Thought you may be interested in this thread i found. The legendary Dave Bedford's son,Tom Bedford, once a promising runner in his teenage years has been tempted back into running through this bet with his father. This guy is only 24 now and is mega talented.
Page 2 of the forum, Bedford's Marathon Challenge.
He was a very good junior and u23, be interesting to see how he fares given he is an alcoholic.
Bedford can run 2.25 without problems, however just as a idea for doubters here's the best Bedford Bet classic seen in St Marys:
Colin McCourt's on the track and just knocked out some 400m's making it look like piss, when he says "i reckon i could of run 54 for that last one if i'd had bothered pushing it"
Wanting to see this feat, the lads all start saying, twenty quid says you can't. (but the last thing you want to do is give colin twenty quid to spend on haribo)
so whilst the argument about whether colin can do it flourishes, whom should step foot from the SU i believe but Tom Bedford, a man for the moment.
'Tom, we've got a bet for you'Tom's eyes light up, and the details are laid before him he must do 400m of the St Marys track in the clothes he has on in sub 56 seconds for £20! he's in, all in, at this point theres maybe fifteen of the athletes round the track and a very excited Mick Woods whos designated official time keeper.
It's summer, tops off kind of weather on the track, Bedford is wearing a Pair of Levi's, t'shirt and a hooded adidas jacket. to make matters worse, he's wearing the clumpiest pair of Adidas A3 (cubed things) on his feet.
The crowd is whipped into a frenzy, people are stopping as they walk past, and on woodsy's mark Bedford goes off like a man possessed. He storms through 200m in 26 seconds, woodsys all over it, he's screaming, the crowds going mad, and its looking like i'm going to be palming over twenty quid, but he suddenly hits the wind, and as woodsy's giving it shouts of "its touch and go now Bedford" and "he's not gonna do it, he's not gonna do it" a blur of denim and hoodie storms past the line and collapses on the track.
As much as what he did warrented £20, a bet is a bet, and it called for sub 56sec. Tom, having just been strolling past, fully clothed, no warm up, no nothing, ran 56.1.
possibly the funniest thing i've ever seen on a track, and because of that level of stupid shit and willingness to give it a go, i'd pretty much put sure money on him doing 2.25.
That was a post from Steve Murphy, he does NOT mess around on the track!
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