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Nurmi improvised new training methods in the army barracks ; he ran behind trains, holding on to the rear bumper, to stretch his stride, and used heavy iron-clad army boots to strengthen his legs.
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Nurmi also tested his speed in the 800 m, winning the 1923 Finnish Championships with a new national record.
On 19 June, Nurmi tried out the 1924 Olympic schedule by running the 1, 500 m and the 5, 000 m inside an hour, setting new world records for both distances.
Nurmi defeated Joie Ray and Lloyd Hahn to win the mile and Ritola to win the 5, 000 m, again setting new world records for both distances.
Nurmi broke ten more indoor world records in regular events and set several new best times for rarer distances.
As Nurmi started a new career as a share dealer, his financial advisors included Risto Ryti, director of the Bank of Finland.
The Nurmi bill was replaced by a new 20-mark note featuring Väinö Linna in 1993.
Loukola won with a new world record of 9. 21. 8, finishing almost 10 seconds ahead of second-placed Nurmi.
Nurmi and training
While active as a runner, Nurmi was known to be secretive about his training methods.
" Nurmi was considered a pioneer also in regards to training ; he developed a systematic all-year-round training program that included both long-distance work and interval running.
He joined the local athletic club, where he developed his own training program, modelled on what he had read about the great Finnish Olympian Paavo Nurmi.
Nurmi and army
In the army, Nurmi quickly impressed in the athletic competitions: While others marched, Nurmi ran the whole distances with a rifle on his shoulder and a backpack full of sand.
Nurmi and ;
" Nurmi was known to emphasize the importance of psychological strength: " Mind is everything ; muscle, pieces of rubber.
Nurmi broke 22 official world records on distances between 1, 500 m and 20 km ; a record in running.
Peter Lovesey wrote in The Kings of Distance: A Study of Five Great Runners that Nurmi " accelerated the progress of world records ; developed and actually came to personify the analytic approach to running ; and he was a profound influence not only in Finland, but throughout the world of athletics.
Nurmi and ran
Nurmi, who rarely ran without a stopwatch in his hand, has been credited for introducing the " even pace " strategy and analytic approach to running, and for making running a major international sport.
By the age of eleven, Nurmi ran the 1, 500 metres in 5: 02.
In the 1, 500 m final at the Olympics in Paris, Nurmi ran the first 800 m almost three seconds faster.
Nurmi ran for the last time on 18 February 1966 at the Madison Square Garden, invited by the New York Athletic Club.
Beardsley ran his first marathon in 2: 47: 14 at the 1977 Paavo Nurmi Marathon in Hurley, Wisconsin.
Nurmi and behind
On the home straight, Ritola sprinted from the outside but Nurmi increased his pace to keep his rival a metre behind.
Nurmi, looking more exhausted than ever before, only barely managed to keep Wide behind and take silver.
The next day he finished second behind Nurmi in the 5, 000 m. Ritola later earned another silver medal behind Nurmi in the individual cross-country race and gained a gold medal as a member of the Finnish cross-country team.
In the 1928 Summer Olympics, Ritola placed second in the 10, 000 m, behind Nurmi.
Nurmi and on
Nurmi intended to end his career on a marathon gold medal, as his idol Kolehmainen had done.
In 1914, Nurmi joined the sports club Turun Urheiluliitto and won his first race on the 3, 000 metres.
During the Finnish Civil War in 1918, Nurmi remained politically passive and concentrated on his work and his Olympic ambitions.
Previously known for his blistering pace on the first few laps, Nurmi started to carry a stopwatch and spread his efforts more uniformly over the distance.
Nurmi set his first world record on the 10, 000 m in Stockholm in 1921.
In the 3, 000 m team race on the next day, Nurmi and Ritola again finished first and second, and Elias Katz secured the gold medal for the Finnish team by finishing fifth.
In early 1925, Nurmi embarked on a widely-publicized tour of the United States.
At the 1928 Olympic trials, Nurmi was left third in the 1, 500 m by eventual gold and bronze medalists Harri Larva and Eino Purje, and he decided to concentrate on the longer distances.
In the 5, 000 m, Nurmi tried to repeat his move on Ritola but had to watch his teammate pull away instead.
Nurmi stated to a Swedish newspaper that " this is absolutely my last season on the track.
In July 1931, Nurmi showed he still had pace for the shorter distances by beating Lauri Lehtinen, Lauri Virtanen and Volmari Iso-Hollo, and breaking the world record on the now-rare two miles.
The Guardian reported that " some of his trial times were almost unbelievable ," and Nurmi went on to train at the Olympic Village in Los Angeles despite his injury.
Nurmi had set his heart on ending his career with a marathon gold medal, as Kolehmainen had done shortly after the First World War.
The congress concluded without Nurmi being declared a professional, but the council's authority to disbar an athlete was upheld on a 13 – 12 vote.
Less than three weeks later, Nurmi retired from running with a 10, 000 m victory in Viipuri on 16 September 1934.
However, Nurmi returned to coaching three months later and the Finnish distance runners went on take three gold medals, three silvers and a bronze at the Games.
Nurmi also made money on the stock market, eventually becoming one of Finland's richest people.
When the national teams, assembled in formation on the infield, saw the flowing figure of Nurmi, they broke ranks like excited schoolchildren, dashing toward the edge of the track.
Laaksonen, who was not interested in athletics, opposed Nurmi raising their newborn son Matti to be a runner and stated to the Associated Press in 1933 that " his concentration on athletics at last forced me to go to the judge for a divorce.
On the famous race on 11 July 1957 when the " three Olavis " ( Salsola, Salonen and Vuorisalo ) broke the world record for the 1, 500 m, Matti Nurmi finished a distant ninth with his personal best, 2. 2 seconds slower than his father's world record from 1924.
Acclaimed the biggest sporting figure in the world at his peak, Nurmi was averse to publicity and the media, stating later on his 75th birthday that " worldly fame and reputation are worth less than a rotten lingonberry.
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