How many years in a row has Nick Willis gone sub 4?

13 years. You can check progression on the IAAF website.

Lagat has 14 the last one in 2015. None in 2013 and 2014

willis

4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18

So Willis ran 4:01 in Jan 2001 and did not run sub 4 until 2004? It doesn't sound right.

did run 1500s-- 3:42 x in 02 and 3:36x in 03

IAAF wrote:

13 years. You can check progression on the IAAF website.

Lagat has 14 the last one in 2015. None in 2013 and 2014

Did you even read the OP's post?

Ok, at a minimum, Willis ran sub 4 at the Meyo meet in Feb 2003 as a freshman at Michigan. He may have run other sub 4s that season.

I seem to also remember that he came into Michigan as a sub 4 miler, which means tlhat he would have also run sub 4 in 2002.

Uhubhhuhuhhuh Said: Ok, at a minimum, Willis ran sub 4 at the Meyo meet in Feb 2003 as a freshman at Michigan. He may have run other sub 4s that season.

I seem to also remember that he came into Michigan as a sub 4 miler, which means tlhat he would have also run sub 4 in 2002.

FWIW, I have his best mile in 2002 as 4:02.46 in Brunswick, ME. his debut sub-4 was, as you said, at the Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame, 07 Feb 2003 finishing 4th behind Luke Watson (Notre Dame). I have him sub-4 every year from then, 16 consecutive years.

cheers.

I put together a list, his best mile in each year for which I have records.

mark / ord / venue / meet / date

4:02.46 8 Brunswick, ME 06-Jul-2002

3:58.15i >4 h1 Notre Dame, IN Meyo Invitational 07-Feb-2003

3:53.51 2 Eugene, OR Bowerman Mile 19-Jun-2004

3:53.43 11 Oslo Bislett Games 29-Jul-2005

3:52.75 1 Wanganui 11-Feb-2006

3:55.09 4 New York, NY Reebok Grand Prix 02-Jun-2007

3:50.66 2 Eugene, OR Bowerman Mile 08-Jun-2008

3:53.54i 1 Boston, MA 07-Feb-2009

3:55.26i 1 Boston, MA Reebok Indoor Games 06-Feb-2010

3:51.95 10 Eugene, OR Bowerman Mile 04-Jun-2011

3:51.77 7 Eugene, OR Bowerman Mile 02-Jun-2012

3:55.70 1 Des Moines, IA Drake Relays 27-Apr-2013

3:49.83 2 Oslo Bislett Games 11-Jun-2014

3:51.46i 2 New York, NY Wanamaker Mile 14-Feb-2015

3:51.06i 2 New York, NY Wanamaker Mile 20-Feb-2016

3:56.41 2 Huntington, NY Long Island Mile 06-Sep-2017

3:56.77 5 Birmingham Emsley Carr Mile 18-Aug-2018

key:

> = oversize track

cheers

So is 16 years the record?

Maybe Scott or O’Sullivan or Coghlan... have a longer streak.

OXycogofg wrote:

So is 16 years the record?

Maybe Scott or O’Sullivan or Coghlan... have a longer streak.

Did John Walker run a sub 4 min mile in 1978?

1990 3:55.19 Portsmouth (GBR) 12 AUG 1990

1989 3:54.28 Oslo (NOR) 01 JUL 1989

1988 3:52.48 Oslo (NOR) 02 JUL 1988

1987 3:55.04 Barcelona (ESP) 15 JUL 1987

1986 3:50.93 Roma (ITA) 10 SEP 1986

1985 3:53.20 Cork (IRL) 09 JUL 1985

1984 3:49.73 Koblenz (GER) 29 AUG 1984

1983 3:49.73 Berlin (GER) 17 AUG 1983

1982 3:49.08 Oslo (NOR) 07 JUL 1982

1981 3:50.12 Zürich (SUI) 19 AUG 1981

1980 3:53.19 London (GBR) 25 AUG 1980

1979 3:52.85 Oslo (NOR) 17 JUL 1979

1977 3:56.80 Gateshead (GBR) 12 SEP 1977

1976 3:53.07 Stockholm (SWE) 09 AUG 1976

1975 3:52.24

he not only ran a sub-4 in 1978, 3:56.4 at Auckland, 28 Jan 1978, he also ran sub-4's in 1973 (3:58.8 Victoria, BC 7 Jul 1973) and 1974 (3:54.9 Helsinki 1 Aug 1974), making his streak 19 consecutive years.

cheers.

1973 3:58,8

1974 3:54,9

1978 3:56,4

John Walker (NZL) 19 years with a sub-4 mile

mark / ord / venue / meet / date

3:58.80 3 Victoria, BC 07-Jul-1973

3:54.90 3 Helsinki 01-Aug-1974

3:49.40 1 Gothenburg 12-Aug-1975 world record

3:53.07 1 Stockholm 09-Aug-1976

3:52.00 1 Dublin Morton Games Mile 11-Jul-1977

3:56.40 1 Auckland 28-Jan-1978

3:52.85 6 Oslo IAAF Golden Mile 17-Jul-1979

3:52.70 2 Brussels Ivo Van Damme Memorial 22-Aug-1980

3:50.12 4 Zürich Weltklasse 19-Aug-1981

3:49.08 2 Oslo 07-Jul-1982

3:49.73 2 Berlin Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) 17-Aug-1983

