Could Jim Ryun Run Sub-Four Today with Super Shoes?

3/10 bait i’ve already seen better today

Either this is a very bad joke or you´re a complete 1diot. The M75 WR for the mile is 5,41.

That 5:41 M75 world record is incredibly soft and you know it. It's not some Beamon-esque leap. The HS mile record prior to Ryun's 3:55 was 5:11, so it can be done.

If Ryun has hung up his spikes for good (I'm awaiting confirmation), then maybe the better question is: Which 75 year-old will be the first to break 4:00?

Interested to hear your thoughts.

He probably could have run sub 4 into his early 40s though. He’d be the Tom Brady of distance running.

Sub 4 for the mile or the 1600?

I think most meets switched to the 1600 sometime around 40 years ago.

I bet he could do it for the mile assuming he could train injury free for a couple of years. The 1600 would be tougher as I don’t think anyone has ever broken 4 in that outside of a DMR (and those aren’t valid due to the running start involving).

I like the idea of him trying this in a Kansas uniform. In his day, freshman couldn’t compete at varsity meets, so he may still have a year of eligibility left!

Good to see we have gone from 'Jim Ryun was burnt out by age 21', to 'Jim Ryun could run a sub 4 minute mile at age 75'.

Good point. Hard to live with a 1600m conversion. Consider me crazy, but I am an unabashed sports purist and if Ryun ran 3:58 for 1600 at 75M, I would still not count it as a sub-four.

If Edmund Burke can run sub 70 at the Army Ten Miler at 75 than surely Jim Ryun can break 13 min at the same age (at BU (in super spikes (with Ritz coaching him)))!

This is another "faking stupidity" thread. I don't even call this a "troll attempt" because it is not mean spirited, negative, or hurtful. Thanks for that at least. But boy, it is 200% stupid to even ask this question.

p.s. The HS mile record was not 5:11 before Jim Ryun. Duh.

This post was good. It is so dumb that I laughed. You think he could break 4 for the mile but not the 1600? That is the truly dumbest thing I've ever read on this thread.

And the Germans bombed Peal Harbor.

I can't even comprehend how stupid all this sounds.

I’m not saying I agree with the OP but I at least understand the logic. Didn’t Hall once break 4 for the mile en route to a 4:01 full 1600? Almost positive he did that in a pair of vibrams too. My cousin told me that he wore them so i know it’s true.

Again, not saying I AGREE but i do UNDERSTAND. My cousin confirmed that Ryun did break the HS mile record by 1 minute 16 seconds which is super impressive. Gomez (my cousin) is the biggest track fan.

I’ll often have a venti drink at Starbucks put in a grande cup.

No offense, but I went to Georgetown so I think I know math a little better than someone from San Diego State. Grande is clearly bigger than Venti, thus the name Grande.

If WOODY can run 12:51, Ryun can break 4:00 in a 1600, but it would not count as a sub 4:00 mile, IMO.

Does your cousin (Gomez) think Ryun could break 4 as a 75 year old (with super shoes, at BU, with Ritz as his coach)??

German bombed in a race? I thought he was retired too.

Ryuna attempted a comeback around the age of 40 and was something like 430 or even 5. the results were shockingly bad