Mile WR:Seb Coe,1981,Zurich

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11 жыл бұрын

Coe looked less than confident in this race,but still managed to regain the mile world record he'd lost to Ovett the year before,setting a new time of 3.48.53.Trailing in his wake were Kenyan Mike Boit,in a new African record,and Coe's fellow countryman Steve Cram,in his first sub 3.50 mile.It's an odd record in itself that Coe only ran the mile three times between 1979 and 1981,and broke the WR each time!

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@kevinkilduff2064
@kevinkilduff2064 3 жыл бұрын
A tough race for Seb yet he still claims another WR. No better runner ever to grace the track. Awesome speed and stamina. That final 120 meters was utterly remarkable. Not sure any middle distance runner could generate that speed! Truly, poetry in motion.
@brianla9929
@brianla9929 2 жыл бұрын
Coe is so inspiring!! That kick speed at the end looks super human.
@stephenunderwood7011
@stephenunderwood7011 11 ай бұрын
100% agree,we will never see another coe
@richybatty234
@richybatty234 10 ай бұрын
Errrr .. Ovett ?
@mrkeith6479
@mrkeith6479 10 ай бұрын
Ghastly Tory boy, Ovett far preferable
@gordonpobar-gk3kz
@gordonpobar-gk3kz 8 ай бұрын
Agree..the best ever
@davidendsor219
@davidendsor219 10 ай бұрын
i remember the coe, ovett, cram era as being the best years for British middle distance running. really loved the rivalry.
@michaelmcginley7930
@michaelmcginley7930 3 ай бұрын
Great memories
@regnana
@regnana 5 жыл бұрын
Just love watching these old races, the golden age of GB middle distance running with Coe involved in so many great races and great times
@mathematics5573
@mathematics5573 3 жыл бұрын
There was 2 British guys in the 1930s, who broke the 800m and mile WRs and won olympic Gold. Sydney Woodson and another
@andys2856
@andys2856 2 жыл бұрын
Coe,Cram, Ovett, Mackean, others
@iangomes6654
@iangomes6654 2 жыл бұрын
Growing up in England then truly a special time
@regnana
@regnana 2 жыл бұрын
@Paul Blackman take the goodness out of everything why don't you. I know for a fact that Coe was endlessly tested, mainly because they knew he was clean and didn't WANT to catch anyone. Do your homework.
@nick74ish
@nick74ish Жыл бұрын
@Paul Blackman But enough about the eastern block countries and the USA (Flo Jo and others) were talking about two English middle distance runners who was never any rumour, or otherwise, of doping.
@williamburger7527
@williamburger7527 6 жыл бұрын
Cram 3.49.95 at 20 years old. A picture of what the future will bring.
@SirPeter6464
@SirPeter6464 4 жыл бұрын
Running that speed at that young. And just looking - for those who don't follow the sport - like chopped liver!
@THESM1THS
@THESM1THS 4 жыл бұрын
Coe and Ovett will be remembered forever.
@jasonallen9144
@jasonallen9144 10 ай бұрын
And Cram, another world record machine.
@donaldgraham6414
@donaldgraham6414 10 ай бұрын
@@jasonallen9144 And Dave Moorcroft.
@rowdyyates4273
@rowdyyates4273 4 жыл бұрын
Coe as smooth as silk, The Bruce Lee of the track!!
@dps8435
@dps8435 11 ай бұрын
Gazelle,only way to describe him,his 800 metre record looked like it would never be beaten.
@stevenandrewills9500
@stevenandrewills9500 11 ай бұрын
The great David coleman commentating
@redd605
@redd605 4 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic runner at the time Mike bolt was I know he doesn't get talked about much but he was up there with coe in most of his races a brilliant talent
@ronaldofenomino857
@ronaldofenomino857 11 ай бұрын
I grew up watching the fab 3, Coe, Ovett and Cram. My favourite was Coe, a true legend!
