THE "VERY UNOFFICIAL"
SCOTT WILLETT HOME PAGE

"I have no life outside of triathlons"

DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA

We found in the Boletín Triatleta, which is published in Buenos Aires, a listing that Scott Willett finished 10th in the Great Floridian Triathlon last year.  We are going global now, aren't we?  There is something quaintly appropriate about the following lyrics for Scott.  You will have to read it yourself, because we decline to provide annotations for the obvious allusions to non-runner types:

I had to let it happen, I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom
Running around, trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to

Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

And as for fortune, and as for fame
I never invited them in
Though it seemed to the world they were all I desired
They are illusions
They are not the solutions they promised to be
Don't cry for me Argentina

(the last chorus belongs to us, though)

Have I said too much?
There's nothing more I can think of to say to you.
But all you have to do is look at me to know
That every word is true

(2/8/99)

DEAR ABBY ...

We received the following haiku from the unsinkable 'Kelly Brown':

YES, I want to be a better swimmer
         YES, I want to be a better cyclist
               YES, I want to be a better triathlete

Can you help me.
               AND I want to be a better person.

Yes, I can help you.  To be a better swimmer, please see your good friend Kelly Brown (NYU Swmming Coach).  To be a better cyclist, please see your good friend Guillermo (G'Mo) Rojas (NYU Cycling Coach).  To be a better triathlete, please see your best 'friend' Scott Willett (NYU Triathlete Coach).  And, even though you didn't ask, to be a better runner, please see your good friend Ross Galitsky (who will tell you not to bother).  To be a better person, you can begin by not e-mailing me (who is not your good friend) anymore ...

(1/6/99)

1998 YEAR-END ADDRESS FROM COACH WILLETT

"It has been a most rewarding year, both as a coach, and as an athlete. It's been 19 years since I fell off that borrowed Schwinn and started the 'locked-leg' 5K march that left me DEAD LAST, and wanting more ... Little did I know that I would have the opportunity to introduce so many of you to such glorious suffering.  Every year I learn more about myself through your experiences. Thanks for the trip."

To commemorate Scott's year, his fans prepared a photoplay about him revolving around the triathlete's motto, "It's all about ME!".  In this photo, Scott is reading the document, with evident distaste.  Only a single copy of this document was ever produced, and it was put up for auction.  The winning bid came from Ann Snoeyenbos, who probably wanted it for the rare collections library at New York University.

(12/23/98)

TRIATHLETE EATS FOOD!

December 20th was Scott Willett's birthday.  Scott had a rough day, because triathlete union rules stipulate that he has to swim his age multiplied by the 100 meters on his birthday. (We won't disclose the distance, but it is a lot!)  That evening, Scott and a group of triathletes went out to a Japanese restaurant (Okura) on the East Side to celebrate.  Just when the food was brought out ... wouldn't you know it? ... a roving camera crew from our Global Surveillance System (TM) showed up to take this photo.   It goes without say that all the other people swore that it was pure coincidence.   By the way, the hand at the bottom of the photo belongs to Ross Galitsky, who is attacking the food while Scott is being distracted.

(12/20/98)

MEDIA STAR

On November 1st and 2nd, Scott Willett was the focus of a special WNBC Channel 4 Triathlon news story.  After reading our glowing review, Scott wrote this thank-you note: "Being the focus of all your thinly veiled adulation is indeed onerous. But as a friend, I understand your need for idolization of the extranormal, and bear my burden semi-silently."

LOCAL HE-MAN

In his write-up of the 2000 Fleet Empire State Building Run-Up for the New York Runner (May/June 2000), reporter Toby Tanser described  "the local he-man of the triathlon circuit, an ex-pat British guy named Scott Willett.  Apparently this guy is a virtual destroyer when it came to pain events."