But the fun doesn't stop there. For those of you who don't know,
your local library doesn't only provide its patrons with free books. In fact, the majority of people in downtown Syracuse go there for very different reasons. 1) The like free internet. 2) They like free movies.
You see, the Onondaga Library is filled with DVD's. As I was walking back to the elevator after my Eco find, I overheard (or just heard since he was basically yelling) a white dude with a do-rag and a Rowdy Roddy Piper shirt talking to someone on the phone about discovering "The Fly" in the documentary section. "Yeah, you know that movie the fly? They gots it here. Yeah. The Fly. Yeah, I just found it here at the library. It says H-O-U-S-E-F...I think it's The Fly! You seen that movie?" (In truth, it sadly wasn't The Fly at all that the man was holding. The cover of the movie said something entirely different on it--exactly what I can't
remember. It did, however have a picture of a fly on the cover of it, so I can see where the guy got the idea that he was about to be once again about to be entranced by the magic of Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. But I digress...In the VHS section, I found two gems quietly sitting among the do-it-yourselfers. One was innocuously entitled "Champions on Film & Video: Track and Field Techniques Middle Distance Running" and turned out to be Seb Coe talking to a bunch of kids about the importance of moving your arms before exercising (this was warming up) and how to do high knees (this was speed training). The other was called "Do It Better Running," co-sponsored by ESPN and Asics and featuring Steve Scott and Ingrid Kristianson. Holy smokes! "Yeah, they gots it here at the library!"
Any excitement I felt upon finding the movies quickly disappeared when I put it in Tom's VCR. For one, Ingrid K. can't really speak English too well. I mean, she's alright, but they had her reading corny scripts with Steve Scott that they couldn't have bothered to waste more than one roll of film on and subsequently just fell flat. The most entertaining part of the movie was the outfits they had the two of them wearing. The movie was made in 1990, and let me just say I'm glad I wasn't running much back then.
The one nugget of information I gleaned from an hour of watching world-record holders make asses out of themselves:
Steve Scott Weight Training
Divided into three phases throughout the year. Do after easy morning runs (I concur completely.)
Phase 1: w/ base 3x40 reps
Phase 2: w/ aerobic and interval work 3x10 reps
Phase 3: w/ racing nada
Lifts:
1) Arm forward against elastic resistance
2) Same but arm backward
3) Kick back from vertical position (glutes)
4) Drive knee forward (him flexor)
5) Bench press ("This next one has nothing to do with distance running, but I do it because I don't like to look like a skinny distance runner.")
6) Dead lift
7) Hamstring curl
8) Abs: Crunches while holding in upward position for a second.
9) Abs: Knees up and back (tuck)
NOTE: While looking for hilarious pictures on the internet, I stumbled upon this link, which my be of service to some of you film afficionados: http://www.runningmovies.com/index.htm
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