3:49.73 2 Koblenz 29-Aug-1984

3:53.20 3 Cork 09-Jul-1985

3:50.93 3 Rome Golden Gala 10-Sep-1986

3:55.04 2 Barcelona 15-Jul-1987

3:52.48 9 Oslo Bislett Games 02-Jul-1988

3:54.28 8 Oslo 01-Jul-1989

3:55.19 2 Portsmouth 12-Aug-1990

Steve Scott (USA) 17 years with a sub-4 mile

mark / ord / venue / meet / date

3:55.10 2 Philadelphia, PA Penn Relays 30-Apr-1977

3:52.93 3 Stockholm DN Galan Meet 03-Jul-1978

3:51.11 2 Oslo IAAF Golden Mile 17-Jul-1979

3:52.70 2 Brussels Ivo Van Damme Memorial 22-Aug-1980

3:49.68 3 Oslo Bislett Games 11-Jul-1981

3:47.69 1 Oslo 07-Jul-1982

3:49.21 1 Berlin Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) 17-Aug-1983

3:52.99 1 Westwood, CA 13-May-1984

3:49.93 4 Oslo - Bislett Bislett Games 27-Jul-1985

3:48.73 2 Oslo - Bislett Bislett Games 05-Jul-1986

3:52.36 2 Berlin Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) 21-Aug-1987

3:50.09 5 Oslo Bislett Games 02-Jul-1988

3:53.83 2 New York, NY 22-Jul-1989

3:56.34 8 Athens 07-Sep-1990

3:54.13 3 Villeneuve-d'Ascq 01-Jul-1991

3:58.54i 1 Los Angeles, CA 15-Feb-1992

3:59.88i 3 Los Angeles, CA 20-Feb-1993

Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) 16 years with a sub-4 mile

mark / ord / venue / meet / date

3:56.65 6 Cork 13-Jul-1983

3:55.82 7 Oslo 21-Jul-1984

3:52.64 2 Cork 09-Jul-1985

3:53.55 2 Cork 08-Jul-1986

3:52.76 3 Zürich 19-Aug-1987

3:50.94i 1 East Rutherford, NJ 13-Feb-1988

3:51.64 5 Oslo 01-Jul-1989

3:55.51 2 New York, NY 29-Jul-1990

3:55.17i 2 New York, NY Wanamaker Mile 01-Feb-1991

3:57.38i >1 Johnson City, TN 25-Jan-1992

3:52.76 5 Berlin 27-Aug-1993

3:53.86 5 Saint Petersburg 26-Jul-1994

3:54.62 5 Berlin 01-Sep-1995

3:52.80 7 Oslo 05-Jul-1996

3:52.04 9 Berlin 26-Aug-1997

3:56.35 3 Melbourne 25-Feb-1998

key:

> = oversize track

Eamonn Coghlan's longest streak is 7 years, (1975-1981) since he had no sub-4's (AFAIK) in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989.

Ray Flynn is 14 years (1977 - 1990)

cheers.

here is a list of every man I know of with a streak of more than 10 years...

John Walker NZL 19-years (1973 - 1990)

Steve Scott USA 17-years (1977 - 1993)

Steve Cram GBR 16-years (1978 - 1993)

Marcus O'Sullivan IRL 16-years (1983 - 1998)

Nick Willis NZL 16-years (2003 - 2018)

Ray Flynn IRL 14-years (1977 - 1990)

José Luis González ESP 14-years (1979 - 1992)

Jim Spivey USA 14-years (1980 - 1993)

Bernard Lagat KEN/USA 14-years (1999 - 2012)

Wilson Waigwa KEN 12-years (1974 - 1985)

Kevin Sullivan CAN 12-years (1998 - 2009)

Thomas Wessinghage FRG 11-years (1975 - 1985)

John Mayock GBR 11-years (1993 - 2003)

Laban Rotich KEN 11-years (1996 - 2006)

David Torrence PER 11-years (2007 - 2017)

of currently active American milers Garrett Heath has the longest streak with 8-years.

corrections, additions and amendments always welcome.

cheers.

That's 18 years for Walker but still, wow

Cottonshirt wrote:

here is a list of every man I know of with a streak of more than 10 years...

Confused. I thought the question was about Nick Willis, not about anyone who ever had a long sub 4 streak.

Hardloper wrote:

That's 18 years for Walker but still, wow

I doubt if Willis will break the record as he's 35 now, but I guess if he competed as a Master for a few years he might.

A long way to go, but Jakob would certainly have a shot barring injuries, especially with the Bislett Dream Mile which I'm sure he'll compete in for many years.

Interesting that Crammy had such a long streak despite his injuries. I guess they were never the one of type that would put him out for a season but mostly his recurring calf problems that prevented him to a lesser and greater degree from unbroken training. I think he was still only 31 or 32 when he retired but obviously decided that he couldn't compete with the new North Africans on 3 months training a year. But probably could have continued breaking 4 minutes for at least several more years, maybe a decade more if he had taken EPO.

I'm surprised that he ran one in 1978, I thought he was a cripple throughout that year.

Those 1986 & 1988 times really are spectacular given he was 34 & 36.

Yes Cram is a real surprise, that largely went unnoticed, I think most running junkies knew of Walker, Scott and O'Sullivan having long streaks but Cram 16 years is also very impressive.