AngelaCoon:
It has brought be great joy preserving www.charliefrancis.com .
No words can match the feelings I have when receiving praise across the world for Charlie’s passion and work as a former sprinter turned coach.
When I met Charlie he was one of the most accomplished coaches in his sport.
It wasn’t long after meeting him that he was banned for life as a coach.
“It’s not what happens in your life but it’s how you handle what happens that matters” . I believe it was this advice from Charlie that has enabled my family to create and maintain this site for more than 2 decades. I have been especially interested in keeping the site available for free of charge and keeping the site free of advertising.
I am grateful for the kind, intelligent and courageous man he was and for how together we navigated past the events of 1988.
In the coming weeks I am making a complete update of the forums. The interruptions that have occurred over the past while has signaled the need for migrating the vast content to preserve it for the next decades to come.
Charlie would be thrilled that his work and experience continues to be used, admired and discussed as it has become more relevant in the face of so much confusion about how to train effectively.
Ange, I appreciate you keeping this site up and I often look back at many old threads-still very informative.
"Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.
MARY ELIZABETH FRYE