How many runners have gone sub 210 in the marathon and sub 4 in the mile (or 3:42 1500m)

rod dixon

Depending on your criteria you may have to scratch Ryan Hall. He has never run sub 4 in the mile. He did run 3.42, but not SUB 3.42, not sure what the question requires. Regardless, his 3.42.xx 1500 did not have the xx part fast enough to be a sub 4 equivalent.

Alan Culpepper went 3:55 & 209:41

Tergat (not sure if he did a sub 4 mile but he ran a 7:28 3k for gods sake), Dixon, pretty much all sub 2:07 guys.

duh............ wrote:

rod dixon

What about the guy who finished behind Rod Dixon?

Geoff Smith ran the mile in 3:55. He also finished in 2:09:08 behind Dixon in NYC.

paul davis hale Almost did iti in a week 2.10/11 then sub 4 6 days later

Living in the Past wrote:

duh............ wrote:

rod dixon

What about the guy who finished behind Rod Dixon?

Geoff Smith ran the mile in 3:55. He also finished in 2:09:08 behind Dixon in NYC.

ncsub17 wrote:

Alan Culpepper went 3:55 & 209:41

I doubt that the 'money chaser' Tim Culpepper ever broke 4:05 or 2:12; let alone those prs.

Here ya go: (don't know why his mile isn't listed, but his 3:38 1,500 pr is)

http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Culpepper_Alan.asp

This thread has been done a dozen times before but I will throw in the names that I know anyway:

Nyambui

Ken Martin

Antonio Pinto 3:39/2:06

Alan Culpepper 3:38/2:09

possibles:

Treacy - also 13:16 in the 5k

Abdi Abdirahman - 13:13 in 5k

Not:

Lopes (3:44) - although he was 7:48/13:16, so he easily could have.

Salazar - 3:43

yes way jose wrote:

http://www.slowtwitch.com/Interview/Meet_Alan_Culpepper_204.html

I'll admit it; I'm shocked.

abel anton of spain has best's of

3:37.5 for 1500

13:15 for 5k

2:07:57 for the marathon.

i dont know if he has run an actual sub 4 minute mile, but 3:37.5 is worth 3:55-3:56 for the mile.

actual mile races are disappearing and since the mile is not a championship distance, i guess we have to settle for equivalents.

Alan Culpepper

3:55.12 - US Open - 25 Jul 1998

2:09:41 - Chicago - 13 Oct 2002

Rod Dixon

3:53.62 - Stockholm - 30 Jun 1975

2:08:59 - NYC - 23 OCt 1983

Haile Gebreselassie

3:52:39 - Gateshead - 27 Jun 1999

2:04:26 - Berlin - 30 Sep 2007

Christophe Herle

3:57.52 - Frankfurt - 05 Sep 1978

2:09:23 - London - 21 Apr 195

Mbarak Hussein

3:59.66 - NYC - 20 Jul 1991

2:08:10 - Seoul - 14 Mar 2004

Shem Kororia

3:58.8h - Monaco - 10 Aug 1996 (en route in 3000m)

2:09:32 - NYC - 07 Nov 1999

Ken Martin

3:57.84 - Eugene - 28 May 1981

2:09:38 - NYC - 05 Nov 1989

Greg Meyer

3:59.1h - ???? - 28 Jan 1978

2:09:01 - Boston - 18 Apr 1983

Suleiman Nyambui

3:51.94 - Lausanne - 14 Jul 1981

2:09:52 - London - 23 Apr 1989

Vincent Rousseau

3:54.69 - Hechtel - 14 Aug 1985

2:07:20 - Berlin - 24 Sep 1995

Geoff Smith

3:55.8h - ???? - 15 Aug 1981

2:09:08 - NYC - 23 Oct 1983

Robert Stefko

3:58.20 - Zagreb - 07 Jul 1998

2:09:53 - London - 26 Apr 1998

Paul Tergat

3:58.4h - Monaco - 10 Aug 1996 (en route in 3000m)

2:04:55 - Berlin - 28 Sep 2003

From:

http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=29062&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

almost correct wrote:

paul davis hale Almost did iti in a week 2.10/11 then sub 4 6 days later

Don't you mean Paul Davies-Hale? His marathon personal best is 2:11:25.

The question marks regarding the whereabouts of Geoff Smith’s 3.55.8 mile can be verified as he did it winning what was once one of the most prestigious mile races in the world - the Emsley Carr Mile.

Previous winners include: Hicham El Guerrouj, Keino, Ovett, Murray Halberg, John Walker, Sebastian Coe, Said Aouita, William Tanui, Venuste Niyongabo and Haile Gebrselassie.

The record for the race is held by El Guerrouj at 3.45.96 in 2000.

Incidentally, Geoff Smith, who was a Liverpool fireman, only started training as a runner at the age of 21, when he saw on his station notice board an item stating that the first 6 in the national fireman’s cross-country championships would represent their country in the big international in France.

Six months later, he was the fire services European cross-country champion.

So it’s never quite too late to get started and still achieve very respectable performances.

John Brown 3.40 1500m, 2.09.30 marathon.

Stefko managed to set his mile PR 2.5 months after running his marathon PR. hah

How close did Dean Karnazes come? Surely in his book he talks about it.

Ummmmmm.....ever hear of Evan Jager?