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This film showcases legendary running coach Arthur Lydiard's training methods through the example of his acolytes, including reigning Olympic 1,500m champ John Walker. 'Arthur's boys' (Snell, Halberg, Magee) scored attention by winning unheralded medals (two golds and a bronze) at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Lydiard later led the 'flying Finns' to similar success. His method revolves around building stamina to complement speed, and was influential in popularising jogging globally. Beautifully filmed, a doco highlight is Jack Foster's exhilarating scree slope descent.
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This is a valuable relic and a window into another era. An innocent time before drugs in sport, when people ran for the pure pleasure of it. The Lydiards and Cerruty's of the world we will never see the likes of again.
Tremendously interesting ! Thanks for sharing.
very inspiring. These great people were so humble and modest!
Brillant. I have just linked this page from my little barefoot blog. It is one of my favourite posts of the week and it is great to see the giants of our sport in action. Thankyou.
http://www.barefootbeginner.com/2012/07/21/the-best-5-barefoot-running-posts-from-the-blogosphere-this-week-are/
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Film, 1974 (Full Length)
NFU doco on the 1974 Commonwealth Games, featuring Lydiard commenting on a race
Short Film, 1964 (Full Length)
A classic NFU doco on Peter Snell featuring coach Lydiard
Short Film, 1962 (Full Length)
Snell sets a world record and Lydiard is interviewed
Short Film, 1962 (Full Length)
A newsreel featuring star Lydiard pupil Peter Snell
Television, 1980 (Full Length)
Lydiard helped popularise jogging worldwide
Television, 1984 (Full Length)
More NZ world champions prepare for the Olympics
Television, 1990 (Full Length Episode)
Also features action on Mt Tarawera
1980 San Francisco International Film Festival
Best Sports Film
NZ ON SCREEN 2013
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Adolfo Neto
Posted at 02.48AM - 12.11.2012
Excellent!