Seriously, so what?
You have to take any unverified claim with a huge grain of salt. Maybe this guy's claims are more likely than the sub-4 miles that random guys will claim to have run in PE for the presidential mile, but without witnesses and timing it's in the same category of unverified and unverifiable claims.
Bad Wigins wrote:
The entire "4 minute mile" thing was BS media hype anyhow. Nobody cared about the mile but Britain, it would have been done long before if anyone had, and nobody with even minimal knowledge of the record progression thought it was unlikely, let alone impossible. Ever, in the entire history of the event. The only pause in the progression occurred when the olympics killed the sport for professionals in the early 19th century.
Speaking ill of lies is not the same as speaking ill of the dead.
You are an idiot. Watch the documentary about Bannister. There was media hype at the time which meant MANY people across the UK saw it as a big deal including the big crowds that gathered on the day to see Roger try and break the barrier.
Roger himself states that he never thought it was impossible and nobody at the time thought it was impossible, but merely something that would be done eventually and he was happy to try and lead the way, expecting many to follow him.
The mile was and continues to be the dominant uni of measurement for distance in the UK and so it has some inherent significance. Nobody here knows what 3:42 for the 1500m is.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Strava thinks the London Marathon times improved 12 minutes last year thanks to supershoes
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts