Emphasis Preaching Journal

Olympic athletes are extremely well disciplined. For years they train, condition and prepare for their events. In the 1970s long distance runner Lasse Viren raced in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs. What intrigued sportswriters was the fact that prior to his first victories in both events at the 1972 Munich Games few had heard of Viren. Between the 1972 Munich Games and the 1976 Montreal Games Viren never raced in international competition. But he continued training. In the four year off season he continued his rigorous long distance running training.