Westerly Wood
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Just incredible.
Way to go, Dave! Without a microsecond to spare!
I, too, watched it live and still get a cold chill or two watching the replay.Yes, as a longtime track fan, I watched that race unfolding at the time & could hardly believe it - One of the best EVER!
He ran faster than the other guys.How did he do that?
I do wonder if the other runners actually set off a bit too fast? The crucial thing was that he didn't panic and just gradually closed the gap. In the end though, he just had that bit more sprinting speedHow did he do that?
Dave had another gear at the end ! Sort of like this guy , still the greatest performance I’ve ever witnessed .
That’s cool Mikey. I think Wottle though was worried immediately he had lost it. His strategy was genius in the end but in hearing him talk about it, he didn’t mean to fall back that far. He was in better shape than all of them to do what he did. And that move he made, to squeeze n between like the 6th and 7th runner was brilliant. He was like running thru rain drops.Oh I remember that race very clearly. In high school as a freshman that same year I ran cross country and the 880. My track coach would often have one of the newer guys be the sacrificial lamb or the “rabbit” as he called it. The plan was to send the rabbit out at a fast start to get the other team off their pace. Our best would maintain their proper pace, fall behind a bit, and then have a strong kick at the end. The rabbit would peter out and the others who tried to keep the fast pace had nothing left for the finish. Essentially, the Wottle strategy.
Seems the rest of the pack blew out of the gate with an unsustainable pace. Just like in horse racing, cross country skiing, Tour de France, you name it…the breakaway race leaders at the 3/4 mark hardly ever win the race.How did he do that?