Thanks Glenn for putting and end to the "57 seconds" madness!
Glenn Latimer wrote:
To put an end to the debate on what people think David Bedford might have done at various distances, I asked him directly today. Direct quote below.
"Never ran a 400 or 800 in anger.
Ran 6 x 800 with 2mins rest in average 1.59
Ran a rolling start 400 in training in 54.5
Never broke 13s for 100 m
Ran 4m 1.9 for 1 mile"
some idiots really thought he could only run a 57.
THAT MADE MY DAY
Bedford never ran 54. No way. I trained with him. He must've been drinking. For one thing you can ask his coach Bob Parker. If he says he ran 54, I'd beleive it. Ran the 800 in a Southern League.
Slim Jim wrote:
denali wrote:
Do you have the Book, "the David Beford Story" by James Coote? If so, where did you get it, I have been trying to get a copy for a number of years.
Thanks..........
I have a copy as a PDF file. It if contact me via my website (below) I can get a copy to you.
I realise that this is a very old post, but do you still have the Dave Bedford PDF, would love to read it?
I just would like to add some important things about Bedford.Due to his extensive high mileage training he was injured a lot during his career. His world record 27:30 @ 10000m came after a long time recovering from injury. In an interview after his career he told on the question if he had done the same extremely high mileage if he could do it from scratch again ; " Well, I would definitely had run less mileage, but on the other hand I needed a lot of training to make up for my mediocre top speed."
druuuuuggs wrote:
Slim Jim wrote:
Dave Bedford lays into the modern day British marathoner by saying they don't do enough miles, yet he effectively threw his career away by retiring at 25 due to injury. If you can get hold of his book you will notice that the man is a smug smart-arse.
I'm sure he has a point about marathon runners in Britain today lacking something, the stats back it up, but is Bedford really qualified to give advice.
Mike McLeod, Nick Rose, Steve Jones etc... These guys can advise today's GB distance men. Where are they?
Maybe Dave Bedford should write a book called
"How to use high-mileage training to choke big time on the track in championship races!" (maybe Ron Clarke could co-write it with him)
(and oh yeah, I should add that: Alan Webb runs ONE THIRD the mileage that Bedford ran, and could destroy him in every distance on the track. Bedford should have WORKED on his speed)
Worst post in the history of LR. Dave Bedford IS someone. I've never heard of the other guy.
COACH WIZARD 1 wrote:
I just would like to add some important things about Bedford.Due to his extensive high mileage training he was injured a lot during his career.
Is it not better to burnout than to fade away? I'm reminded of the story of icarus flying too close to the sun. Not many get far without flying too close to the sun, you have to push the limits if you want greatness. Do you think Cam Levins would've gotten the running career he has had if he would've played safe?