The Sun Life Great Race - A Gathering Of Resources
I’m writing a podcast episode about The 1990 Sunlife Great Race. A kind of Tour de France Of Running. I guess this links to my uber-nerd interest in the France Iron Tour. TSP7 and TSP8 are about that.
The event was 21 days long. Yikes. And only happened once. Below are the resources I’ve gathered so far. I’d love to speak with anybody else who’s studied it. Or runners or officials who were there.
The absolute best resource is Dave Mansbridge’s YouTube channel. He did the race. And has uploaded all the BSkyB coverage over 6 videos.
Links:
Dave Mansbridge’s YT Channel. He competed in the race.
February 2024 Runner’s World Article
Insta Post By Duncan Craig. Author of the Runner’s World article.
Insta Post By Mike Gratton
A Thread On Let’s Run
Article By Neil Featherby
Post On Les Croupiers RC Forum
Athletics Today serialised their coverage over 4 issues. Below. Unfortunately I only have parts 1, 2 and 4. But I’m trying to get hold of part 3. As well as find out if Athletics Weekly covered the race.
