Sand dune training has drifted in and out of popularity, with Ronnie Delany and Steve Ovett tapping into powder power
Sand dune training has drifted in and out of popularity; Ronnie Delany and Steve Ovett have tapped in to powder power
I willingly inherited several boxes of back issues of Athletics Weekly starting from the early 1960s ; these days my subscription is strictly digital, but the publication still delivers plenty of wordy and worthy content. Now read on. Just because you’re over the hill or, like me, long past your running prime doesn’t mean you can’t still take a tip from this.
Even when running up against the shifting, sandy gradient, Delany’s elegant if slightly upright style is unmistakable from that which saw him win the Olympic 1,500 metres gold medal in Melbourne four years previously. Sadly, an Achilles tendon injury would ultimately deny Delany the chance to defend his title in Rome, although, as it transpired, that race was won by another willing servant to sand dune training.
Keen to spread his running gospel, Cerutty set up a training camp at the small seaside town of Portsea, on the Victorian coast, perfect for his murderous training sessions over the vast sand dunes. Among the runners first drawn there were John Landy, who had come second to Delany in Melbourne, and, later, Elliott, who won the gold medal in Rome in a then world record of 3:35.6 before retiring two years later, undefeated in 44 races over the 1,500m and the mile.
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