lease wrote:
FYI Landy's medal in 1956 was bronze, not silver.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B8aMTHX810
Still much better than Bannister, who was lucky to finish ahead of Landy one time in their prime, when his foot was gashed.
The point is, Landy was the far, far better runner, and person as well.
Straw M Thoroughman wrote:
By the way Bannister had a bad chest cold in Vancouver.
More excuses.
Landy should have said that he'd prepared for 3 rounds.
Bannister did have a lot of opinions for is performances that's for sure. If you read his books he certainly put a lot of thought into his racing. Didn't he almost cancel the race he first went under four because of wind?
I think being a med student, he tried to find the scientific reason for why he ran well or didn't perform well.
Landy was awesome wrote:
Straw M Thoroughman wrote:By the way Bannister had a bad chest cold in Vancouver.
More excuses.
Landy should have said that he'd prepared for 3 rounds.
He won though. Excuses are for when you fail.
abcdef wrote:
This one?
http://www.hubcs.com/the-miracle-mile/
Yes, that is the one!
A. I had no idea what it cost, but I do now.
B. It was made in 1994, and I received mine in 2004, meaning it was not an early sellout. All these years, I thought it was on the "50th Anniversary" of the event. WRONG!
Even nonrunnners think it is cool. Have it in a conference room in an office building.
Straw M Thoroughman wrote:
Landy was awesome wrote:More excuses.
Landy should have said that he'd prepared for 3 rounds.
He won though. Excuses are for when you fail.
Bannister was a failure.
His European win was in 3:46 or some similar pedestrian time.
Therefore >>> wrote:
Straw M Thoroughman wrote:He won though. Excuses are for when you fail.
Bannister was a failure.
His European win was in 3:46 or some similar pedestrian time.
Championship record time actually.