Remembering Kenny Moore - 2nd In A Series
By Jeff Benjamin
Marty Liquori
"I am happy to see the many accolades for Kenny. He was a giant of our sport. But for me, he was always a teammate, an intelligent human being. As were his two marathon Olympic teammates Frank Shorter and Jack Bacheler. What a threesome!
Kenny Moore, 1969 AAU 3 mile, photo by Jeff Johnson, special thanks to Walt Chadwick
Kenny and I realized our personalities were extremely different.
He the marathoner, me the miler. He the author, me the broadcaster.
I remember once as a meet ended Kenny said, "Well I'll be up all night writing the piece for Sports Illustrated...I have until Wednesday...But sometimes, it takes me 3 days to come up with the opening sentence!"
I,of course, had just done three hours of spontaneous commentary. Some of which I might regret for three days but I was done and heading to the bar and not a quiet hotel room!
We both agreed that his job was my idea of hell and my job was his.
Marathoner ...Miler ..."
By Jeff Benjamin
Marty Liquori
"I am happy to see the many accolades for Kenny. He was a giant of our sport. But for me, he was always a teammate, an intelligent human being. As were his two marathon Olympic teammates Frank Shorter and Jack Bacheler. What a threesome!
Kenny Moore, 1969 AAU 3 mile, photo by Jeff Johnson, special thanks to Walt Chadwick
Kenny and I realized our personalities were extremely different.
He the marathoner, me the miler. He the author, me the broadcaster.
I remember once as a meet ended Kenny said, "Well I'll be up all night writing the piece for Sports Illustrated...I have until Wednesday...But sometimes, it takes me 3 days to come up with the opening sentence!"
I,of course, had just done three hours of spontaneous commentary. Some of which I might regret for three days but I was done and heading to the bar and not a quiet hotel room!
We both agreed that his job was my idea of hell and my job was his.
Marathoner ...Miler ..."