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Gary Fanelli
Gary M. Fanelli (born October 24, 1950) is a long-distance runner from the United States who represented American Samoa in the Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Fanelli's 2:25:35 performance at the Olympics is an American Samoan records in athletics, American Samoan national record. Known for running in costume, he has been called "the crown prince of road racing", "the king of costume", and "road-racing's longest-running joke". Early life Fanelli was born and raised in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. He attended school in Ardsley, Pennsylvania where "he was just another class cut-up". In 1969, Fanelli dropped out of Montgomery County Community College and reportedly joined a Intentional community, commune in Maui, Hawaii, but eventually returned to Ardsley where he began training. By 1980, he was a bee pollen salesman and a natural food advocate living in Oreland, Pennsylvania. He reportedly too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long-distance Runner
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance running comes two different types of respiration. The more prominent side that runners experience more frequently is aerobic respiration. This occurs when oxygen is present, and the body is able to utilize oxygen to help generate energy and muscle activity. On the other side, anaerobic respiration occurs when the body is deprived of oxygen, and this is common towards the final stretch of races when there is a drive to speed up to a greater intensity. Overall, both types of respiration are used by endurance runners quite often, but are very different from each other. Among mammals, humans are well adapted for running significant distances, and particularly so among primates. The capacity for endurance running is also found in migratory ungulates and a li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Summer Olympics Boycott
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest against the Soviet–Afghan War, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviet Union, which hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and Eastern Bloc, its allies later 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles. Background The Western Bloc, Western governments first considered the idea of boycotting the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics in response to the Soviet–Afghan War, situation in Afghanistan at the 20 December 1979 meeting of NATO representatives. The idea was not completely new to the world: in the mid 1970s, proposals for an Olympic boycott circulated widely among human rights activists and groups as a sanction for Human rights in the Soviet Union, Soviet violations of human rights. At that time, very few member governments expressed interest in the proposal. However, this idea gained popularity in early Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
