Michael Swinton "Bruce" Tulloh (29 September 1935 – 28 April 2018) was a

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from

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Athletics career

He won the European title in the men's 5000 metres at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade,

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with a winning time of 14:00.6. He was also part of a national title winning team Portsmouth A.C. in cross-country and road running in the 1960s. He was famous for running barefoot in many of his races. His twin daughters were teenage running phenomena in the 1980s setting age-best marks running for their club Swindon A.C. They also ran barefoot. He represented

in the 1 mile and 3 mile races at the

1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North Perth. The ...

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, Western Australia. Four years later he competed in the 3 mile and 6 mile races at the

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. They were followed by the 1966 Commonwealth Para ...

. In 1969, Tulloh ran 2876 miles across America from

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in 64 days. This is described in his book ''Four Million Footsteps'', published by Pelham Books and as a Mayflower paperback in 1970. He was coach to British marathon athlete

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Personal life

He taught biology at The Bulmershe School,

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and then

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for 20 years. He wrote a book, ''Running is Easy'', that is essentially an amateur's guide to becoming a good runner. Tulloh also wrote for ''

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''. One of his most important contributions was a three-fold training programme for the ten-mile race (16.1km): the first programme was how to get sub-80 mins (4:58 per km), the second was for sub-70 mins (4:21 per km) and the third for sub-60 mins (3:44 per km).

Death

Tullloh died at his home in Marlborough on 28 April 2018. He was 82.

Publications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tulloh, Bruce 1935 births 2018 deaths People from Datchet English male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games European Athletics Championships medalists Japan Championships in Athletics winners Deaths from cancer in England

Athletics career

Personal life

Death

Publications

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