GarlicJam wrote:I haven't listened to Bat Out of Hell for 40 years (I think I will change that today), and it is a long way short of being my favourite albums, but I still think that it is one of the great rock albums ever made.
Yes, it's cliched and corny, but it worked so well. We played the absolute bejeezus out of it after school, day and day after day.
GarlicJam wrote:A great Australian even, Alfie. He happened to be a great athlete as well.
Funny, after all the years of people striving to break the four minute mile, Bannister does it with Landy at his heels - then shortly afterwards, Landy smashed Bannister's record by over 2 seconds.
alfie wrote:GarlicJam wrote:A great Australian even, Alfie. He happened to be a great athlete as well.
Funny, after all the years of people striving to break the four minute mile, Bannister does it with Landy at his heels - then shortly afterwards, Landy smashed Bannister's record by over 2 seconds.
Suppose not that surprising really as the two of them - and the American Wes Santee - had all been trying for some time to break the magic mark. Landy's record , of course , went on to stand for several years.
They both broke 4 minutes in the Commonwealth Games a couple of months later when Bannister pipped Landy to the title. That was a wonderful race ! I re-watched the video , sort of in remembrance. Worth a look and a listen to the interviews...
sussexpob wrote:alfie wrote:GarlicJam wrote:A great Australian even, Alfie. He happened to be a great athlete as well.
Funny, after all the years of people striving to break the four minute mile, Bannister does it with Landy at his heels - then shortly afterwards, Landy smashed Bannister's record by over 2 seconds.
Suppose not that surprising really as the two of them - and the American Wes Santee - had all been trying for some time to break the magic mark. Landy's record , of course , went on to stand for several years.
They both broke 4 minutes in the Commonwealth Games a couple of months later when Bannister pipped Landy to the title. That was a wonderful race ! I re-watched the video , sort of in remembrance. Worth a look and a listen to the interviews...
As a novice on the subject, why are these athletes so historically revered? The factored up 1500m WR of the time would have broken the barrier of 4 minutes (even if you factor up the last 109 meters at a slower pace of the next highest mark of the time, the average speed of a 5,000 m runner) .... and in the following Olympics Landy and Bannister finished 3/4th in the same year they broke records.
Is this a case of countries that use the mile caring, while 1500m runners elsewhere were already setting these paces? Thee records look very academic to me.
Or is the opposite true? Were Olympic 1500m after thoughts for chasing the historical barrier?
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