Beating John Landy Was My Defining Race.

My Family Actually Lived In The Same Village For About 400 Years. They Had Great Stability Until The Last Century. People Lived And Intermarried In Small Villages.

It Seems Quite Impossible To Walk In America.

My Introduction To Track Racing Was Through The Background Of Cross Country Running, Which Is Not A Sport Perhaps As Popular In America As It Is In England.

I Lived On The Top Of One Hill And The School Was At The Top Of Another Hill. Nobody Ever Went To School By Car - We Didn't Have Any Cars During The War. So That To And From School Was Itself A Training.

You Get Very Tired, And There Was A Certain Amount Of Pain And You Slow Up. Your Legs Are So Tired That You Are In Fact Slowing. If You Don't Keep Running, Keep Your Blood Circulating, The Muscles Stop Pumping The Blood Back And You Get Dizzy.