Buniek pisze: wywiad z Peterem Snellem mistrzem olimpijskim, podopiecznym Lydiarda.
Bardzo interesujący. Cheers, Buniek
Na zachętę kilka cytatów:
Gold was unbelievable. There had been criticism of my selection in New Zealand as people were saying things such as ‘He’s only ranked 25th in the world – what is that going to get?’
Murray Halberg and I did a ¾ mile time trial. I ran 2:58 and Murray ran 3:06. Amusingly the newspaper headline read, ‘Halberg Ready with 3:06 Time Trial.’ In the story it did include some information that said something such as, ‘…by the way Snell ran 2:58.’ I wasn’t getting any respect which is kind of how I liked it as I didn’t know myself what I was ready to do. I liked being the dark horse.
Zagadka: po jakiej nawierzchni biegł po złoty medal na 800 m w Rzymie w 1960 r. i potem w Tokio w 1964? Po żużlu. Poniżej 4 minut na 1 milę zszedł na trawie i mówi, że ta trawa była "szybsza" niż ten żużel.
O progresji: It is hard to believe looking back that in four years I went from third in my high school to Olympic champion.
O treningu: Like Marty Liquori said, all you need is a decent base, some leg turnover work and a lot of the scientific stuff is bullshit. Many American runners run themselves into the ground because that is what the coaches think they need to do. Half of the published accounts of Lydiard training weren’t what I actually did. At some stage after distance training you have to do high volume intervals and then as you approach your racing you have to do a bit of speed. When you have done distance for many months you feel that you have lost your speed so many runners stopped the Lydiard distance and started doing a bunch of speed work and they raced well. Then they concluded that since they saw the light they don’t need the distance work. Then the following season without the base they don’t race so well.
No i oczywiście okazało się, że złoty medalista z Rzymu na 800 m i z Tokio na 800 i 1500 m nie jest "prawdziwym maratończykiem" pomimo rezultatu 2:41:
I had a great uninterrupted buildup of endurance training culminating in a marathon where I was headed for 2:30 at 22 miles but I got dehydrated and ended up at 2:41 as my core temperature must have risen too high. I had to walk some and struggle in but it did indicate that I was in great shape.
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