Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH KBE FRIBA, often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Lord Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set eight outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days – and...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 September 1956
athletes balls coming foot good heel hope perfect run slight tilt
You hope all good athletes run on the balls of their feet. You don't want them coming down heel first. The perfect style is the foot to come down with a slight supination and on a tilt to the outside.
although critical life mum people quickly quite recognise round running twice
My mum was critical in getting me to recognise very early on that although what I was doing was pretty serious, quite selfish, and probably to most people pretty obsessive, there actually was more to life than running quickly twice round a track.
age running twice
I started daily training at the age of 14. When I was 16 years old, I was running twice a day.
defined distances good running
Good running is the ability to have a very well defined on-board computer. The ability to judge distances when running in traffic.
along beaches compete few hang love realised run running trails year
My motivation to compete was always about improving one year to the next. At 34, I realised I'd never run any quicker, so why hang on? But I love running and still run along woodland trails and beaches every few days.
running kids names
I became a great runner because if you're a kid in Leeds and your name is Sebastian you've got to become a great runner.
running waiting missing
Blink and you miss a sprint. The 10,000 meters is lap after lap of waiting. Theatrically, the mile is just the right length: beginning, middle, end, a story unfolding.
running battle track-and-field
Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!
running stage sheffield
If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage.
running distance long
I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.
running world records
World records are only borrowed.
running world nine
The nine inches right here; set it straight and you can beat anybody in the world.
chance given olympic spoke
In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance. But I made the most of it.
games sports
In all Games, there is always a tendency, particularly in the lead up to the Games when there isn't much sport to talk about, to write about things that are not sport.