Today Sir Roger Bannister passed away at the age of 88. First man to break the 4 min mile and one of the pioneers in terms of pacing and applying some semblance of science to his training and prep.
So how about challenging ourselves to a timed mile this week (well, those of you in run shape and not injured etc). We got a virtual ST swim meet going on, how about a virtual track meet starting with the mile?
My favourite mile race of all time was when Bannister and Landy both broke 4 minutes at the Empire Games in 1954. This one is a perfect contrast of pacing and racing with brain power. Most people are convinced that Landy was actually the better runner from a physical perspective, he was just racing like Pre before Pre was racing like that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP_NzZP_LK0
So how about challenging ourselves to a timed mile this week (well, those of you in run shape and not injured etc). We got a virtual ST swim meet going on, how about a virtual track meet starting with the mile?
My favourite mile race of all time was when Bannister and Landy both broke 4 minutes at the Empire Games in 1954. This one is a perfect contrast of pacing and racing with brain power. Most people are convinced that Landy was actually the better runner from a physical perspective, he was just racing like Pre before Pre was racing like that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP_NzZP_LK0