As a 12-year-old on the Isle of Mull in 1964, I read The Legend of Lovelock, the biography of the enigmatic New Zealand runner Jack Lovelock by Norman Harris. It led me to a 50-year fascination with the 1936 Olympic 1500 metres champion – as well as correspondence with some of Norman’s fellow countrymen, including Ron Palenski and Graeme Woodfield– as I tried to understand Lovelock and his mysterious death on the New York subway in 1949. Norman left a great writing legacy.
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