@dps8435
@dps8435 11 ай бұрын
Yeah great times ,I remember reading in a running mag in full gallop his stride length was 7 foot ,think about that and measure it out .....incredible,great couple of months with those to breaking world records every week.
@Sanctified57
@Sanctified57 10 ай бұрын
Ovett was my favourite
@John64125
@John64125 10 ай бұрын
Cram was some runner. If he hadn’t arrived at the same time as Ovett and Coe he would have had more recognition. Great to watch that languid stride eating up the other athletes.
@hywelmurray
@hywelmurray Жыл бұрын
Great memories watching Coe, Cram and Ovett
@lingolarker9318
@lingolarker9318 11 ай бұрын
I’d call SC an all time great middle distance runner. If it wasn’t for illness he’d have competed at the 83 and 87 World Championships. I’d wager he’d have won at least one gold to add to two Olympic golds (at 1500m). He could and should have been a multiple global 🥇 His precious metal achievements don’t quite do him justice.
@garyrichardson8934
@garyrichardson8934 3 жыл бұрын
I used to go regularly to Crystal Palace for Athletics meetings with my Grandad as we were both keen fans! I can recall one time when we saw a newbie . He ran with an elegance, and grace never seen before. After the race we just looked at each other. Wow! This boy has got a big future His name was SEBATIAN COE! What a runner!
@howardday9398
@howardday9398 Жыл бұрын
People always dispute Coe ovett cram, Coe was head and shoulders above both them, he sometimes tactically was very niave his coach?
@redd605
@redd605 11 ай бұрын
I used to go to the meeting when small, it's sad about the crystal palace now, l know that there is no diamond league , but in the future a world continual tour ,is next best.but I hear they are thinking of pulling down the jubilee stand , the flood light is in this repair, and falling apart , the swimming pool and diving is closed. I heard there got a grant of over 200 million pounds to repair the crystal palace , this year ,2023.
@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb
@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb 10 ай бұрын
Sebatian Coe, was great, but Sebastian Coe was even better!
@garyrichardson8934
@garyrichardson8934 10 ай бұрын
@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb That's bloody predictive text for you 🤣.
@lusardi01
@lusardi01 2 жыл бұрын
Graceful, supreme athlete one of the greatest ever.
@richard141724
@richard141724 5 жыл бұрын
I remember this also for the fact that the BBC were broadcasting their 9 O'Clock news and broke off to go live to this race. It was the first time it had ever happened for a sporting event and I don't know if it has happened since.
@redd605
@redd605 4 жыл бұрын
That why 1981 in sports it was a release of anger because earlier in the year in the UK had the riot's then everything changed the cricket Botham and the coe vs ovett madness ,and huge crowd and TV coverage was unbelievable
@michaelsowden5892
@michaelsowden5892 3 жыл бұрын
There was a magic in racing the mile in the early eighties. It was in the air. I was there. Not a sub-four but in the very low four +. Still that exhilaration today.
@londislagerhound
@londislagerhound 11 ай бұрын
Utterly superb commentary too.
@thelastdetail1
@thelastdetail1 10 ай бұрын
What an immense athlete Sebastian Coe was. He did that pretty much alone, sheer grit at the last 100m
@roybentley8036
@roybentley8036 10 ай бұрын
If all 3 ran together the world record would still stand today
@toshi5000
@toshi5000 5 жыл бұрын
3 men under 3:50 back in 1981 is incredible
@simonedwards5564
@simonedwards5564 2 жыл бұрын
3 men under 3:50 now is incredible ,NEVER MIND 1981 !!!!!!
