By Cian Murphy Today’s attendance at Croke Park was a record crowd to witness a mile race in Ireland and one of the largest in the world, according to athletics officials. The 82,000 at the thrilling Cork-Limerick hurling sem...
In November 1882, over 130,000 people watched Walter George race Lon Myers race three times at the Polo Grounds in New York City. George won the mile leading the whole way, 4:21.4 to 4:27.6.
“Running on grass is a lot different to the track, it saps your legs a lot quicker. We came through the first 300 and I was already hurting, and my legs were burning. My plan was to go with the pacer and then make a big move and I was hurting and hanging on but it worked out, so I was delighted.”
That feeling he described was pretty common prior to 2021.
“Running on grass is a lot different to the track, it saps your legs a lot quicker. We came through the first 300 and I was already hurting, and my legs were burning. My plan was to go with the pacer and then make a big move and I was hurting and hanging on but it worked out, so I was delighted.”
That feeling he described was pretty common prior to 2021.
Houser a 3:51 miler in super spikes on a juiced track, was only 1.5 seconds faster than the previous record holder, Tom O’Riordan, a 4:04 miler in 1966. And it wasn’t easy for Houser. See his quote above.
Can we put to rest the better training, better nutrition nonsense?
The Houser agenda is becoming a real thing. Why does he look like a national champion in the steeple. The law of probabilities say 1 of the Washington kids has a great pro career. My guess is maybe 2 of them have pretty good ones, especially considering the 1500m times Green and Waskom dropped. Houser is a real problem with that height and stride.
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