I had the good fortune to go jogging time with Arthur Lydiard in Taumarunui in the early 70's. He along with Don Clarke came to the high school as part of the Rothman's Foundation program. Of course most young guys at school wanted to go with Don Clarke - the few of us who went with Mr Lydiard were lucky indeed. He introduced us to fartleg running as I recall. Great memory of a great man.
I think this is from a series of films called "Athletics For Fun" that were produced in late 1984. They were basically aimed to be an introduction to various track & field events for anyone starting out in the sport as well as something to be used by coaches and school teachers. Two other GB athletes who made similar films included David Hemery and Lynn Davies, and they also got a few international athletes such as Miklos Nemeth, Al Oerter and Parry O'Brien to take part. For the Seb Coe film the location appears to be the Woodside Stadium in Watford, England.
Yes he was, along with el g from 1500 to 2000m. Never seen such a fluid mover it's mesmerising to watch. How was he so quick with such a slim build? Poetry in motion
That's a big statement. How do you figure that with all the African men and women runners? Coe is good, worked hard, but lucky in the time he came of age.
Dixon deserves way more kudos as one of New Zealand's greats, and one of the most versatile all-round runners of the century - Olympic Bronze medallist for 1500m, PB 3m33.89s ( 1974 Commonwealth games ), and winner of the New York marathon.
With champions like Snell,Halberg Davies,Barrie .Fm Wanganui John Gower and I did 16 every morning and 21 km on Saturday.Consequently in 1983 I won the Wanganui to Turakina 21km road race.Utilsing Arthur's miles equals speed
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Wonderful, detailed , accurately recalled historical beginnings by one of New Zealand’s great Olympic 1500m bronze medalist . Thank you very much for publishing this inspiring first class interview.
Lydiard once said (a long, long time ago) "Altitude training (for a lowland race) is pointless". 2016 a very thorough investigation into this was performed: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XUWZiL2BHoI.html Of course the man was right, again. No substitute for hard work it seems.
"There are champions everywhere. You've just got to train them properly." Arthur Lydiard Profoundly brilliant philosophy and you can see why he is such a great coach.
