We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves

We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves

Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes, so that I thought I would run more effectively.

Athletics is a luxury.

Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales, where walking was part of the holiday.

I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet.

May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad. You cannot run a fast mile race if there is a strong wind, because it makes your running uneven.