Geoff Capes Geoff Capes Geoffrey Lewis Capes (born 23 August 1949) is a British former shot putter, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor. As an athlete he represented both England and Great Britain in field athletics, specialising in the shot put an event in which he was twice Commonwealth champion, twice European champion, and three time Olympian. As a strongman, he twice won the title of World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion on two occasions, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man. As a Highland Games competitor he was six times world champion,
Oregon Ducks track and field with track and field as one of the central themes. Bowerman himself wrote several books on the sport of running including "High Performance Training for Track and Field" which details coaching instruction for high level competition. He also wrote a book with a cardiologist called "Jogging", which detailed the medical benefits of jogging, to which many credited its exploding popularity. Bowerman's successor, Bill Dellinger, also authored a number of books regarding running, including "Competitive Runner's Training Book", "The Running Experience" and "Winning Running". The program's coaching extended beyond just within the program itself. Bowerman had his athletes mentor the community