Steve was very afraid of not beating George young. But he did! He beat Jerry Lindgren too. I love my brother Steve Prefontaine. I was the oldest in the family and I watched him grow. From an insecure child to a dominating running legend. He had it all. Except he was poor all his life. After he died, his parents became rich. He had left stock in Nike that was worth a million dollars. He never seen it. Now his sister Linda has it all. Congratulations to my brother. He made it and didn’t know it. Love you little brother!
Steve was definitely a huge inspiration for my long distance running in high school and college! I love his grace in his running form! Very strong! Thank you Neta for sharing!
It was a special honor to have run in two NCAA cross country and two track championships against your brother. Though I wasn't near his talent,I see remember standing next to him at the starting line
@@jcgpisces579 Probably is. That is his sister's name. Not sure of any drama surrounding his estate, but I hope the family benefits from any profit that his legacy continues to generate. Inspiring story.
My brother died May 30. Get that right please. He loved his people. Their were many and he still has the loyalty of “his people”. There was never a new Pre in all the years after him. Their was only one star athlete and that was the great PRE himself. Come to the Pre Classic in Eugene, Or May 27&28th. You will see the best Stadium ever, the best runners ever participating, the Rock where he had his accident, the bench oh his in Alton Baker Park. The famous Pre’s Trail where. Meet and greet athletes and people from all over the world. Then go to the Padock restaurant and bar where Steve worked his way through college and he got free steaks and Bea’s special hamburgers. Bea was an older cook there, she kept Steve from starving in his college days. Lovely lady. Well. Anything else will have to catch me at the Prefontaine Classic by the finish line. Hope the sun comes out! Love you bro’!
Jared practiced months for this movie. It was his first movie! Low budget too. He has now become a Hollywood star and a band singer I his own band traveling all over the world. He owns his own island now and climbs mountain rocks. He is awesome. God bless this man!
My dad bought me one of those yellow ‘go pre’ tee shirts at the 72 Olympic Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR., still have it. Was a great event to experience. 🙏🏼
At 56 yrs old....I run slowest than a 🐌....and yet....I try to HONOR the Memory of my IDOL....by...running the faster than I can.... even though...that means running slower than a 🐢..... ....The purpose of running is to test the limits of the human 💙.....
Moments on “Without Limits”, as being the better movie. Only because they had more money to get better everything then we had in “The Prefontaine” movie. We were a low budget movie. Without Limits was produced by Tom Cruise productions. Tom didn’t play my brother because he said he was to old. That’s why he produced it instead. So naturally, it was better.
I think Ermey, O'Neill and Leto FAR outdid Sutherland, Crudup, etc, making this movie easily the better and more interesting of the two. It's both serious and breezy, while 'Limits' tries for breezy but continues getting stuck in serious. I don't think there's any contest here.
Hollywood HorseShite. Go look at real footage of Prefontiane and his contemporaries running, then you can appreciate the grace and endurance and fitness that real world class distance runners have. These guys couldn't beat a bunch of mediocre high school cross country runners.
You must think that Top gun Maverick wasnt a good movie because Tom Cruise wouldnt be able to fly a plane as well as a real top gun graduate. You must not like Ford v. Ferrari because Christian Bale cant drive as well as Ken miles did. You must not like any movies ever, because the actors are not as good as the people they are playing.
The funny thing is my dad starred in a Burger King commercial after the olympics and they were trying to recreate the end of his race (passing the 2 Kenyans and the "Russian"). They brought in some other 400m runners to serve as actors for the shot. The problem was my dad kept failing to pass them at the end. So they ended up having them run a full lap and my dad would just run the final 100m for the shot. I'm sure it's easy to judge their representation, but I feel like to most, even those who were part of it, it's fair.
The ONLY guy that Steve Pre had respect for was Larry Jantzen. Larry in 1970 set a HS record of 1:50 in the 800m at the Douglas HS track in Castle Rock Colorado…at altitude.
The movie is "prefontaine" starring Jerrod Leto, and was one of two movies that came out about the running legend, rhe other being "without limits". Both are a fantastic watch
Being a runner I have hard time looking at their terrible form. Actor who played Pre..close but Pre was way more handsome w eyes that told you he was someone. I had long talk w him in Vancouver Canada at post meet party two weeks before his sad death. Then years later I trained w the guy who broke Pres 5km US record I wish Pre just rested n move to Europe during summer meets...US not serious about us distance runners getting real training n races
It was more of a story of Pre! Not his love life. I liked both movies as they each said something a little different. How many kids from a small town like coos Bay ever get two movies and many documentaries made about them. Thank you Lord. He deserved it too. Thank you. Hugs!