@mtsflorida
@mtsflorida Жыл бұрын
I dtarted running the mile in high school. At 17 yrs old i was with the sub 4 with 3.59. I entered the army in the same year was mvp track and fielf as a junior. I would practice at all distances. I planned on the decarhlon in '80 but USA boycotted. My time in the 100m was 9.4 and 400m 49.1 I knew i could break 3.47-48. In '84 i was just peaking my prime but preparing for football i was benching 405 easily and leg pressing 800. I knew my time of running was up when i was injured in jan 84. I signed up as a police officer and since i went through paramedic instructor i was a perfect fit for tactical medic. Getting shot once made me second guess but stayed long enough to be a State Trooper in 2008.
@61js
@61js 11 ай бұрын
You say your 100m time was 9.4, I smell a pony in the vicinity. " I knew I could do" this and that . But didn't.
@robertjones9538
@robertjones9538 3 жыл бұрын
I was actually in the stadium as a 10 year old, right in the middle of the home straight.
@simonedwards5564
@simonedwards5564 2 жыл бұрын
WHAAAAAAAAAAT??( That is,,, marvelous,,,, WHAT A BRILLIANT AMAZING MEMORY#
@johnfrench9608
@johnfrench9608 Жыл бұрын
Such a fluid runner poetry in motion.
@mikem9252
@mikem9252 7 жыл бұрын
in his entire career i think this is the year coe was at his healthiest and sharpest - coe still seemed really hungry, while ovett, still awesome, had admittedly lost a bit of his edge after moscow, still ran great times, but a bit satisfied following his 800 gold
@dps8435
@dps8435 11 ай бұрын
I was a teen when Coe and ovett smashed those records on a weekly basis,incredible times so good to be a Brit then.
@61js
@61js 11 ай бұрын
The golden age.
@davidkavanagh9551
@davidkavanagh9551 11 ай бұрын
I was 11 years old when coe won in Moscow and remember it like yesterday 😊
@dps8435
@dps8435 11 ай бұрын
@@davidkavanagh9551 incredible times,Daley Thompson,Coe ,ovett,cram,Steve backley in javelin Edwards triple jump,and 4× 400 metre relays.
@davidkavanagh9551
@davidkavanagh9551 11 ай бұрын
@dps8435 coe, ovett and cram. The 3 best middle distance runners in the world at the time unbelievable. I had the pleasure of meeting coe and sir Roger bannister as bannister was a good friend of my geography teacher. Pure gentleman
@dps8435
@dps8435 11 ай бұрын
@@davidkavanagh9551 remember Coe breaking the 800 metre world record 1 min 41 ,incredible ,stood for 17 years I think ,his stride was apparently 7 feet in full flow ,think about that, it's huge.
@toucheturtle3840
@toucheturtle3840 11 ай бұрын
And of course the commentary from the late great David Coleman
@peterh1353
@peterh1353 11 ай бұрын
A good club runner himself. Probably his poorest commentary. Said daft things in football games and sometimes had to re-record them.
@toucheturtle3840
@toucheturtle3840 11 ай бұрын
@@peterh1353 Coleman was daft as a brush, just like Murray Walker, but both of them are sorely missed.
@martinhill9261
@martinhill9261 Жыл бұрын
It was a special time in athletics history.For me the golen era.
@user-ro7ee7
@user-ro7ee7 2 жыл бұрын
Seb You Great Runner..
@gwynjames
@gwynjames 11 ай бұрын
If you look back to our runners then Coe,ovett and Cram they were three of the best runners ever
@79devo
@79devo 2 жыл бұрын
Magnificent 👌🏻
@george474747
@george474747 5 жыл бұрын
That's some nice pacemaking by Terry McDermott there.
@johnbowden5226
@johnbowden5226 4 жыл бұрын
That was Tom byers....
@johncampbell463
@johncampbell463 Жыл бұрын
Skeets also set a world record that meet at 12.93 110 meter hurdles. Nine years latter I was with Skeets trackside when he ran there again.
@mambogal1
@mambogal1 5 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget Filbert Bayi of Tanzania.
