Retrieving a statement of almost two years ago that I ran by e-mail between friends. They will therefore follow a nice post by Orlando Pizzolato (visible in its entirety in Stock ) to make some personal remarks on his meeting with the Belgian Emiel Puttemans .
Another runner who kept pace in the race terrible "slow" was Emiel Puttemans. I met this Belgian strong in the cross and indoor competitions, a rally in Tirrenia. The anecdotes that circulated about this runner were many, all inevitably "terrible". It was said that the plan only ran the first mile in 3'40 ", and then all the others were considerably more nimble. With these assumptions no one wanted to run with him, but we were all a little 'curious to check the rumors against him. At that meeting, which dates back to winter 1979, it was decided to go out with him for a quiet afternoon sitting in the woods (in the morning had pulled a little 'but not exceed, the day was half a load).
In his company ran his hand through training, because they passed the miles, the atmosphere was heavy. The situation had also deteriorated because of the continuous alternation of position to run with him were a dozen runners (there were other Belgian, French and English) and since the road in the pine forest was narrow, crooked and the bottom had holes, roots and pine cones, sometimes you lose ground, other times they sped back and forth and this had turned the dust. I after I softened about six miles, when I ran commitment to racing media, I could get to the end with the group, but the effort was too much. Quell'allenamento finished the track with a population of 2 kilometers in 5'53 ".
The supremacy of Puttemans, who also turned in workouts on the track to 2'35 "per kilometer, broke a bit 'all the boxes and the satisfaction that we wanted to take was scheduled shortly thereafter. Once we organized in order to "make him pay." Waited for him to do a workout on the track pulled, just as those from 2'35 / 40 "to the mile the next day, when he had to / wanted to do a and regeneration, we prepared adequately. That morning my heart was pounding and my hands were sweaty when we were at the track center of cones to do the pre-workout stretching. On leaving the center we walked the first mile, leaving him in front as always, the step of 3'48 ", and when taking the path of pine wood, subtly increasing the pace of the race a bit 'at a time. At the 3rd km already went to 3'30 "or so, which became approximately 3'20" to the halfway point of the circuit, when passing through a stretch of road. The return trips to the fast pace of the short (3'10 / 15 ") and only when our victim, who for a long time 'was the game, came off a few feet, there were those who raged about the "dying" brutally pulling. I had dropped a bit 'before, but I arrived at the center cones before Puttemans because at some point I passed him when packed continued.
The day after our sore legs for the sustained effort led us to run our own. We reported that morning Puttemans asked of us before going out to train. He said he had agreed to race with us!
Orlando Bravo! We have offered a sympathetic and instructive anecdote commenting to my friends in this way.
Orlando's story is very interesting because it describes how it can be stimulated daily (by Emiel several times a day), the aerobic mechanism. If the brilliance of the moment allows, even the race of regeneration may be a progression from the slow run up to the aerobic and anaerobic threshold: Emil for a beautiful brushed from 3'40 "to under 3'00" / km. Each face in proportionate with the power of your engine and may use the same instrument. Another interesting detail that describes and distinguishes the champion is the ability to withstand heavy workloads close that adequately recovered, then produce great results. This is the stratosphere of athletics. We run down to the ground.
few years had passed since the glorious peak in September 1972 when the form was so brilliant to get him on the silver 10'000m Olympics Monaco (03/09), immediately in the wake Finnish Lasse Viren (WR 27'38 "35 vs. 27'39" 58), and two world records in succession on 3'000m 7'37 "6 (Aarhus DEN 14/09) and 5'000m 13'13 "0 (BEL Brussels 20/09), but remained Emiel good time and came under the 2h10 'marathon in 1982 in the good age of 35 years.
few years had passed since the glorious peak in September 1972 when the form was so brilliant to get him on the silver 10'000m Olympics Monaco (03/09), immediately in the wake Finnish Lasse Viren (WR 27'38 "35 vs. 27'39" 58), and two world records in succession on 3'000m 7'37 "6 (Aarhus DEN 14/09) and 5'000m 13'13 "0 (BEL Brussels 20/09), but remained Emiel good time and came under the 2h10 'marathon in 1982 in the good age of 35 years.
Beyond anecdotes, statistics and notes about 40 years ago, let's go over some important points, perhaps less known, at that time in which spread around the world the modern interpretation of the middle-distance thanks to a generation of courageous young people.
If you go to YouTube to watch 10'000m (devastating first round in 60! "), You can not lose 5'000m (Emiel only 5 ° in the second work of art technical and tactical Lasse Viren). Q ow old they were the protagonists? Puttemans to 25 years was among the very old. Same age Frank Shorter USA (who will win the marathon few days later). Lasse Viren, Dave BEDFORD ENG, SCO had Ian STEWART 23 years. Steve Prefontaine USA even 21. Just to name a few.
Then if we go down to 1'500m are 24 age group as the winner VESSEL Pekka FIN ENG Brendan Foster, as 23 year old and a 22 year old Mike BOIT KEN DIXON Rod NZL ( win NYC marathon 1983 in 2h08'59 "). Together they seemed the cousins \u200b\u200bof the mature 32 year-old Kip KEIN KEN, already a legend not only in his country, and winner of the 3000 Olympics in the same bushes.
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