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[mC HULL 16,217]

1 minute ago, gnasher16 said:

400 is a killer of an event as a schoolkid i came second in England back when the Nationals were held in Derby my time of 56.2 beat the old record so only the kid who beat me that day had run faster for our age at that time.....i was never quick enough for the 100/200 and didnt have the frame or endurance for 1500 but the 400 was just about guts and brute force you had to " relaxed sprint " from gun to line...... Lee Evans was before my time but Michael Johnson,Butch Reynolds etc....even our own Roger Black were all phenomenal athletes Johnson was just a freak of nature.....real tester of an event though and one ive always kept an eye on.

me daughters decent at the long distance always goes to events i told her your winning wait until a quick black lass turns up she laughed at me until it happened lol

[chartpolski 28,211]

7 minutes ago, gnasher16 said:

400 is a killer of an event as a schoolkid i came second in England back when the Nationals were held in Derby my time of 56.2 beat the old record so only the kid who beat me that day had run faster for our age at that time.....i was never quick enough for the 100/200 and didnt have the frame or endurance for 1500 but the 400 was just about guts and brute force you had to " relaxed sprint " from gun to line...... Lee Evans was before my time but Michael Johnson,Butch Reynolds etc....even our own Roger Black were all phenomenal athletes Johnson was just a freak of nature.....real tester of an event though and one ive always kept an eye on.

It was Butch Reynolds who broke Lee Evans world record, almost 20 years later, and not by all that much.

Cheers.

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10 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

me daughters decent at the long distance always goes to events i told her your winning wait until a quick black lass turns up she laughed at me until it happened lol

They must have forgot to tell Kelly that, eh mate ?

Cheers.

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Could hold my own as a youngster at longer distance and cross country, was shite at sprinting, 400m.was a killer...my mate was a good sprinter, ran national level, was a great footballer as a kid when his speed was too much for anyone, once ge got into the adult game and half decent standard the fact he couldn't control.a ball or even kick it properly caught up with him..lol

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Them cross countries were a killer, burning lungs in the winter, something else.

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Just now, Pewit said:

Them cross countries were a killer, burning lungs in the winter, something else.

Used to love the criss country mate, used to run along the river exe flood relief, all streams and bogs... get back to school covered in mud and f***ing freezing! Lol

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18 minutes ago, NEWKID said:

Used to love the criss country mate, used to run along the river exe flood relief, all streams and bogs... get back to school covered in mud and f***ing freezing! Lol

It was brilliant pal, one race i got stood on and the spike opened my foot up like a tin of tuna. I ended up having to take antibiotics because the infection started running up through my veins. I used to love it mate, I'd let them live with me until the last 400yds or so and kick on. My brother is 18 months younger and he used to run in my group for the one season until I moved up, he used to crack me up laughing cos he was intent on beating me.

 

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48 minutes ago, gnasher16 said:

400 is a killer of an event as a schoolkid i came second in England back when the Nationals were held in Derby my time of 56.2 beat the old record so only the kid who beat me that day had run faster for our age at that time.....i was never quick enough for the 100/200 and didnt have the frame or endurance for 1500 but the 400 was just about guts and brute force you had to " relaxed sprint " from gun to line...... Lee Evans was before my time but Michael Johnson,Butch Reynolds etc....even our own Roger Black were all phenomenal athletes Johnson was just a freak of nature.....real tester of an event though and one ive always kept an eye on.

For me , the mens 400m is the ultimate blue ribbon Olympic event 

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2 hours ago, gnasher16 said:

Not sure whether your joking or not.....i f****n hope so !  

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and presume you mean the old hundred yard dash.....on a track marked out in footsteps by a blind midget !

No joke our school 4 x 100 relay beat everyone in the county.i was very quick over the 100m and at secondary school pissed the senior athletic competition.long jump was easy too with my speed.rugby was great as nobody could catch me.did train at my local prince of Wales stadium but tore both calf muscles and that fecked it .

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