@Graham-qz2jf
@Graham-qz2jf 5 ай бұрын
Phenomenal
@redd605
@redd605 9 жыл бұрын
why do runners now don't attack ,the mile record,2'000m,and 3'000 record,i think the diamond league should have these events,their is a market for these great distances
@djc0108
@djc0108 3 жыл бұрын
Two seconds off the world record pace with only the home straight left to run and he still achieves the world record....incredible !!
@andrewdeacon8315
@andrewdeacon8315 3 жыл бұрын
The time at 1500m wasn’t a split time it was ovetts 1500m world record, this was officially an attempt on both records which would have been a phenomenal achievement. Coe ran a slightly faster split in his next mile record 3:32 94 , ovetts splits in his world mile records were in the same ballpark 3:32.7/8. From memory ovett thought it was a complete no goer in that if you broke the 1500 record you would die over the last 109m of the mile.
@redd605
@redd605 3 жыл бұрын
I wished they had done a documentary on Tom Byers at that time in 1981 about the Coe Vs ovett because he was a good runner who won in Oslo way out in front but was one one the greatest pacemakers in the sport at that time . there must of done something at that time
@jonathanhockey9943
@jonathanhockey9943 11 жыл бұрын
It just goes to show what great form he was in at that time. He would have been close to, or beaten, the current world record.
@shanegill5091
@shanegill5091 Жыл бұрын
I don't think so. 3:43 Is quite a distance away. You could argue 3:44 high under more modern conditions. I think there is a gap between El Guerrouj and everybody else.
@rustypiece2549
@rustypiece2549 10 ай бұрын
Britain was blessed! 77-90ish
@ahmedbaig7279
@ahmedbaig7279 3 жыл бұрын
Long remembered athlete. All participants completed race within 4 minutes. Other young people have to complete mile distant in 5 minutes.
@redd605
@redd605 6 жыл бұрын
I remember in Brussels Belgium, should of broken the 1500/mile in the same race was on for 3.30 and 3.45,at one point.one of the hards to do now, because they are getting nowhere near the outstanding 1500m/ Mie world record for nearly,20 year's which is disappointing
@SamuAlvarez8
@SamuAlvarez8 Жыл бұрын
What a great runner!
@kylewattssurfing3266
@kylewattssurfing3266 2 жыл бұрын
Awesomeness cool!!!!
@redd605
@redd605 11 жыл бұрын
i remember watching this on tv and being very sad, he didn't get the 1'500metres record which was harder ,the commets below is right this races and in belgium 3.44 and 3.29 ,great pacemaking by bryers this is what, should have be his record.
@momoben9899
@momoben9899 5 жыл бұрын
Bravo a vous tous
@alistairmills7608
@alistairmills7608 11 ай бұрын
Respect
@robertblanc7578
@robertblanc7578 Жыл бұрын
John Walker. What a runner too
@61js
@61js 11 ай бұрын
Not forgetting Dick Qwax, 5000 m world record holder. And Ron Dixon.
@davidculliton2615
@davidculliton2615 6 ай бұрын
Last 100 incredible
@booklover3959
@booklover3959 5 жыл бұрын
And it loooooks like Ovett's mile record will survive too.......................fifteen seconds...................and Coe has done it.....he has wiped out Ovett's mile record! I love the authoritative announcers that can predict the future. Anyone want to add some bacon to that egg on face?
@gakaface
@gakaface 6 жыл бұрын
Coe was really treading through treacle on that last lap! However, it is deceptive how he actually did a 56.85 on that last lap. We can never be sure if that is for 400m or for 440 yards, but what we do know is the 1500m and the mile times and that difference comes to 15.25 seconds, which equates to 55.84 seconds for 400m so he hardly raised a significant sprint like he did in his 3:47 WR, where he ran 14.40, more like he slowed down the least of the first three which is why he pulled away from Boit and Cram slightly.
