Peter Snell would have been a low mileage 800m specialist, any era later than his era. I can see him as a high 1:42.xx/low 1:43.xx 800m man. I can't see Peter Snell as an elite 1500m man. If a young Peter Snell raced 1976 1500m final, I would place Snell 3rd.
Fact, Peter Snell in super shoes would mop the floor with Jokob.
Lydiard training hasn’t been improved upon.
Lydiard training, as it was, was relevant in the context of the '60s and '70s.
But for sure, since the '70s, training has advanced with respect to periodicity, volume of intensity, and more emphasis on event specialization.
I think part of what made Lydiard a great coach was his ability to motivate his athletes, and his ability to know when and how to adapt an athlete's training when it wasn't working, or to meet some new goal.
Fact, Peter Snell in super shoes would mop the floor with Jokob.
Lydiard training hasn’t been improved upon.
Lydiard training, as it was, was relevant in the context of the '60s and '70s.
But for sure, since the '70s, training has advanced with respect to periodicity, volume of intensity, and more emphasis on event specialization.
I think part of what made Lydiard a great coach was his ability to motivate his athletes, and his ability to know when and how to adapt an athlete's training when it wasn't working, or to meet some new goal.
Lydiard training, as it was, was relevant in the context of the '60s and '70s.
But for sure, since the '70s, training has advanced with respect to periodicity, volume of intensity, and more emphasis on event specialization.
I think part of what made Lydiard a great coach was his ability to motivate his athletes, and his ability to know when and how to adapt an athlete's training when it wasn't working, or to meet some new goal.
Lydiard training, as it was, was relevant in the context of the '60s and '70s.
But for sure, since the '70s, training has advanced with respect to periodicity, volume of intensity, and more emphasis on event specialization.
I think part of what made Lydiard a great coach was his ability to motivate his athletes, and his ability to know when and how to adapt an athlete's training when it wasn't working, or to meet some new goal.
Periodicity is the backbone of Lydiards training.
Aerobic development is the backbone of Lydiard´s training!
Fact, Peter Snell in super shoes would mop the floor with Jokob.
Lydiard training hasn’t been improved upon.
So you think Snell with now a days shoes would run more than 10 seconds faster in the 1500m and the mile? And it could very well be more than 12 seconds if Jakob continues improving the coming years (as I believe he will - barring illness and injury).
Snell was my first running hero and I have nothing bad to say about him or his career BUT.......
He was an amateur (as everyone else at the time) and even in his rather short career (from 1958 to 1965: age 19 to 26) he had periods where he didn´t train with continuity due to fatique and lack of motivation. He also experienced overload injuries.
Whereas Jakob has been training efficiently and seriously from the age of 8 with very few interruptions and has been able to concentrate fully on running from he finished high school in 2019 at the age of 18. He already signed a 6 years contract with Nike in early 2018 when still only 17.
Snell on the other hand needed to have a full time work to support a living and possibly suffered finacially when he traveled to other parts of the world to compete in championships or in other competitions arranged in Europe or in the US.
So no shame for Snell to not have the level of Jakob or of other current top runners (for example Nuguse and potentially Reynold, Laros and Myer).
Snell couldn't even beat a high schooler named Jim Ryun.
He lost to him once, at the end of his career in a poorly prepared final tour - where he lost to a bunch of others he also used to beat, including coming last in a mile in Ireland.
I remember Ryun losing by 25 metres to a runner called Keino at Mexico in '68. Is that how you are going to judge his career?
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Peter Snell would have been a low mileage 800m specialist, any era later than his era. I can see him as a high 1: 1:43.xx 800m man. I can't see Peter Snell as an elite 1500m man. If a young Peter Snell raced 1976 1500m final, I would place Snell 3rd.
That isn't how Walker saw it. He always rated Snell the better runner.
Lydiard also estimated Snell's 1:44 on grass as worth up to nearly two seconds faster on modern tracks.
If Snell trained and competed in the modern era - with ALL (cough) it's advantages - he would outkick Jakob every time over the 1500/mile. Just like a couple of Scotsmen have - but even more convincingly.
You stated you disagree then you agreed with me. I stated high 1:42.xx to low 1:43.xx then you responded: nearly 2 seconds faster than 1:44.xx. Goofy, you stated the same thing!
We can do what if with guys like Paavo Nurmi. Peter Snell was already at 100 miles per week. Going from cinder tracks to today's tracks doesn't knock 10 seconds off your 1500m and 1 mile time. I used to train and race on cinder. I have trained and raced on synthetic tracks. Track athletes wore nylon shoes in 1960 & 1964. Peter Snell wasn't in the leather shoe era.
Peter Snell would have been a low mileage 800m specialist, any era later than his era. I can see him as a high 1: 1:43.xx 800m man. I can't see Peter Snell as an elite 1500m man. If a young Peter Snell raced 1976 1500m final, I would place Snell 3rd.
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