7 May 1930 The Finnish athlete proved his theory that a mile race should be run all in one piece. There are no "breathers" in Nurmi's races Pictures of Paavo Nurmi, Finland, have been chosen to illustrate the art of middle-distance running not only because he holds the world's one-mile record of 4min 10 2-5sec, and has held almost every record from 1,500 metres in 3min 52 3-5sec to 15 kilometres in 46min 49½sec, but also because it was he who completely revolutionised the world's preconceived n...
Paavo Nurmi and the art of middle-distance running - archive, 7 May 1930
The Guardian - 7 May 2020 06:30
7 May 1930 The Finnish athlete proved his theory that a mile race should be run all in one piece. There are no "breathers" in Nurmi's races Pictures of Paavo Nurmi, Finland, have been chosen to illustrate the art of middle-distance running not only because he holds the world's one-mile record of 4min 10 2-5sec, and has held almost every record from 1,500 metres in 3min 52 3-5sec to 15 kilometres in 46min 49½sec, but also because it was he who completely revolutionised the world's preconceived n...
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