Ok not quite true but here is a good example of what I mean
I had a few words with Chris Chataway before the start of the Great north run ( he paced Roger Banister to the first 4 min mile in the 50s and held the 5000m wr) today I checked out his finish time he ran 1:51:01 and the guy is 80 in a few months ..now thats impressive
Talent is all you need
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Re: Talent is all you need
I'd say there's probably a lot of determination and hard work in there as well.
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Class will always show through, amazing, I saw him on the telly, he looked really tiny alongside his son-in-law I think it was, its a question of power/weight ratio, the right genes, loads of training plus a healthy lifestyle-a true inspiration, thanks for sharing DenDen-J wrote:-Ok not quite true but here is a good example of what I mean
I had a few words with Chris Chataway before the start of the Great north run ( he paced Roger Banister to the first 4 min mile in the 50s and held the 5000m wr) today I checked out his finish time he ran 1:51:01 and the guy is 80 in a few months ..now thats impressive
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Re: Talent is all you need
Good breeding mainly.
Public school and Oxford educated, world class athlete who raced against Zatopek in the Olympics, government minister, perfect gentleman, all-round great human being. I'm barely surprised that he's still running comfortable sub 2hr HM at nearly 80. I would have loved to meet him too Den.
Public school and Oxford educated, world class athlete who raced against Zatopek in the Olympics, government minister, perfect gentleman, all-round great human being. I'm barely surprised that he's still running comfortable sub 2hr HM at nearly 80. I would have loved to meet him too Den.
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Fall down seven times, get up eight. Japanese Proverb.
'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess. John Seldon