Old School Badass: David Bedford

David Bedford was one of England's most colorful athletes of the 1970's, known for his brutal high mileage training, front running tactics, shaggy rock 'n' roll haircut and for racing in trademark red socks! Though he never won an Olympic medal, he's a badass in Rock 'n' Roll Runner's book. Bedford is now the race director of the prestigious London marathon, and in recent years, was in the news when he sued the British phone directory enquiries service 118 118 for using twin models with strikingly similar looks to his '70s self in an ad campaign. 118 118 claimed that they had never heard of Bedford and were looking for a Steve Prefontaine look a like! Well, you be the judge, the Bedford 'twins' are posted below: