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Lydiard’s first students were young men from Arthur’s Auckland suburb of Owairaka, who, without exception, rose to national and international prominence in the athletic arena. His most notable successes were with Olympic gold medalists Peter Snell, (800m -1960, 800m & 1500m -1964); Murray Halberg, (5000m -1960); and bronze medalists, John Davies (1500m -1964); and Barry Magee (Marathon -1964).
Nov 23, 2016 · Good stuff. As a Lydiard Geek, I endorse the article. Moving into modern Lydiard training, Lorraine Moller, four-time Olympian and Nobby Hashizume who coaches the Lydiard method and certify coaches to be Lydiard Certified level 1 and 2 (and 3 is coming), have added the Five Principles of Lydiard training, which is just the organization of what guided his training method.
- From Boxing and Rugby to Running
- A Nine Year Quest
- The Accidental Coach
- The Legacy
- Lydiard For Today
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Lydiard grew up with an active life-style and dabbled with some success in diverse sports such as the steeplechase, boxing and rugby. In boxing he was known to win by filling the air with leather and winning through sheer aggression and determination. In playing rugby for Eden Club he started out as a side-row forward, a small man among giants, as ...
Like a human guinea-pig, Arthur Lydiard spend the next nine years training, experimenting and enduring sacrifice and hardship until he felt he had perfected the marathon-type training system he was looking for at the time. He would often thrash himself training, running distances as far as 50 kilometres through the undulating roads and tracks of th...
A bunch of young guys had begun running with Arthur, eager to learn his methods and replicate his success. He never set out to be a coach but suddenly he had become one. Runners who would go on to become house-hold names joined a group that posterity would remember as “Arthur’s boys”: Ray Puckett, Murray Halberg, Bill Baillie, John Davies, Barry Ma...
As many other prophets, Arthur Lydiard did not gain the recognition he deserved at the time in his native New Zealand. He made no attempt to hide his disdain for those who weren’t willing to come onboard nor was he afraid to rub backs up the wrong way. He had not ingratiated himself with officials and, with a growing family to feed, job offers from...
The rest of Western athletics would stay successful for slightly longer but would eventually be eclipsed by athletes from the Eldoret region of Kenya and the Arsi region of Ethiopia who have runners, like Lydiard’s, who have carefully nurtured their aerobic fitness over many years before embarking on a gruelling training regime that few others can ...
Talk to anyone who knew him and you are struck by the feeling of loyalty, almost reverence, that he inspired. He was gruff, demanded sincerity of his athletes (“I can’t afford to waste my time with fools.”) and had no time for those not willing to learn (“My training is not for idiots.”). On the other side, he was extremely generous, known for his ...
Arthur Lydiard. Arthur Leslie Lydiard ONZ OBE (6 July 1917 – 11 December 2004) was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularising the sport of running and making it commonplace across the sporting world.
May 1, 2005 · What is Arthur Lydiard’s place in history? ... Even his marathon schedule, in its first post-conditioning week, three months out from the race, has 20x200, 3K of dash-floats, and a 1500m race. ...
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Dec 13, 2004 · Arthur Lydiard, born Auckland, July 6, 1917; died Houston, Texas, December 11, 2004. He is survived by his wife Joelyne. Arthur Lydiard, who has died while in the midst of a gruelling lecture tour of the United States at the age of 87, (Sat 11 Dec) was a supremely successful coach of distance runners, best known for guiding Peter Snell to three ...
