If you think that comment on the limit of the men's marathon world record is intriguing check out the following quote which appeared in an Epilogue section to 'The Marathon Footrace' book authored by Dr. David Martin and Roger Gynn, published in 1979.
"In the opinion of Manfred Steffny, coach of the current women's record holder [Christa Vahlensieck] and himself an author on marathon training, the fastest will not be more than about four minutes faster than Vahlensieck's 2:34:47.5." Maybe 16 is about 4. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 8:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: Lydiard's prophecy on marathon record In a message dated 12/6/2001 6:34:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << He would probably assume it's pharmacutically enhanced. On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Y ask: > > While going through some old issues of T&FN, I came across a Bert Nelson "Of > People and Things" column from July 1978. > > Brother Bert writes: > > "During a recent office visit, (legendary New Zealand coach Arthur) Lydiard > opined that 2:06 is the absolute limit for the marathon as it is > physiologically impossible to run faster." > > Wonder what Lydiard (or Bert) thinks of the impossible (2:05:42) Mr. > Khannouchi. > >> No, Lydiard would probably say "...give or take 18 seconds..." JT
