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<blockquote data-quote="BlackpoolTerrier" data-source="post: 7051629" data-attributes="member: 18035">I'm a big fan of the race line - I was totally alone running up the climb to the South Link (first pics in the article) on the right hand side of the road on Sunday and that's what allowed me to pass the big group around the 1:30 pacers. You can have difficulty running it early on in a race - at that stage it can be more comfortable to stay where you are rather than pushing your way through the crowd to the inside of the bend. Also, you can sometimes forget the race line towards the end of a marathon when you're shagged.This video from Rod Dixon is brilliant - I've watched it again and again and he talks about two things :- Running and being the winner in your own race, not somebody else's- Running the tangents[yt]llfcZUyTJGA[/yt]The running the top marathoners did back then was every bit as competitive as what's going on today - four or five minutes slower for sure - but the battles were titanic. The field that Lopes, Treacy and Spedding beat in LA can still claim to be the greatest ever assembled</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BlackpoolTerrier, post: 7051629, member: 18035"] I'm a big fan of the race line - I was totally alone running up the climb to the South Link (first pics in the article) on the right hand side of the road on Sunday and that's what allowed me to pass the big group around the 1:30 pacers. You can have difficulty running it early on in a race - at that stage it can be more comfortable to stay where you are rather than pushing your way through the crowd to the inside of the bend. Also, you can sometimes forget the race line towards the end of a marathon when you're shagged. This video from Rod Dixon is brilliant - I've watched it again and again and he talks about two things : - Running and being the winner in your own race, not somebody else's - Running the tangents [yt]llfcZUyTJGA[/yt] The running the top marathoners did back then was every bit as competitive as what's going on today - four or five minutes slower for sure - but the battles were titanic. The field that Lopes, Treacy and Spedding beat in LA can still claim to be the greatest ever assembled [/QUOTE]

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