I know Sam Ruthe and a couple of others have set the bar differently than a few year ago, but it's still very impressive. I think only four British teenagers have ever run sub 4 minute miles.
I know Sam Ruthe and a couple of others have set the bar differently than a few year ago, but it's still very impressive. I think only four British teenagers have ever run sub 4 minute miles.
What was the actual time? No Brit under the age of 18 has ever broken 4. Steve Cram is the youngest, 18 and a few months
Same track? Guess it turned blue as it aged?
Same location. No the same track.
Throw him on Bannister's track, he struggles to break 4:15
not history wrote:
Same location. No the same track.
Throw him on Bannister's track, he struggles to break 4:15
I was a 4:04 miler. Ran 4:10 on dirt. It is slower but I would say maybe 5.5 seconds
Rolled out crushed brick/mad dog could be pretty fast but not the same return as modern synthetic surfaces for sure.
coachkritter wrote:
Same track? Guess it turned blue as it aged?
What if it was always blue and you didn't know it from the black-and-white footage
High hopes wrote:
What was the actual time? No Brit under the age of 18 has ever broken 4. Steve Cram is the youngest, 18 and a few months
According to a Track and Field News article, Cram was 17 when he first broke 4:
That same year [1978], Cram broke Jim Ryun's longstanding world age-17 mile record with his 3:57.43.
https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Steve-Cram.pdf
High hopes wrote:
What was the actual time? No Brit under the age of 18 has ever broken 4. Steve Cram is the youngest, 18 and a few months
4:00.88
Seems like it was a proper race and wasn't paced for a sub 4 attempt, so he will likely do it this year.
Deep thoughts wrote:
coachkritter wrote:
Same track? Guess it turned blue as it aged?
What if it was always blue and you didn't know it from the black-and-white footage
I believe it was the same "track" with obviously a different surface. Maybe coachkritter thinks Monaco isn't the same track each time they upgrade it?
High hopes wrote:
What was the actual time? No Brit under the age of 18 has ever broken 4. Steve Cram is the youngest, 18 and a few months
Steve Cram (GBR), 17 years, 260 days = 3:57.42 in 1978
Now he has run 3:40 for 1500m, just behind Crammy.
not history wrote:
Same location. No the same track.
Throw him on Bannister's track, he struggles to break 4:15
Bannister was a 3:44 miler on a 3:59 track?
Coevett wrote:
I know Sam Ruthe and a couple of others have set the bar differently than a few year ago, but it's still very impressive. I think only four British teenagers have ever run sub 4 minute miles.
More than 4 teenagers have broken 4. Three did it in one race in 1978 when Cram was 17. Williamson beat him in that race (both were juniors/u20) and teenager (although senior) Tim Hutchings did it in the same race. Ovett had done it before. Steve Flint did it when winning inter counties mile. Those were all 1981 or earlier.
Coevett wrote:
Now he has run 3:40 for 1500m, just behind Crammy.
Is there testing done at these meets?
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