Turing and Whitlock in same results.
Enigma-cracker
Alan Turing’s running talents, I had no idea one of my readers would confirm it via personal experience. Turns out Turing ran at the same 1949 meet as a young
Ed Whitlock, the future Canadian marathon legend. Ed sent me a page from the
Walton Athletic Club gazette. “Note, I was called Ted in those days as that was the diminutive for Edward in England,” Ed writes. “Alan belonged to the same running club as me and I am probably one of just a few still alive that have any association with his running side although I believe
Bill Nankeville who ran in the 1948 Olympic 1500 final is still alive. I ran in several events with Alan, but to my recollection never ran against him. He was quite a bit older than me and in my innocence had no idea he was homosexual or that he had worked at Bletchley Park. I had emigrated to Canada before he died.” If Alan were still alive, he’d be 102, and likely not racing. But what would he make of today’s computer scene?
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Growing Bolder did a great follow-up:
https://www.growingbolder.com/running-history-3018815/
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