Word: snell
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...took off like a rocket," said Burleson later. "He just went whoosh." Snell broke the tape in 3 min. 56.1 sec.-the fastest mile ever run in the U.S. Astonished dockers timed his last 120 yds. in 13.4 sec.-the equivalent, approximately, of a 10-sec. 100-yd. dash. Said Snell: ""I was never in doubt I would...
Keeping Fit. Snell never walks anywhere if he can run instead. The headmaster of Auckland's Mount Albert Grammar School recalls a day in 1957 when Snell won two matches for the school's tennis team, then played a starring role in a cricket match. A little later, the headmaster found him running around the school track in shorts and T shirt. "What are you doing, Snell?" he asked. "I want to keep fit, sir," the 17-year-old replied...
...Snell eats what he wants, pays no attention to his waistline, enjoys a beer after a race, and says: "The only milk I use is in my tea and on my cornflakes." He has never been to college. "A college would have you racing week after week," he says...
...build up a good shape like that." Under the watchful eyes of Coach Arthur Lydiard, Snell pursues a rigorous training program. U.S. milers concentrate on calisthenics and sprints to build up their speed for finishing bursts. Snell builds up endurance by competing in 25-mile marathons, runs 100 miles a week over New Zealand's hilly country roads, rarely runs sprints and shuns calisthenics ("They're a waste of time...
...Lydiard tries for a breakthrough in stamina," explains rival Oregon Coach Bill Bowerman. "When a runner like Snell works very hard, he reaches a point where he begins to ache in his joints. The pain is enormous. When that happens, most coaches ease off. Lydiard just keeps him working harder and harder-until he becomes insensitive to the pain." So far, Snell's masochistic training regimen has paid off: when he finished his record-breaking mile in Wanganui, he was hardly panting...