englaterra wrote:
To answer the original question: Gordon Pirie (Olympian, WR breaker, sub 14 guy) was against static stretching.
pirie ran 1330 ish on crap track crap pacing...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_PirieThe 1998 edition of The Guinness Book of Records lists Gordon Pirie under the "Greatest Mileage" entry, stating that he had run a total distance of 347,600 km (216,000 mi) in 40 years to 1981.[8]