Mile WR

Mile world record peaked during the dirtiest era of track and field. And if I recall track and field wasn't at least doing what cycling was doing at the time. During the 90s there was no test for EPO test so in cycling they used red blood count and other factors to determine if someone was doping. This is how Marco Pantani was caught doping before there was a EPO test develop. And later EPO test determine he was in fact doping. Was track and field in the 90s taking these measures? Anyways, everything running wise was all figured out by the 60s and 70s as far as training. Lydiard and Cerutty figured it out that middle and long distance runners need to build a aerobic base first, building up strength and endurance and later cut down on volume and increase intensity to peak for the most important races to get the best times. I.e. periodisation. If Herb Elliott was on the juice the 90s runners were on and on the faster tracks was easily capable of a sub 3:30 1500m, if not way faster considering Elliott didn't have the help of pacers in his world record.

Shut up Sand Dunes/Jamin

I suspect because there are no male diamond league mile runs that occur near the championships. When did Brussels or Zurich last have one?

The latest significant one is London but that falls near and is overshadowed by the Monaco 1500.

TheXCrunner wrote:

I always think it is interesting how every other record has been broken within the last 5-7 decades, except the mile record!

Why do you think the mile record is the only record that stood this long and is still standing at 3:43?

When do you think this record will be broken? Are there any runners that could possibly take this record down within the next 3- 4years?

The mile world record has been broken in the last 5-7 decades.

oooooopsies wrote:

TheXCrunner wrote:

I always think it is interesting how every other record has been broken within the last 5-7 decades, except the mile record!

Why do you think the mile record is the only record that stood this long and is still standing at 3:43?

When do you think this record will be broken? Are there any runners that could possibly take this record down within the next 3- 4years?

The mile world record has been broken in the last 5-7 decades.

The OP must be a bit thick.

The last 7 decades start in the 1940s. The four minute mile hadn't been broken then.

As to why it's stood so long, as the other poster said, EPO. Same as why the 5000m and 1000m have stood for so long.

The best EPO middle-distance runner (El G) peaked around 1999. The best long distance runners peaked a little later.

The standard of European/Australian/New Zealand/USA Mile running also declined for 30 years. That decline seems to be finally reversing.

I think Jakob can break it in the next decade. He'll have his adoring home crowd at the Bislett Mile to will him on every year. I doubt if he can do it next year, but from 2020 or 2021, it's quite possible that he could have around ten shots at it at Bislett alone.

There is also a couple of British talents coming through, we had two sixteen year olds this year run under 3:48 for the 1500m (Max Burgin and Kane Elliott). Of course it's way too early to predict that they will even be world class 1500m runners, let alone break the Mile WR, but Max Burgin has broken the 800m record for his age group (1:47) and I think I remember reading that his father/coach believes he has even greater talent for the 1500m but that they want to concentrate on his raw speed first. He only ran I think one 1500m this year and ran 3:47. He also ran a super fast 400m relay leg this year.