Biography: Lydiard, Arthur Leslie

Running with the Wellington Joggers' Club

Members of the Wellington Joggers’ Club run with Arthur Lydiard (centre right, wearing tracksuit) in June 1974. Lydiard inspired people all over the country to take up distance running, training in their lunch breaks and at weekends.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1974/3501

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

David Green. 'Lydiard, Arthur Leslie', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16042/running-with-the-wellington-joggers-club (accessed 28 June 2026).