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Bruce Tulloh

Michael Swinton "Bruce" Tulloh (29 September 1935 – 28 April 2018) was a long-distance runner from England.[1][2][3]

Bruce Tulloh
Tulloh in 1966
Personal information
Birth nameMichael Swinton Tulloh
Born(1935-09-29)29 September 1935
Datchet, U.K.
Died28 April 2018(2018-04-28) (aged 82)
Marlborough, U.K.
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight54 kg (119 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportAthletics
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 Belgrade 5000 metres

Athletics career

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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.[4][5]

He represented England in the 1 mile and 3 mile races at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[6] Four years later he competed in the 3 mile and 6 mile races at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[7]

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.

Personal bests
Distance Time (min) Date Location
Mile 3:59.3 27 January 1962 Hamilton, New Zealand[2]
3 miles 13:12.0 17 August 1961 Southampton, U.K.[5]
5000 m 13:49.4 22 July 1964 Helsinki, Finland[2]
6 miles 27:23.78 8 July 1966 London, U.K.[5]
10,000 m 28:50.4 30 August 1966 Budapest, Hungary[2]

Personal life

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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 a 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).[8]

Death

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Tullloh died at his home in Marlborough on 28 April 2018. He was 82.[9][10][11][12][13]

Publications

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Title Year Publisher ISBN Pages
Long-distance running 1967 Amateur Athletic Association 31[14]
Tulloh on running 1968 Heinemann [15]
Four million footsteps 1970 Mayflower 0583116930 175[16]
Naturally fit 1976 Barker 0213165872 167[17]
The Olympic Games 1976 Heinemann 0435270273 72[18]
The complete jogger 1979 Macmillan 0333257189 138[19]
The marathon book 1982 Virgin 0907080332 190[20]
The complete distance runner 1983 Panther 0586059768 224[21]
Bruce Tulloh's running log: the complete runner's companion 1986 Stephens 0850598443 160[22]
The teenage runner 1989 Kingswood 043498177X 156[23]
Running your first marathon and half marathon 1989 Thorsons 0722517955 64[24]
Track athletics 1994 Blandford 071372403X 79[25]
Running is easy 1996 CollinsWillow 0002187310 192[26]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Cobley, John (9 May 2015). "Bruce Tulloh Profile". Racing Past. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bruce Tulloh". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Michael Bruce S. Tulloh". Olympics. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b c "Bruce Tulloh". Power of 10. UK Athletics. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Athletes: Perth 1962 Team". Team England. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Athletes: Kingston 1966 Team". Team England. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  8. ^ Tulloh, Bruce (7 May 2002). "RW's Classic 10-mile Schedules". Runner's World. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  9. ^ Smyth, David (17 April 2020). "Remembering Barefoot Bruce". Runner's World. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  10. ^ Robinson, Roger (29 April 2018). "Bruce Tulloh, barefoot champion of the 1960s, dies". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  11. ^ Nichols, Peter (4 May 2018). "Bruce Tulloh obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  12. ^ Shaw, Phil (8 May 2018). "Bruce Tulloh: Long-distance runner who broke records in bare feet". The Independent. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  13. ^ McGee, Patrick (11 May 2018). "Bruce Tulloh, barefoot runner and biologist, 1935-2018". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  14. ^ Hyman, Martin; Tulloh, Bruce. "Long distance running". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Tulloh on running". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Four million footsteps". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Naturally fit". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  18. ^ "The Olympic Games". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  19. ^ "The complete jogger". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  20. ^ Wilson, Neil; Etchells, Andy; Tulloh, Bruce. "The marathon book". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  21. ^ "The complete distance runner". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Bruce Tulloh's running log: the complete runner's companion". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  23. ^ "The teenage runner". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  24. ^ "Running your first marathon and half marathon". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  25. ^ "Track athletics". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  26. ^ "Running is easy". British Library. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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