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A Brief History of Running
(
idea
)
by
Loinen
Sun Nov 25 2001 at 20:42:05
about 3800 BC - running competitions are organized in
Egypt
490 BC - a messenger named
Feidippides
runs about 40 kilometers from
Marathon
to
Athens
and dies
1896 - first modern
Olympics
in Athens
1912 - 15 minutes is broken in 5000m:
Hannes Kolehmainen
improves the record by 25 seconds. The new record stands: 14.36.6
1920-1928 - first
professional runner
Paavo Nurmi
wins 9 olympic gold medals. The innovation by Nurmi is to use modern instruments: a clock
1928 - women run in olympics for the first time
1928-1929 - the world's longest race is organized two times in the States: from
coast to coast
it takes 5895 kilometers.
1930 -
Taisto Mäki
10000 meters under half hour: 29.52.6
1935 -
Jesse Owens
breaks five world records and levels one more in no more than 45 minutes
1948-1952 -
Emil Zatopek
,
The Human Train
, rules the
long-distance
races. He developed the brand new technic:
interval training
. One famous training was to run 100*400m!
1954 -
Roger Bannister
goes under 4 minutes. The new record for a mile is 3.59.6
1960's -
Arthur Lydiard
's athletes amazes world with the aid of
steady state
running
1968 - 10 seconds is history:
James Hines
runs 100 meters in 9.9 secs
1970's - Africans are coming
1991 - 25797 runners finish
New York Marathon
which is the most ever in a single competition
Grip of Death
A Brief History of Briefs
Deep water run
interval training
Carl Lewis
Emil Zatopek
Jesse Owens
English History: From Edward the Elder to Edgar
A Brief History of Bottoms
Tom Longboat
Paavo Nurmi
The Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights of the Round Table
Marathon
Olympics
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