Coevett wrote:
3:43 is a other level, especially when the likes of Coe, Cram, and Ovett, similar level talents to Ryun, ran 3 or 5 seconds slower just a few years before with very similar training.
1.Just noting it was 3-4 seconds slower between your beloved Brits and Ngeny/El G.
2. It was 4-5 seconds between Ryun and the Brits's 1500/mile equivalents and a 15-20 year difference.
3. The Brits' WR runs were not a few years before El-G/Ngeny, they were 12-18 years before.
4. Cram's 3:46.32 mile was also not paced as well as El G's 3:43.12. Cram ran 57.2, 1:54.5 (57.3), 2:53 (58.7), and 3:46.3 (53.3). El G's splits meanwhile were roughly 55.5, 1:51.8 (56.2), 2:47.9 (56.1), 3:43.1 (55.2). Conservatively with better pacing, Cram was into the 3:45s.
5. Jim Ryun's pacing was even worse, and then you throw in the lack of rabbits, crappy tracks, inferior shoes and so on. Who knows how fast Ryun would run if he were dropping into a race in the '80s and '90s with a pacer...Definitely way faster.