David Crocker: Marathon Man
Title
David Crocker: Marathon Man
Subject
David Crocker
Description
Over the course of a running career that spanned more than four decades, Folkestone resident David Crocker ran an incredible 35,000 miles. We spoke to David about this prodigious feat, which included eight marathons, roughly 100 half-marathons, and a fleeting brush with Audrey Hepburn. David also talks about growing up in Folkestone during the war, his love of Kent Cricket, and bowling to Colin Cowdrey.
Creator
Michael Romyn
Date
5 February, 2020
Contributor
David Crocker
Rights
Kent's Sporting Memories
Collection Items
David Crocker Oral History Summary
Summary of an Oral History Recording with interviewee David Crocker
Marathon Medals and Memorabilia awarded to David Crocker
A photo of an assortment of some of the various medals and memorabilia collected by David Crocker during the course of his running career. Shown are two London Marathon medals (1986, 1992), a New York City Marathon medal (1988), and a Moscow Marathon…
Running in the Moscow Marathon, 1988
A photograph of David Crocker running in the Moscow Marathon in 1988, aged 50
David Crocker and running partner Ken Bleach at the 1988 New York City Marathon
A photograph of David Crocker and his former running partner Ken Bleach at the 1988 New York City Marathon. David estimates that the two of them ran more than 20,000 miles together.
David Crocker in Milton Keynes, 1989
A photograph of David Crocker on the start line of a running event in Milton Keynes in 1989
David Crocker nearing the finish line of the London Marathon, 1998
A photograph of David Crocker (L) and longtime running partner Ken Bleach (R) with arms raised at the 1998 London Marathon.
'You were in this sort of ritual in a way': David Crocker on running habits, strange experiences, and chance encounters.
An excerpt of an oral history recording with David Crocker. David speaks about the pleasure and benefits he derived from his early morning runs in Folkestone, as well as some of the strange and surreal encounters he experienced along the way.…
David Crocker Oral History Transcript
Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee David Crocker