Arthur Lydiard has died

That is creepy. I've been wanting to see him for years. I finally got my chance to see him in Houston, and he dies the next day.

no jesse, you were fortunate. all of us have to die and arthur time coincided with your good fortune.

best wishes with your running. do it as well as you can.

RIP

As with what Bruce posted above. Lydiard is the main reason why I ran a 4:01 mile in HS. After reading Lydiards books I took up his training and have been a follower of it ever sense. This is truly a sad day. I\\\\\\\'m thankful I got to see him talk on friday.

Nothing personal but I'd debate the American tour 'ending tragically' as AL passed on while coaching.

He went out doing what he enjoyed, meeting people and advising them on the subject at which he was a Master.

Would that we all meet that end; ME, I want to go out after crossing some finish line, somewhere, and asking "How'd I do?"

As I said when I introduced Lydiard at Boston last month: In high school in the late '60s my track coach was the football coach, but I had a pen pal in New Zealand who was doing Lydiard training and running faster times than me so I copied his workouts week to week as they came in the mail. I would run faster than my pal's times only to recieve a letter the next day telling me he had run faster yet. His times and letters told me it was possible to run 20 miles on Sunday with out "burning out" but he said he ran through paddocks and fields. Running just outside of Boston I could find no paddocks to run through. Only years later did I find out that Lydiard was behind it all. In my senior year I won all my duel and conference meet races. Everything I did in running including footwear and apparel design, writing and coaching, followed.

The greatest coach of all time. He has touched countless runners. His legacy will live on.

RIP

thank you rojo, wejo and moderators, nice tribute.

very nice post tom.

Tom: if you are THAT Tom D. and if that is your book on the history of the BAA Marathon it absolutely kicks a*s!

Every year has a story that just draws you in. I don't know how long it took you to write that mother but you did yourself PROUD my man.

If I may say so.

Absorbing piece of work.

RIP

Without him there would be no modern running as we know it today. Everything is based off his work.

I never knew Arthur Lydiard, but his ideas have had a big impact on me, ever since I read Running with the Buffaloes, and wondered what the Lydiard system was. With recurring injuries from speedwork, the Lydiard system seemed ideal for me. Copies of Running the Lydiard Way and Distance Training for Young Athletes sit on my bookshelf right now, serving as the building blocks of the training program I am writing. I started just a few weeks ago, but I've been doing nothing but endurance runs in the hills near my house. Running at Footlocker West a week ago, I ran stronger than I ever had before, turning those famed hills into molehills, because I had the endurance to maintain pace up them.

Rest in peace, Arthur, and thank you.

The greatest shadow has fallen in distance running. RIP Arthur Lydiard and Godspeed.

RIP

tagged on an extra 10 to the long run this morning and refused to stop when my bladde felt like it was going to burst. For you Lyd. RIP

so sad, RIP man, thanks for all of your help

I'm going on a long, slow run for Lydiard today. I need to clear my head on this one. It's a sad day for the running community.

I waS Gonna go to his talk weeks ago in DC but passed figuring I'd go to the next one......

-Soup

was going to take the day off, but now I'm headed out for a run.