@deano27671
@deano27671 6 жыл бұрын
Coe wasn't very happy with his finish time here, despite it being a new world record. But he did himself no favours by: - 1) Declaring it a WR attempt weeks before, which he said caused some stress by the time of the race, as the BBC delayed the 10 O'Clock news to show the race live!; 2) Unlike Brussels 9 days later, where he tucked in behind Byers, the pacer, here he runs alongside of him for the first 5 bends (and up to 1000m in total), which meant he probably ran an extra 2m on each of the first 5 bends. That's 10m or about 1.4sec!; 3) By running alongside Byers, he got practically no drafting that he should have got (and did up to 900m in Brussels) up to the bell. The general consensus is that for every 400m run where you are drafted (even in still conditions), you save between 0.7 and 1 sec. In theory, had Coe not run wide and benefited from being drafted by Byers, at least up to 1000m, he could have been at least 3.2 secs faster, bringing his time to around 3:45.3. I think the way he increased his speed in the last 100m in Brussels, with a 13.1 in a 3:47, showed he was capable of 3:45 in 81.
@jhrockgod
@jhrockgod 4 жыл бұрын
Sir Roger Bannister also ran under 4 minutes in this race. As Coe crossed the finish line, you can just see Bannister approaching the home straight. 🤣
@KryptonitetoallBS
@KryptonitetoallBS 2 жыл бұрын
If only Coe had had someone he could rely on to pace him for 1300 metres and cover up behind, he could have taken chunks out of his best 1500 metres and mile times!
@LPCLASSICAL
@LPCLASSICAL 5 жыл бұрын
Good pace on that 1st lap Coe must have gone through in 56.5 which is exactly what he needed. Quite an even pace throughout and Im not sure why Coe was in better form a week later in Brussels as he made his 3.47 look easy.
@jeremyhomewood9573
@jeremyhomewood9573 5 жыл бұрын
Coe was just warming up here,,,as he did in los Angeles 3 years later getting his body into maximum drive,,,,,I'm STILL CONVINCED COE WAS CAPABLE OF 3:45'9 THAT NIGHT IN BRUSSELS AND SHOULD HAVE GONE AT 350/ 300 ,,,,NOT THE LAST 💯 METRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK AT HOW HE FINISHED,,,,, HINDSIGHT EH ????
@deano27671
@deano27671 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, the first lap (440) was perfectly paced at 56.5 for Coe, but the 2nd lap slipped to 57.7 for Coe. The main reasons for Coe not running faster that night was due to 2 things: 1) He ran wide on the shoulder of Byers for the first 2.5 laps; this not only meant he got little drafting from the pacer (which can be as beneficial as 0.7 secs a lap through less air resistance) but he ran about 8-9m wider (on 2nd to 6th bends) than he nedded to had he run immediately behind the pacer, which he corrected in his Brussels run; 2) When Byers started to slow down on the back straight of the 3rd lap, Coe hesitated, waited too long (in his own words post race), and didn't make a move until Byers dropped out just beyond 1000m. Had Coe gone at the 900m mark, he'd probably have been a second faster at the end. Without the extra distance, you can take off another second. His time at the end should have been about 3:46.5.
@deano27671
@deano27671 4 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyhomewood9573 I think Coe was in better shape in Brussels than he'd been a week earlier in Zurich, where he should have run around 3:46.5. The pacing in Brussels was pretty awful (worse than Zurich), with the first 440 too fast, 55.3 (3:41 pace) and the 2nd too slow at 58.0 (3:52 pace). Had Coe reached the 880 in 1:53 with 2 laps of 56.5, then he would have felt so much better. He also had a trip on lap 3, and the pace slowed further. Coe said at the time, that had he 'gone for it' at the bell, rather than float and only kick in home straight, he'd have run 3:46.5. Well, with better, more economical pacing , e.g. 56.5, 56.5, 56.5, then you can knock another second off that time. Coe was capable of 3:45 flat (or thereabouts) that night.
