Don’t forget Steve wasn’t a full time athlete. At the time he was an RAF aircraft technician based at RAF St Athan. A top guy, gentleman, humble and modest. An inspiration for all runners in the RAF of every ability.
@Pertemba405 жыл бұрын
Carlos Lopes later in 1987 broke Steve Jones' record clocking 2'07"11 in Rotterdam.
@joaquimtavares73593 жыл бұрын
Roterdão 1985 2h-07m-36s
@mrtwostrike2 жыл бұрын
…Imagine being chased by Basil Fawlty! 😅
@JohnBrown-be6re3 ай бұрын
What a great finish and Steve just jogging around in the chute!...
@Prankzor133711 жыл бұрын
Carlos Lopes has an excellent running form! I wish I could run like that.
@anitabosse5 жыл бұрын
Same year, Carlos Lopes get his gold in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
@michaell87223 жыл бұрын
Just two months before this race Lopes defeated a great field in the LA Olympic marathon
@jogman262 Жыл бұрын
And would defend his Chicago title the next year. I watched that and it inspired me to train and run my first marathon then next year, in Chicago.
@hmq905218 күн бұрын
How did it go?
@ZimbaZumba9 жыл бұрын
A Welshman
@michaell87223 жыл бұрын
I never heard any call Rob DeCastella call running stride as being perfect and efficient, due is all over the place for a world class runner, Lopes’ form is very smooth and tight
@marknorris13812 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the commentator meant to be referring to Lopes in that instance, and just got the name wrong.
@JoseRamos-ek4cz Жыл бұрын
Dios mio Rey mio esto si es deporte de verdad
@haydenwittig8877 Жыл бұрын
IMAGINE WHAT THESE GUYS WOULD HAVE RUN IN THE NIKE ALPHAFLYS OR VAPORFLYS YEH ME TO.
@evozro11 жыл бұрын
"Get off ME!" @ 4:28 lol.
@randomfootageguy53338 жыл бұрын
evozro lol!
@cycleSCUBA26 күн бұрын
Deek had a very uneconomical style compared to the rest......but still an exceptional marathon runner in his time.
@haydenwittig88779 жыл бұрын
STEVE JONES WAS A WHITE MAN IN A BLACK MANS BODY IN THIS RACE HE WENT THROUGH HALFWAY IN 61 47SEC AMAZING RUN ALL BY HIMSELF.
@randomfootageguy53338 жыл бұрын
Hayden Wittig will people stop saying that crud, skin colour has nothing to do with it! It's training, genetics and desire to win!
@run6run7518 жыл бұрын
Skin color is genetics buddy.
@randomfootageguy53338 жыл бұрын
Run6Run no you don't say.
@anitabosse5 жыл бұрын
I don't believe you can sey smt more stupid than that!
@GwladYrHaf4 ай бұрын
What a daft statement.
@jdflash8 жыл бұрын
Great footage (thanks} of Deek and Lopes--let's not forget they ran an Olympic marathon 2 months before; Jones didn't--pretty sure both Lopes and Deek could have gotten the record as well if they hadn't run the Olympic marathon. Their performance is as good if not better than Jones. Taking nothing away from the effort by Jones; but let's be realistic-I don't think he'd beat them.
@ianbarnett58396 жыл бұрын
He just did.
@ynotnilknarf396 жыл бұрын
What a load of twaddle, this was Steve Jones second marathon ever so a complete newcomer to the event, he himself stated he had no idea what time they would be going through the halfway mark. You don't know how much harder Jones would have run if Deke and Lopes were fresh, Jones was one of the toughest runners in the sport and Deke and Lopes were pushing each other on, by themselves they would have run slower still. You also forget that Jones had done the 10K in LA and had being bogged by injuries and was bogged by injuries his entire career.
@rangsmith42134 жыл бұрын
@@ynotnilknarf39 also didnt he beat them the following year with is 2.07 effort? jones is a legend!
@straycatttt2766 Жыл бұрын
“Taking nothing away from the effort by Jones, but…”. you proceed to take away from the effort by Jones.
@jdflash Жыл бұрын
@@straycatttt2766 How about this then: a world record effort by Steve-but, Jones didn't outrun Deek or Carlos at their best here; Jones wasn't even in the final of the 10k in the Olympics. And thus, had much more time to rest and prepare.