Lydiard 1960:
800 - Gold
1500 - Gold
5000 - Gold
Marathon - Bronze
Lydiard 1964:
800 - Gold
1500 - Gold/Bronze
Total: 5 Golds, 2 Bronze
Salazar:
2012:
10000 - Gold/Silver
2016:
1500 - Gold
5000 - Gold
10000 - Gold
Marathon - Bronze
Total: 4 Golds, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
I think it's time that Salazar write his training philosophies into a book.
Lydiard did not coach the winner of the 1500 in 1960. Elliott was coached by the incomparable Percy Cerutty. And that was a real race; fast early pace and a winner with the courage to take off in the third lap and run the field into the ground. Pride in performance mattered as well as the result.
Also, got to say that Snell of 1964 could probably have handled Centrowitz on that last lap.
Well apart from Galen, Salazar has been recruiting already great runners from all over the country, while Lydiard was starting with random nobodies from his town
HardLoper wrote:
Well apart from Galen, Salazar has been recruiting already great runners from all over the country, while Lydiard was starting with random nobodies from his town
Training from scratch is not something which any coach can do.
Right, Herb Elliott won the 1500m in Rome in 1960 and was coached by cerutty. It would have been awesome had Snell doubled that year, Snell vs Elliot at 1500m would have been a classic kicker vs front-runner battle.
When did Snell and Lydiard split? Was it before the 1964 Olympics or shortly after?
The other difference is that Lydiard came up with lots of new ideas, so it made sense for him to write about them. He furthered the knowledge of the sport, his training methods were an important stepping stone, even if today they're antiquated.
Salazar, however, seems to instead be applying existing training strategies very effectively. If he wrote a book, it might be interesting, but it wouldn't be much different from existing books.
runnerdnerd wrote:
The other difference is that Lydiard came up with lots of new ideas, so it made sense for him to write about them. He furthered the knowledge of the sport, his training methods were an important stepping stone, even if today they're antiquated.
Salazar, however, seems to instead be applying existing training strategies very effectively. If he wrote a book, it might be interesting, but it wouldn't be much different from existing books.
I'd still buy it though, as would many others I'm sure. Even if he just wrote it as a "Running With The Buffalos" style book covering several years of Galen's training, that would be excellent.
You forgot Mo's 2012 5000 Gold. So Salazar's total is 5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze.
Also, while not medals, Centro and Rowburry were 4th in 2012 and 2016, respectively.
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RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
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