@APBCTechnique
@APBCTechnique 4 ай бұрын
I believe Coe could match anyone at 1500m in history
@ajs41
@ajs41 4 жыл бұрын
You have to love the photographer crouching in the middle of the track as Coe tries to break the world record. I don't think that would be allowed these days!
@accadoza
@accadoza 10 ай бұрын
🌟
@DMAC12053
@DMAC12053 3 жыл бұрын
Who is calling this race? Love his enthusiasm.
@St.IrenaeusOfLyons
@St.IrenaeusOfLyons 3 жыл бұрын
David Coleman, I think.
@DMAC12053
@DMAC12053 3 жыл бұрын
​@@St.IrenaeusOfLyons Thank you!
@deano27671
@deano27671 11 жыл бұрын
Yes, I feel he was capable of sub 3:45 in 81 with good even pacing to the bell and someone not far behind to push him over the last lap. And I'm not sure that those who have run sub 3:45 (just 3 men) were totally un-enhanced!
@djangorheinhardt
@djangorheinhardt 3 жыл бұрын
Roger, I put a sarcastic post on about Coe and his fan boys and how they jealously guard his reputation,especially this Deano man.It appears my post has been deleted.You know Coe and co. seem to scour the posts to make sure no derogatory remarks have been posted re :- the wonderful Sebastion !
@deano27671
@deano27671 11 жыл бұрын
So when he looked strained over the last 200m, it was because it would have felt like he'd just run a sub 3:45. He (or the rabbit) really blew a lot of chances for faster times by running wide and receiving no drafting.
@contrarian717
@contrarian717 4 жыл бұрын
Those running shorts 😆
@deano27671
@deano27671 11 жыл бұрын
Cheers. No, he didn't look as confident as he did a week later in Brussels, but Coe didn't do himself any favours by running the first 4 bends wide on Byers' shoulder. That must have meant running an extra 1.5m per bend, or 6m in total. That would have brought his time down to around 3:47.6. The whole point of a rabbit is so that you can run behind them on the curve, thus running only the exact distance required and also getting drafting benefits in their slip stream for the first 3 laps.
@666zerowolf
@666zerowolf 9 жыл бұрын
unknown Italian runner ran a clean 3:52 just staying in that pack of mad dogs! Must be the Italian record!
@Tight2008
@Tight2008 Жыл бұрын
Coe’s turnover at the end is just remarkable. I have no idea has that is even possible. Many races, the others have no chance.
@peterh1353
@peterh1353 11 ай бұрын
Coe might have something undiscovered/under explored in medicine. Maybe a body which could get rid off lactic acid from the muscle or resist it longer by science unexplained. Lots of people train and train hard and have perfect physiques for the sport but you don't see people who can sprint off tough laps. Coleman called the record "off" because he hadn't seen it before. Never seen it since. Michael Johnson the same - something vaguely supernatural.
@deano27671
@deano27671 11 жыл бұрын
If you even out the splits it gives 3:48.3, not much of an improvement. But, he ran the first 5 bends wide on the curves, which must have been at least an extra 10m run. That brings his time down to 3:46.9. Then he had no drafting at all in the race. One would expect at least drafting to the bell, which is 3 laps. Each 400m with no drafting is meant to be equivalent to 1 sec disadvantage. So in theory, this run is worth something around 3:43.9!! That's equivalent to a 3:27.3 1500m.
@mickeymouse7861
@mickeymouse7861 5 жыл бұрын
That is my only criticism of Coe: he would almost always run on the shoulder of the first athlete, thus on outside of lane one, needlessly increasing the distance run. I have no explanation as to why he did it. Even in this race he should have hit the front on the back straight and not have overtaken Byers at the start of the curve - most curious! Coe is still my favourite athlete though!
