Bruce Tulloh
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Representing  United Kingdom
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Belgrade 1962 | 5.000 metres |
Michael (Bruce) Swinton Tulloh (born September 29, 1935, in Datchet, Berkshire) is an athlete long-distance runner from England, who still competes occasionally, though now in his mid-seventies. He won the European title in the men's 5,000 metres at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He was part of a national title winning team Portsmouth A.C. in cross-country and road running in the 1960s. He is still part of that club, now called City of Portsmouth A.C. 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.
In 1969, Tulloh ran 2876 miles across America from Los Angeles to New York City in 64 days.
Bruce was also coach to British marathon athlete Richard Nerurkar.
He taught biology at Marlborough College for 20 years.
He has written a book called Running is Easy, essentially an amateur's guide to becoming a good runner.
References
- Profile at Sporting Heroes
- Tulloh Books Bruce & wife Sue Tulloh′s website
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 5000 metres | |
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