Charlie Francis has died

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My wife called me while I was at practice today to tell me that Charlie had died, and I was barely able to finish the practice I was so upset.

I have never met him in person but he’s been by far the best influence on me as a coach, and I’m sure there are hundreds of people, if not more, who could say the same thing.

I’m one of them… I would have quit running after collage had I not found this website. There is just NOTHING in the marketplace on how to properly train as a sprinter year around in edition to how to recover, what to eat, ect ect.

I was just amazed that CHARLIE HIMSELF would respond to questions; along with his wife. Personally I think it’s amazing that he accomplished so much but yet remained simple and humble enough to talk to unknown joe blows like me. I can say the same for other big guys on this forum like No2, PJ and KitKat.

I mean, I can’t just converse with Michel Jordan, or his coach; even if I could, I probably would not want to because many men that make it that far in life become so arrogant and full of themselves.