Bruce Tulloh

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Bruce Tulloh
Tulloh in 1966
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1935-09-29)29 September 1935
Datchet, England
Died28 April 2018(2018-04-28) (aged 82)
Marlborough, England
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight54 kg (119 lb)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
middle distance
ClubPortsmouth AC
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 Belgrade 5000 metres

Michael Swinton "Bruce" Tulloh (29 September 1935 – 28 April 2018) was a long-distance runner from England who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]

Athletics career

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Tulloh became the British 3 miles champion after winning the British AAA Championships titles at the 1959 AAA Championships[4] and at the 1962 AAA Championships.[5]

Tulloh 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.[6][7]

He represented England in the 1 mile and 3 mile races at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[8] Four years later he competed in the 3 mile and 6 mile races at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[9] In between he won his third AAA 3 miles title at the 1963 AAA Championships.[10]

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.[7]
5000 m 13:49.4 22 July 1964 Helsinki, Finland[2]
6 miles 27:23.78 8 July 1966 London, U.K.[7]
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).[11]

Death

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Tullloh died at his home in Marlborough on 28 April 2018. He was 82.[12][13][14][15][16]

Publications

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Title Year Publisher ISBN Pages
Long-distance running 1967 Amateur Athletic Association 31[17]
Tulloh on running 1968 Heinemann [18]
Four million footsteps 1970 Mayflower Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 175[19]
Naturally fit 1976 Barker Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 167[20]
The Olympic Games 1976 Heinemann Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 72[21]
The complete jogger 1979 Macmillan Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 138[22]
The marathon book 1982 Virgin Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 190[23]
The complete distance runner 1983 Panther Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 224[24]
Bruce Tulloh's running log: the complete runner's companion 1986 Stephens Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 160[25]
The teenage runner 1989 Kingswood Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 156[26]
Running your first marathon and half marathon 1989 Thorsons Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 64[27]
Track athletics 1994 Blandford Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 79[28]
Running is easy 1996 CollinsWillow Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 192[29]

See also

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References

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