I just read an interesting article on japanrunningnews.blogspot.com about how a 15-year old in Japan ran 5:34.41 for 2k to break the 30-year old junior high national record.
Does the US even have a record like that? If so, what is it.
It equates to about a 4:23 mile.
The new record holder in the son of one of Japan's distance coaches.
Read all about it here:
http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2010/09/son-of-yamanashi-gakuin-coach-ueda.html