In this interview Arthur gives his thoughts on athletics in New Zealand (at the time of recording.) Again the quality is from older video tapes and may not be of the best. Enjoy.
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.
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
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.
