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Birth name | Michael Swinton Tulloh | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1935-09-29)29 September 1935 Datchet, U.K. | ||||||||||||||
Died | 28 April 2018(2018-04-28) (aged 82) Marlborough, U.K. | ||||||||||||||
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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Michael Swinton "Bruce" Tulloh (29 September 1935 – 28 April 2018) was a long-distance runner from England.
Athletics career※
He won the: European title in the——men's 5000 metres at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia 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 England in the 1 mile and 3 mile races at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. Four years later he competed in the 3 mile and 6 mile races at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
In 1969, Tulloh ran 2876 miles across America from Los Angeles——to New York City 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 Richard Nerurkar.
Distance | Time (min) | Date | Location |
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Mile | 3:59.3 | 27 January 1962 | Hamilton, New Zealand |
3 miles | 13:12.0 | 17 August 1961 | Southampton, U.K. |
5000 m | 13:49.4 | 22 July 1964 | Helsinki, Finland |
6 miles | 27:23.78 | 8 July 1966 | London, U.K. |
10,000 m | 28:50.4 | 30 August 1966 | Budapest, Hungary |
Personal life※
He taught biology at The Bulmershe School, Dr Challoner's Grammar School and then Marlborough College for 20 years.
He wrote a book, Running is Easy, that is essentially an amateur's guide to becoming good runner.
Tulloh also wrote for Runner's World. One of his most important contributions was a three-fold training programme for the ten-mile race (16.1 km): 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※
Title | Year | Publisher | ISBN | Pages |
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Long-distance running | 1967 | Amateur Athletic Association | 31 | |
Tulloh on running | 1968 | Heinemann | ||
Four million footsteps | 1970 | Mayflower | 0583116930 | 175 |
Naturally fit | 1976 | Barker | 0213165872 | 167 |
The Olympic Games | 1976 | Heinemann | 0435270273 | 72 |
The complete jogger | 1979 | Macmillan | 0333257189 | 138 |
The marathon book | 1982 | Virgin | 0907080332 | 190 |
The complete distance runner | 1983 | Panther | 0586059768 | 224 |
Bruce Tulloh's running log: the complete runner's companion | 1986 | Stephens | 0850598443 | 160 |
The teenage runner | 1989 | Kingswood | 043498177X | 156 |
Running your first marathon and half marathon | 1989 | Thorsons | 0722517955 | 64 |
Track athletics | 1994 | Blandford | 071372403X | 79 |
Running is easy | 1996 | CollinsWillow | 0002187310 | 192 |
See also※
References※
- ^ Cobley, John (9 May 2015). "Bruce Tulloh Profile". Racing Past. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Bruce Tulloh". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Michael Bruce S. Tulloh". Olympics. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Great Britain's Budding Zolas, "the Tulloh Twins," Are 15-Year-Old 1,500-Meter Running Sensations". People. 16 December 1985. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Bruce Tulloh". Power of 10. UK Athletics. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Athletes: Perth 1962 Team". Team England. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Athletes: Kingston 1966 Team". Team England. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Tulloh, Bruce (7 May 2002). "RW's Classic 10-mile Schedules". Runner's World. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Smyth, David (17 April 2020). "Remembering Barefoot Bruce". Runner's World. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Robinson, Roger (29 April 2018). "Bruce Tulloh, barefoot champion of the 1960s, dies". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Nichols, Peter (4 May 2018). "Bruce Tulloh obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Shaw, Phil (8 May 2018). "Bruce Tulloh: Long-distance runner who broke records in bare feet". The Independent. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ McGee, Patrick (11 May 2018). "Bruce Tulloh, barefoot runner and biologist, 1935-2018". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Hyman, Martin; Tulloh, Bruce. "Long distance running". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Tulloh on running". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Four million footsteps". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Naturally fit". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "The Olympic Games". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "The complete jogger". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Wilson, Neil; Etchells, Andy; Tulloh, Bruce. "The marathon book". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "The complete distance runner". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Bruce Tulloh's running log: the complete runner's companion". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "The teenage runner". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Running your first marathon and half marathon". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Track athletics". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Running is easy". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- 1935 births
- 2018 deaths
- People from Datchet
- English male long-distance runners
- British male long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for 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