IMHO Pat Butcher was almost right. Pacemaking ruins the sport, but
Bannister didn't event it. Loads of runners before 1954 used pacemakers
of some description. Sydney Wooderson, much loved in the UK because he
looked like a bank clerk and ran like a lion, broke his world record in
a handicapped
Well put. I vividly remember those couple of times when I "walked on
air" and have forgotten the countless times I walked in the mud.
Tom
On May 7, 2004, at 3:03 PM, malmo wrote:
Randy, the problem with your desires to have the runners acquiece to
your vicarious desires is that those head-to-hea
Very nice!
malmo wrote:
> Randy, the problem with your desires to have the runners acquiece to your vicarious
> desires is that those head-to-head match races are exactly what runners LOVE
>
> Have you ever been in a pack with 150 to go, everyone digging hard, and you reach
> for that extra
Randy, the problem with your desires to have the runners acquiece to your vicarious
desires is that those head-to-head match races are exactly what runners LOVE
Have you ever been in a pack with 150 to go, everyone digging hard, and you reach for
that extra gear and find it, and blow by the
A lot has been written and said over the last few years about how horrible
'time-chasing' is because it takes away the fan excitement of head-to-head competition.
I'm not convinced that we can't have both.
Bannister vs Landy in the '54 Commonwealth Games produced a 3:58 when the World Record
wa
