Richard,
What about Roger Bannister? Wasn't he from the 50's? Perhaps you could
explain his training schedule to us.
John the crazy alaskan runner
"Also, that higher work level is a direct result of professionalization of
sprinting. My statement about levels of "investment" relate most directly
to the pre-profestional period. In the pre-professional period, few
sprinters worked as hard as distance runners. I believe one of the main
reasons why the 100m WR continues to drop is largely because of the
increased work level of world class sprinters, just as a similar phenomenon
drove down distance WRs in the 1950s and 60s."
Richard McCann
