Gary Winckler - 100mH WC tapper program

[Charlie_Francis]

@AthleticsCoach

Not sure if Gary actually went to the trouble of copywriting the schedule, but law in this are is pretty much like patent law. The first person who presents the idea or document gets the rights to it…in general. In the '80’s I can’t think of a coach who had copywrited their training schedules. Maybe Gary was ahead of his time, or maybe he had already started “learning” from Vern Gambetta.

I was certainly not aware of the need for any such protection in 1982.
I was simply distressed that Marita had been removed from the 4 x 400m relay at the Commonwealth Games because she had fallen off her early season performances by so much. She’s a great girl and was a member of our track club and when she asked for help and I gave it as best I could.
She improved by almost 2 seconds in 1983 and ran 50.03 (I believe) in the World Championship Finals in Helsinki. (it was a lot tougher then because there was an extra round). She ran 49.91 the next year for 4th in the Olympics and is still the co-record holder for Canada.