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English term or phrase:
being from Irvine
English answer:
UC Irvine was his training base at that time
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Charles Davis
Mar 10, 2016 04:28
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Hello everyone,
From a documentary about Edwin Moses.
I think the Olympics in LA – the build up and also the platform he had there and also **being from Irvine**, he lived next-door of course – that was, you know it was a great venue for him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfMHTanrod8
at 14.36
According to his biography he was from Dayton, Ohio, and studied in Atlanta.
http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/moses_bio.html
"Born Aug. 31, 1955, in Dayton, Ohio, as the second of three sons, Edwin began his athletic career in age group competitions and later in high school in the 180-yard low hurdles and 440-yard dash. Because of his parents' influence on him as educators, he accepted an academic scholarship in engineering from Morehouse College rather than an athletic scholarship elsewhere.
Although there was no track at Morehouse, Moses trained for the 1976 Olympic trials using the public high school facilities around Atlanta."
So what does "being from Irvine" mean?
Thank you.
From a documentary about Edwin Moses.
I think the Olympics in LA – the build up and also the platform he had there and also **being from Irvine**, he lived next-door of course – that was, you know it was a great venue for him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfMHTanrod8
at 14.36
According to his biography he was from Dayton, Ohio, and studied in Atlanta.
http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/moses_bio.html
"Born Aug. 31, 1955, in Dayton, Ohio, as the second of three sons, Edwin began his athletic career in age group competitions and later in high school in the 180-yard low hurdles and 440-yard dash. Because of his parents' influence on him as educators, he accepted an academic scholarship in engineering from Morehouse College rather than an athletic scholarship elsewhere.
Although there was no track at Morehouse, Moses trained for the 1976 Olympic trials using the public high school facilities around Atlanta."
So what does "being from Irvine" mean?
Thank you.
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UC Irvine was his training base at that time
As you've just suggested in the discussion area, at the time of the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 Moses trained at the University of California at Irvine, just south of Los Angeles. He lived in Laurel Hills, a little further south, but very close. I don't know whether he was formally affiliated to UC Irvine, but I think being based there as an athlete, added to the fact that he lived nearby, is enough to justify saying he was "from" Irvine.
This is from July 30, 1984, the very time of the LA Olympics:
"Another crowd this day keeps its distance. It's made up mostly of female athletes and male oglers gathered for a women's invitational meet on the campus of the University of California at Irvine, Moses's primary training ground. [...]
In winter Moses does endurance work on the soft beaches or on the rolling hills of a golf course near his Laguna Hills condo. [...]
An inviting sun having returned to Southern California this day, Moses is back running on the grass at Irvine."
http://www.si.com/vault/1984/07/30/620185/the-man-who-never-...
This is from an article by Moses himself, referring to 1984:
"In early February I would start reducing the distance, working at the University of California at Irvine. I would run 800m and 400m and the time would be a lot quicker than I was running the month before."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9210009/Edwin-Mose...
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I love this quotation from Moses' wife in the first source cited above, referring to the fact that he had such long legs:
"Edwin's advantage is that the other fellas actually have to jump over the hurdles."
This is from July 30, 1984, the very time of the LA Olympics:
"Another crowd this day keeps its distance. It's made up mostly of female athletes and male oglers gathered for a women's invitational meet on the campus of the University of California at Irvine, Moses's primary training ground. [...]
In winter Moses does endurance work on the soft beaches or on the rolling hills of a golf course near his Laguna Hills condo. [...]
An inviting sun having returned to Southern California this day, Moses is back running on the grass at Irvine."
http://www.si.com/vault/1984/07/30/620185/the-man-who-never-...
This is from an article by Moses himself, referring to 1984:
"In early February I would start reducing the distance, working at the University of California at Irvine. I would run 800m and 400m and the time would be a lot quicker than I was running the month before."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9210009/Edwin-Mose...
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I love this quotation from Moses' wife in the first source cited above, referring to the fact that he had such long legs:
"Edwin's advantage is that the other fellas actually have to jump over the hurdles."
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philgoddard
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Thanks, Phil :)
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Shera Lyn Parpia
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Thanks, Shera :)
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Jack Doughty
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Thanks, Jack :)
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Noni Gilbert Riley
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Thanks again
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
: Great explanation.
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Thanks very much, Yasutomo-san!
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Robert Forstag
: He was one of the greats!
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He certainly was! I can still remember how thrilling he was to watch. Thanks, Robert
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Sheri P
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Thanks, Sheri :)
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Discussion
Can "being from Irvine" simply mean that he trained there before?