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1970: Mindset of a Marathon Man | Look Stranger | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive
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15:59Now Playing'Marathon running has an almost masochistic attraction, it is a question of how far can you push yourself. I feel that I can accept more pain than the average person; I have learnt to, over the years, physically and mentally.'
Jim Alder - Glasgow born and Morpeth raised - the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, describes his thoughts and feelings about Marathon running, and how it has affected his life. In the end it is a question of how hard you drive yourself, and for sheer guts and dogged perseverance Jim Alder will take some beating in the 1970 Commonwealth Games Marathon in Edinburgh.
Clip taken from Look Stranger: The Marathon Man, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 21 July, 1970.
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