My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain.
If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed. - Arthur Lydiard
If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.
- Arthur Lydiard
No one will burn out doing aerobic running. It is too much anaerobic running, which the American scholastic athletic system tends to put young athlet… - Arthur Lydiard
No one will burn out doing aerobic running. It is too much anaerobic running, which the American scholastic athletic system tends to put young athlet…
I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, su… - Arthur Lydiard
I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, su…
There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly. - Arthur Lydiard
There are champions everywhere. Every street's got them. All we need to do is train them properly.
You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development and good e… - Arthur Lydiard
You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development and good e…
Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From… - Arthur Lydiard
Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From…
They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have… - Arthur Lydiard
They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have…
They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem with wome… - Arthur Lydiard
They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem with wome…
Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach. - Arthur Lydiard
Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.
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