On the Run

Short Film (Full Length) – 1979

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23 Sep 2014 - 03.26pm

This is fabulous - thanks for this. Our family never got a copy of this film, so it's great to see it. Regards the Foster Family - Kate

Joe sanders

16 Jul 2014 - 04.04am

A man ahead of his time.A true thinker and great coach!

Jamie Sinclair

3 Jun 2014 - 08.49am

Run can also be spelled EFF YOU ENNN (FUN)

Mario Oostendorp

1 Jun 2014 - 07.30am

John Walker was coached by Arch Jelly and not Arthur. I know this system works because I coach from this system.

Allen Browning

30 Apr 2014 - 04.59pm

Thanks for making this movie. I was raised as a runner on the Lydiard method of training. Had the privilege of meeting Arthur when he was on tour selling his shoes in Cerritos, California, in about 1973. What a great man! Few of us can say we changed the world. Arthur Lydiard did!

Adolfo Neto

12 Nov 2012 - 02.48am

Excellent!

Bas Gomes

23 Aug 2012 - 02.42pm

This is a valuable relic and a window into another era. An innocent time before drugs in sport, when people ran for the pure pleasure of it. The Lydiards and Cerruty's of the world we will never see the likes of again.

FRED

31 Jul 2012 - 02.30am

Tremendously interesting ! Thanks for sharing.

shine

27 Jul 2012 - 03.05am

very inspiring. These great people were so humble and modest!

Chris Fielding

21 Jul 2012 - 07.08pm

Brillant. I have just linked this page from my little barefoot blog. It is one of my favourite posts of the week and it is great to see the giants of our sport in action. Thankyou.
http://www.barefootbeginner.com/2012/07/21/the-best-5-barefoot-running-posts-from-the-blogosphere-this-week-are/

Jason Kehoe

19 Jul 2012 - 11.14pm

As a Lydiard coach it was a great insight to some of the runners training and mentality. As a mountain runner I had a huge smile on my face at the end while looking at Fosters descent. It's usually hard to see how steep and fast runners are going on film but my heart was in my throat watching him descending. I would love to try that slope some day.

Can't wait to watch the rest of the related videos on this website.

Cheers,
Jason, Dublin, Ireland
www.ChampionsEverywhere.com

Linden Wilkie

19 Jul 2012 - 08.44am

A lovely time capsule, thank you for sharing. The quality of cinematography is fantastic - use of slow motion, wide angle, depth of field, etc.

Dave

19 Jul 2012 - 07.27am

This is a great find. Looked up Jack Foster and sad to see he was killed out riding his bicycle in 2004.

Mr Run

18 Jul 2012 - 07.13pm

What an amazing video! Arthur Lydiard and his athletes are absolute legends. I'm proud to be a New Zealand athlete, following in the trails they blazed