@redd605
@redd605 11 жыл бұрын
great 1500 and miles in the 80s, the thing i don't like about it now is 1.why do they mostly wear same sports wear colours blue, brown,nike, addidas red ,orange yellow.i no they pay the stars to wear they gear. it was better for people watching back then, with,cram in club logo ,and scott sub 4 and coe GB logo .
@roybentley8036
@roybentley8036 10 ай бұрын
Meant in a nice way seb was a freak of nature
@deano27671
@deano27671 11 жыл бұрын
Coe ran wide on Byers' shoulder and thus got no drafting benefits at all for the first 3 laps, as after 1000m he was in front anyway. If you believe the stat that drafting saves you 1.0 sec per lap, Coe could have (in theory of course) saved 3 secs with perfect drafting to the bell. That would have given him a time around 3:44.6; something which I believe he was capable of in the right race.
@peterh1353
@peterh1353 11 ай бұрын
Coe often made schoolboy errors. Glancing behind him in some races rather than just getting on with it. If you are a world class runner or a club runner just run your race and if someone is too good they are too good. What are you going to do if someone comes past when you are at your max? Sprout wings?
@michaelsowden5892
@michaelsowden5892 4 жыл бұрын
So many greats all so young. Yes the golden age. Now (2019) we are in a second golden age. Why? I think the female Roger Bannister sub-4 will happen in the next decade. 4:12 now by Masterkova. Watch Katelyn Tuohy in the next 5 years.
@crisi01
@crisi01 4 жыл бұрын
Women will never achieve sub4.
@michaelsowden5892
@michaelsowden5892 4 жыл бұрын
“Man will never run a sub-4 mile.” Man will never run a sub-2 Marathon.” “Man will never fly in the sky.” “Man will never go into space.” “Man could never get a billion transistors on one computer chip.” “The earth is flat.” Still people deny a woman could ever run a sub-4 mile. It will come. It will come.
@michaelsowden5892
@michaelsowden5892 4 жыл бұрын
All very true baw0909! I doubt he ever did a sub-6 himself. I’m no sub-4 myself. 4:17 long ago. The day will come. And real runners will congratulate her, whoever she may be, for her sub-4 when the day comes.
@michaelsowden5892
@michaelsowden5892 4 жыл бұрын
We miss running. It never goes away. That 1981 Coe race just brings it all back. As Kipchoge and Tuohy and others take this generation so much farther, we cheer them on. As the smell of warm track rubber in the sun gives us flashbacks to a great time that the current generation is racing now. The runner knows it. When a female breaks 4 or “man” lands on Mars I hope to be watching. Nearly in tears like when Kipchoge ran the sub-2 Marathon last month. Former runners offer our best wishes to the current generation of talent!
@jonathanhockey9943
@jonathanhockey9943 11 жыл бұрын
Yes, you are right, I can't understand why he was running on his shoulder like that, not only the drafting, but losing time by running further around the bend. Who knows what he may have been able to achieve in optimal circumstances.
@dongoldney
@dongoldney 10 ай бұрын
No drugs too bravo
@lewisjones2825
@lewisjones2825 Жыл бұрын
He could have gone a lot faster: laps need equal speed
@Michael-gu8ck
@Michael-gu8ck 4 жыл бұрын
Jim Ryun was every bit as good as Coe for the mile. Coe bested Ryun by just a tad over 3 seconds much later after Ryun's 1967 performance of 351.1 with more training techniques in his prime and better luck, i'm sure Ryun could have bested his own record by another 3 0r 4 seconds.
@rc2869
@rc2869 3 жыл бұрын
Coe ran 3:47 a few days later in Brussels .Ryan was a great runner but Coe won double Olympic gold in the metric mile (1500m) whereas Ryun won one silver.
@shanegill5091
@shanegill5091 Жыл бұрын
@Michael You are probably right. But you could make a similar argument for successive generations. That's why records improve. Evolution. You can only ever really be the best of your own era.
