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Introducing...
Pat Butcher is a writer, journalist, television producer and commentator; and also operates a media service for several top road races around the world.
Although writing occasionally on subjects of general interest, his speciality is track and field athletics.
He first attended the Olympic Games in Munich 1972; and has covered all World Athletics Championships and Olympic Games as writer and/or commentator since 1980.
Please consult the menu for links to a variety of projects, from the highly acclaimed book, The Perfect Distance: Ovett & Coe, The Record Breaking Rivalry; to the television documentaries, Arabian Knight, The Story of Saïd Aouita and Race For Kenya; to the radio programmes Sport In the Movies and Coe & Ovett in Moscow; to various newspaper, magazine and website articles; and links to the events which he helps publicise across the world.
Unless otherwise accredited, all pictures on this site are from Victah Sailer at www.photorun.net
Butcher's Blog
February 4, 2010
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
By one of those felicitous coincidences which gives rise to columns like this, the accreditation form for the world cross country champs in Poland in March arrived on the same day as news broke that Toyota was recalling millions of vehicles worldwide, due to accelerator pedals sticking to the floor.
Nothing felicitous about that, of course. The horrific result of such a malfunction in the USA was reported in one of the British papers this week. A man driving with a friend and his family made a panic stricken call to the 911 emergency service. "We're in a Lexus.
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Archive
January 26, 2010
SPORTING MORTALITY
Running, particularly long distance running is one of those unforgiving sports. Unlike, say, ...Read more
January 5, 2010
CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS
Dubai puts a different slant on the Olympic motto. Development was dynamic, the bust was bigg ...Read more
December 23, 2009
BEAR OF THE YEAR AWARD GOES TO....
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December 15, 2009
BEAR REVEALS ALL
ANOTHER GLOBERUNNER EXCLUSIVE! German athletics authorities and fans are still tr ...Read more
Gallery
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Book: The Perfect Distance Ovett & Coe: The Record Breaking Rivalry
Right now...they were virtually anonymous. But when the time came, almost everybody in the world would know their names.
DVD: Arabian Knight, The Story of Saïd Aouita - (running time: 48mins)
...there was never a dull moment. Nothing Aouita said or did lacked excitement. He could talk a good race, but run a great one.
DVD: Race For Kenya - (running time: 50mins)
...the pace of growth in the Kenyan running community has continued unabated. In 2006, an extraordinary number of Kenyans, over 500 ran a marathon under 2hr 20min.