Sadly, Bowerman's old school mentality doesn't hold weight with the athletes who were and are much more humble than Pre was. It's not about tail kissing when a boy from a small town, a drunk for a stepdad, no support from bio dad, & poor living conditions could use a break or better yet, encouragement. A little goes a long way. Trust me. I know too well. If I had known about Oregon's rep back in the 80s, I would've written a letter to the Coach asking him to give me a look, chance to prove myself worthy to reach the unknown limits of man's God-given ability.
You would have had to be one of the best high school runners in the country to get an audition with Bill Dellinger (Bowerman resigned as coach in the early 70s). It's always been a very selective program, even though Bowerman rarely gave out a full scholarship.
What in the world are you talking about. Brad. Steve never had a drunk for a stepdad, in fact you don’t know what you are talking about. So go find some place to play with your toys little man! He had a real father and not a drunk. He worked hard for his family to have a home that he built with his ow hands. In fact, he built 2 homes. My Dadand Steve’s,
The film that this clip is taken from is amateurish compared to "Without Limits". Although, to be fair, there are people who think this one is actually more historically "accurate" concerning some of the events in Pre's life. I guess if you're a fan of Pre it's worth watching on some level, but I saw "Limits" first, and when I watched this one it was kind of "cringey" by comparison in terms of the acting.
Ehh, your opinion. This movie had a much lower budget than its counter part and still put up an outstanding film, one that was only a tad worse than a much more expensive one
@@magnusrylander Yes, my opinion, well done! Come on, now. Billy Crudup and Donald Sutherland vs Jared Leto and R. Lee Ermey, that's a first round knockout. Again, I grant that Without Limits took quite a bit of "license" with some of the events, characters, and chronology. But the Leto movie had kind of a "documentary" feel, and the amateurish acting by the principals only added to that. Without Limits was a great film, this one is not in the same league. You are better off watching "Fire on the Track", which was a great documentary about Pre, than this movie.
@@jaykay6387 Jeez man why the hate for this movie? It's my 6th favorite all time (Without limits is 5th), and I watched them back to back. I can't really tell the difference except for maybe the running scenes.
Steve Prefontaine is a classic case of premature death creating a legend when life would have made him nothing more than a nearly man. In '72 he ran out of gas and got nothing for it. Prefontaine would have changed the dynamic of the 1976 5,000 as Viren was allowed to dictate it and slow it down I doubt he would have finished any better than 6th in that race. Americans traditionally don't celebrate glorious failure among their own and Prefontaine would have suffered as others took the '76 spotlight for their successes. It's difficult to see someone of his impatience and mentality having the maturity to stay in contention for a medal in 1980 and highly improbable to envisage him then getting over the disappointment of the boycott to come back for LA in '84, though perhaps by then he may have considered the marathon instead.
Now I could be wrong .....but pre was undefeated in college, held basically every American record from 2k-10k (steeple chase) and finished 4th at the Olympics as a college junior....so basically, at the end of the day, what I'm trying to get at is, shut up, you no talent ,couldn't run a mile as fast as my dead grandmother, shit talker internet message board, tough guy. Goodnight
@@ericbrown6757 You're indeed not wrong in regard to Prefontaine's ability in the United States. Unfortunately, the calibre of opponent in the United States at this time did not include {arguably} any of runners among the top 50 in the world at this time. He avoided the best in the world before 1972 and made lot of rash statements about what he was going to do. Needless to say, there was a deal of satisfaction among rivals that he let Munich empty-handed. Prefontaine went back to the States after the Olympics and continued to run against very poor calibre opponents, basically performing time trials. As any track athlete can testify, running in time trials and against world-class opponents are very different. May I offer you a suggestion that you may find useful. Being a troll who follows their opinion with insult is a very tiring occupation and ultimately leaves only the troll tired and bitter. It also belittles your own opinion no matter how valid. Could I suggest trying to offer debate with those with whom you have a differing opinion? You may find that in addition to enjoying engaging discourse with people from all over the world, garnering improved debating skills and gaining a more rounded viewpoint, you'll also gain the respect of others and perhaps a modicum of maturity. It'll also make it less likely for other readers to simply dismiss you as someone who hasn't been taking their meds.
@Richard Milliken It's one thing doing it away from the Olympics but quite another to bring it to the big one. Take Paula Radcliffe as an example. Easily the best female long-distance runner of her time. World Marathon record holder for 15 years and won everything in her sport. Come the Olympics. Favourite to win in all five of her Olympic finals and blew up every time, not even a medal of any colour to show for it.
daveyork0 he pushed everyone all the way to the finish...in lead right til last turn..just ran out of fuel n got 4th...he had guts to go for it....you ever raced or won a race in your life? He was going against one of the greatest runners in history in that race...Lasse Viren...Pre once held every American record from 2000 to 10,000 meters...never done before or since by one runner
jon amstutz - Yeah....Viren was a freak of nature. Imagine falling down in a race, then getting up, passing everyone, and end up winning by a huge margin. He was like Secretariat on 2 feet....
