Welcome to the Lydiard Legend Marathon, Arthur's Half Marathon, and the Titirangi 10km and 5km run and walk. SATURDAY 14th SEPTEMBER, 2013
Shadbolt Park, New Lynn,
Waitakere Ranges, Auckland
| The Lydiard Legend Marathon and Arthur's Half Marathon is once again on the event calendar in 2013, and will be held on Saturday 14th September. In order to safeguard the event and guarantee its ongoing place as a premier event on the NZ running calendar, the Legend Charitable Trust was established. The Legend event is now owned and operated by the Legend Charitable Trust. Trustees are; Ian Winson (Chairman), Katherine Winson, Garth Gilmour, Gary Lydiard, Michael MacMillan & Aaron Carter. |
All events follow the famous Waiatarua routes (set in the Waitakere Ranges in West Auckland ) previously used by Arthur Lydiard to train his prodigies - elite athletes such as Sir Peter Snell and Sir Murray Halberg, among others such as the Arch Jelley-trained Sir John Walker. Arthur's training courses are now world-renowned and countless elite and not-so-elite athletes from many parts of the world have used them, and still do, as a key element of their training regimes and schedules.
The focus of The Legend event is to celebrate, enjoy and experience the Lydiard training route within a structured race environment. Since Arthur's death in December 2004, the event has grown from a 35km run to a full marathon, half marathon and 10km and 5km run and walk event options.
Arthur Lydiard, well known and recognised as the guru of distance running worldwide, was still spreading the word in the United States at the time of his death.
The Legend event was an idea conceived by Ian Winson after viewing a television documentary earlier in 2004, featuring a young athlete completing a run on the Lydiard training route.
Contact was made with Arthur to seek permission to organise an event in his name, he gave his blessing and written permission - The Legend event was born.
2011 Event Video
Click here to view the full feature video of this event on sportzhub.com
2010 Interviews Video
Click here to view a video of interviews from this event on sportzhub.com
2010 Event Video
Click here to view the full feature video of this event on sportzhub.com
Training Schedules by Arthur Lydiard
Thanks to Arthur's good friend and co-author Garth Gilmour, we are able to offer Arthur Lydiard's original marathon and half-marathon schedules to anyone looking for some training pointers. These were published in the Lydiard-Gilmour book, Run To the Top, in 1962.Download Arthur Lydiards Run to the Top with Master Coach Arthur Lydiard
By Garth Gilmour, Arthur's biographer and co-author for more than 40 years
News and reviews
Skysport "The Crowd Goes Wild" - Click here to view video online
December 14th 2004 NZ Herald Article - Click to view (248Kb pdf)
View Article "Five Cutting Edge Speed Secrets" by Jon Ackland - Click to view (28Kb pdf)
The Legend – a background, with an eye to the future, by Garth Gilmour - Click to view (10.5kb pdf)
December 14th 2004 NZ Herald Article - Click to view (248Kb pdf)
View Article "Five Cutting Edge Speed Secrets" by Jon Ackland - Click to view (28Kb pdf)
The Legend – a background, with an eye to the future, by Garth Gilmour - Click to view (10.5kb pdf)
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