Percy Cerutty had his runners charge a steep sand dune at Portsea while the coaching world drilled tidy track intervals. It looked like crankery. Then Herb Elliott went unbeaten at the mile and 1500m. #Running #RunningHistory #Cerutty #TheLongRun

Percy Cerutty didn't believe in tracks. He drove his athletes up a sand dune at Portsea until they broke — and it produced world records and an unbeaten Olympic champion. Hill repeats started as something much stranger than a workout. #Running #RunningHistory #Cerutty #TheLongRun