The 800-m run British looks back to his victory in Athens in 1986 at the Athens World Junior Championships 1: 48.32
Steve Kram ran for our club, Jarrow and Hebburn, and he won the Golden 1983 World Senior World Championships, but I didn’t really inspire it. I really didn’t go into athletics through my own choice. I just had hell with a very natural ability.
I was running well through a secondary school, even winning 200m, 400 m, 800 m, long jump, high jump and triple jump. I remember the day of the sport and I climb six or seven gold medals from that ability. I only joined a athletics club because I was at my local youth club one night, and they came to names for a fun running fun in southern southern shields.
It’s probably one of the top 10 years old I’ve ever run. I have never liked any more distances, but I won about 33 minutes, which was unbelievable for that age. Then there was a boy who told me:
For many athletes, they assumed athletics when they were 11 or 12 years old and they wanted to achieve something. If you asked Steve wind in that era, I am sure he said. “I want to conquer Olympic gold. I want to break world records. ” I was quite opposite, but things really made progress, really fast.
The thing is, I didn’t really want. I had other things in my mind. I had to make sure to exercise. I was in motorcycles. I went to Newcastle’s Western road and watched people crazy on their bikes every Saturday. But here, when I took athletes, almost all tribes were on Saturday, so I remember arguing with my father. ” And I decided to miss it to see the motorcycles.
Once I started well and win a race, things changed. But it’s no secret that at that time I competed to go to Kars and wanted to be a rally driver. I wasn’t just the same type like other athletes.
I enjoyed I prospered to success and I was proud of some things I would do. But in all sincerity, I found a sports equipment. Especially on Sunday morning and I’m going to run 10 miles, which I didn’t enjoy a little. Although I was quite successful on the track, I hated cross-country countries, but my coach Jimmy Hedlell will obviously develop us, and he will say.
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If I could have been trained, I wouldn’t work out. Everything constantly returned to this natural ability, especially the turn of speed. What I enjoy was the work of the trail. And 10×400, 10x300s. I’m doing a lot of 200s.
I loved all that, but a long run, on Saturday morning, we used to do a park session, I was absolutely tear. It was odd because Athletics was not my thing. It’s something I took. I went to championships, nowhere, should I do? If you look my career, it’s probably not credible for one year to another. Everyone knew I was lazy and so. Even when I went to Olympic trials in 1988 and 1992 and missed, I was worried. I just planned to fly the bird watch in Scotland.
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But in 1986 was the first Junior World Championship, and it was a really good year. I ran 1:45 in Brussels, I had Oslo and several international games and some really fantastic closed tribes.
The strange thing is that I was not aware that the most expensive championship would be more or less until it happened. If you told me:
I never thought that long ago, but because I was on the street first, meeting my times, especially more than 800 m concludes that I was going.
800 m and 1500 m and, in some way, Jimin was beaten to get out of the rest of the British team a week ago. It was a nightmare in hot weather, I have ginger hair and just skin. I really fitted, and Jim and I stayed in the center of Athens, but we wouldn’t even be able to train on the way throughout the week.
It meant that all speed work was done in the local park, but I flew to the end of 800m. I would be very bad at the end of 1500m and to finish the fifth, but I was still the case if I was the second or third of the world, I would be happy and content. It’s just like I was.
I called the call in about 53-54 seconds, which was quite comfortable. I just took off about 300 m, and I took 1 few meters away from the rest of the field. In 48.32 to win. At the end, I was five meters clear. It is strange that is a hell of conquest, and I remember Jim Mine saying: “It’s unbelievable. You are the best in the world? “
However, I am more proud now than I was back at that time. I returned to Newcastle as the world’s teenager champion, but I was Keys to go to watch the motorcycle view what was happening next. I just had this carefree attitude toward athletics. If I finished third or fourth, I wouldn’t be it to worry.
How did he say that the wood will indicate?
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David Spike
Was born. July 8, 1967
Events:800 m and 1500 m
PBS:: 1: 43.98 / 3. 44.5
International honors:
1990European Championship 800 m Silver
1988European Closed Championship 800 m of gold
1986World U20 Championships 800 m of gold
