Seb Coe, what are the best book, sites, and movies on him?
Seb Coe, what are the best book, sites, and movies on him?
Born to Run is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen, running, sports, or otherwise. I think BBC made it in 1985 or something. Find a copy. It's awesome. Many of his races are presented with the original BBC commentary and they show either the entire race or at least most of it. It rocks.
Better training for distance runners was written by David Martin and Peter Coe(Seb's father and coach). It uses some of Seb's old schedules (even some from when he was 16) to help illustrate some of its training principles. Probably one of the most important books to read for anyone looking at developing a training program.
hicham the g wrote:
Born to Run is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen, running, sports, or otherwise. I think BBC made it in 1985 or something. Find a copy. It's awesome. Many of his races are presented with the original BBC commentary and they show either the entire race or at least most of it. It rocks.
If you want it, email me
Kirsner72@aol.com$10 seems like a decent price
Both David Miller's Born To Run and Pat Butcher's The Perfect Distance - Ovett and Coe: The Record-Breaking Rivalry are excellent biographies.
video interview with Pat Butcher here and he also reads an extract under chatshow extra clip:-
http://www.chatshow.net/interviews/interview.aspx?celebID=143&site=books
some clips of Coe races/training here:-
http://www.milesplit.com/article/8806?bcpid=6132746&bclid=6169463
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i gotta disagree about the "most important book".
Lydiard and Daniels.
well the point is that he disagress with them!
Especially the stuff about how hard anerobic work increases vo2max!
Big seperation is when daniels says dont introduce certain types of running before base and so on, coe says do it all, all year round. Really interesting to read it, even if you agree/disagree with the principles.
im talking about training for distance runners book.