gringonash wrote:
already fast wrote:Snell already had speed before Lydiard helped him. That's the point.
It's still basic talent that makes champions, not their training methodology.
it's interesting that Snell actually performed terribly in true endurance events.
Actually, Snell's basic speed was no more than average compared to his competitors. The difference was that since he had a huge aerobic engine (ummmm Lydiard training?), at the end of a race he had most of his speed left. Competitors without said engine had to burn a larger portion their speed just to get to the same point in the race. Snell appeared to be "much faster", but it was an illusion- he just had much more left at the end of the race, (again, because aerobic power brought him to the same point in the race), so he appeared to be faster than competitors with even more basic speed.
Myth. Snell had more basic speed than all but a couple of his competitors.. His speed was what initially drew Lydiard's attention.