Troll...ie:
You're just a rude stupid dude. I won't bother you any longer...Below is the proof that you do not know your history. The 6 mile has been contested at the National Championships up to 1973. Please read below:
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You said,
"By the 1960s, there weren't any "6-mile" races to run, which means that neither Billy Mills nor Gerry Lindgren set any "world records" at that distance. These races you discuss--which I must admit sound fascinating--took place only in your own mind. "
..... Read below and weap...
Go back to screenwriting.
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USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions
Men's 10,000 m
1973 27:20.8 (6 mi.) Gordon Minty E Mich/GBR
1972 28:08.0 Greg Fredericks Penn St
1971 27:27.2 (6 mi.) Frank Shorter Fla TC
1970 27:24.0 (6 mi.) Jack Bachelor Fla TC
Frank Shorter Fla TC
1969 28:12.2 (6 mi.) Jack Bachelor Fla TC
1968 28:47.0 Tracy Smith US Army
1967 28:18.8 (6 mi.) Van Nelson St. Cloud
1966 28:02.0 (6 mi.) Tracy Smith Pac AA
1965 27:11.6 (6 mi.) Billy Mills USMC
27:11.6 (6 mi.) 2-Gerry Lindgren Unat-WA
1964 30:11.0 Peter McArdle NYAC
1963 28:29.2 (6 mi.) Peter McArdle Unat-NY
1962 28:23.2 (6 mi.) Bruce Kidd EYTC/CAN
28:34.8 (6 mi.) 2-Peter McArdle NYAC
1961 28:52.6 (6 mi.) John Gutknecht Unat-NC
1960 30:11.4 Al Lawrence Hous/AUS
1959 31:22.4 Max Truex SC Striders
1958 29:25.6 (6 mi.) John Macy Houston
1957 29:22.8 (6 mi.) Doug Kyle Ham OC/CAN
29:48.3 (6 mi.) 2-Jerry Smartt HousTC
1956 30:52.0 Max Truex Los AngelesAC
1955 31:58.4 (6 mi.) Dick Hart Coll. T&F
1954 31:39.4 (6 mi.) Curt Stone NYAC
1953 31:18.2 (6 mi.) Curt Stone