Charlie Francis has died

[speedcoach]

@NumberTwo

Yes - I do remember Charlie grabbing the medicine ball in 2003 after watching a few throws by Tim and Marion. He threw that thing pretty far with no warm-up and wearing a pair of blue jeans. On another occasion, Tim and Marion were doing squats in the weight room and Charlie jumped in - again with no warm-up - and put 275 lbs on his back and squatted it a few times to a healthy depth… again, in blue jeans.

Aren’t those jeans like the denim bench shirts and squat suits. Haha. I always thought Charlie was a big guy for a sprinter. Pretty tall. See, all those years of training stuck with him. 10.1 100m in the early 70’s was hauling ass.