@peterh1353
@peterh1353 11 ай бұрын
Better sports medicine, equipment and track and he would have been close. Ryun had a lot of upper body muscle and played a lot of sports which I don't think were aiding him at the mile. Muscle weighs more than fat. Probably had a freakish pulse range to make up for it.
@666zerowolf
@666zerowolf 10 жыл бұрын
epo king...wow
@deano27671
@deano27671 10 жыл бұрын
Synthetic EPO wasn't developed until many years after this and not used in athletics until the early/mid '90's, long after Coe had retired.
@666zerowolf
@666zerowolf 10 жыл бұрын
Think the first major cheating in track started with doc roger and his "sub" 4 minute mile run in 1954...Coe...michael johnson...flojo.....cram...guess only certain people take "the fall"...Ben Johnson...Lance Armstrong....Barry Bonds record seems tainted...like a grown man hitting little league homeruns.....oscar and his go go gadget legs...all these freakish athletic performances...and the drooling sports announcers...gets nauseating!
@andyfawcett7060
@andyfawcett7060 9 жыл бұрын
John Rogan If you're referring to Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher's pace making tactics as 'cheating' you really think that is a balanced comparison to drug cheating and blood doping? Is an athlete 'cheating' if he sits on the shoulder of a tiring athlete until the last 100m and sprints past for the win? or is he simply the better tactition? For someone who finds these feats of achievements nauseating yet can list quite a few of them and goes to the length of viewing it and commenting on KZbin we can conclude one of several things on this list. 1) You're a troll (in which you'll get no further reply from me) 2) You're a bitter failed athlete 3) You took a masochistic academic interest in things that make you 'nauseous' possibly a Degree in Mundane Achievements 4) You ran a 3:47 mile in the late 1970's which no one saw or can verify without pace making, in racing flats, on a rainy cinder track and you're pissed off Seb got the glory.
@666zerowolf
@666zerowolf 9 жыл бұрын
glad u brought up Bannister and his first sub 4 mile run...run that tape....he ran a 4:07 that day....clock it....the only thing funnier is the horse touts trying to get the time of 1:54.99 changed to 1:53 for thriple crown winner Secretariat!...The tape clocks to exactly 1:55, the same time posted at the horse track that day...Seb is a cheat...like Lance Armstrong...My only problem is training with the techniques that made Peter Snell and Jim Ryun true champions, not drugged up greyhounds!
@666zerowolf
@666zerowolf 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Seb...fin cheater!
@figo88figo
@figo88figo 4 жыл бұрын
coe is stupid, you run BEHIND the pacemaker to draft... duh....
@KryptonitetoallBS
@KryptonitetoallBS 11 ай бұрын
He was probably worried about getting blocked in.
@simonedwards5564
@simonedwards5564 Жыл бұрын
The real revelation of this FANTASTIC 👌👍 race at the tender age of 20 Steve cram running SUB 4 !!!!!!!!
@simonedwards5564
@simonedwards5564 Жыл бұрын
SORRY ❤️ Steve ,,,,,the FANTASTIC 👌 Young athlete ran sub 3:50 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT!!!!!!!
@peterh1353
@peterh1353 11 ай бұрын
@@simonedwards5564 Cram was Olympic finalist at 19. Another legend. Always thought he wasn't as tough as Coe and got himself in to a gold-or-nothing attitude. Too much publicity and TV ads too young. You should always do the best you can - and the end of his career I thought he was quitting in races.
@richybatty234
@richybatty234 10 ай бұрын
Both Coe and Ovett were just on another level to the rest . Ovett had his ' church railings ' incident that put him out of action for a long time ... he was never really the same after that . Cram was good .. but never really had the ' competition ' to test him like the other 2 did .
@redd605
@redd605 4 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic runner at the time Mike bolt was I know he doesn't get talked about much but he was up there with coe in most of his races a brilliant talent
@mikehopkins4040
@mikehopkins4040 11 ай бұрын
Coe knew how good boit was.😮
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