My greatest race: Brendan Foster

Athletics Weekly

My greatest race: Brendan Foster

On home turf, the European champion vowed to christen the revamped Gateshead Stadium with a world record bid Gateshead Meeting, Gateshead,  August 3, 1974 – 3000m, first place, 7:35.2 (world record) In 1972, I ran the 1500m in the Olympics and was fifth. I thought: “That’s as good as I’m going to get,” so I stepped up to the 5000m. I ran two miles at Crystal Palace in 1973 and broke the world record but then, in the autumn of that year, Gateshea…