete in.

I have built up quite a collection due to the help of several people (Digger, Crowpower, Bob Fickel to name a few) but I am always looking for more. If anyone can help then definitely let me know.

[LifeInShorts]

Perfectly understandable.  Hope I haven't offended anyone by asking.  Worth a shot, and all that.  I generally buy footage from a source or two and deal with international shipping quite regularly (I also collect pro/national team singlets and track spikes).  

Don't have much of anything to offer in Australian races, unfortunately.

[Grechy]

Here's a video that I uploaded the other day that is worth a look. I am sure there are a few CR's featured in this one!

[Grechy]

Here is another one I have recently uploaded.