Eric Liddell, the Record Breaking Olympian Who Kept Hope Alive in a Japanese Prison Camp

I watched a documentary on Liddell. When he ran his Gold meddle winning four hundred meter race Liddle was given the outside lane. Liddell could not see the other runners so he ran the 400 meters at a 100 meter pace. My favorite line from Chariots of Fire was when Liddell was talking to his fiancée. She asked him why he ran. Liddell responded “ I feel God’s pleasure when I run”.

Amazing story. Thanks for sharing Sir.

One of my undergrad English professors was a POW. He organized various courses in English Literature to keep the troops from going stir crazy.
All his lectures were from memory. Their captors provided no books or other materiel.