Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham

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- - Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 11:54AM
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  - Results
    
    1 Laura MUIR GBR(GBR) 4:18.75 NR
    2 Winnie NANYONDO UGA(UGA) 4:29.40 PB
    3 Rababe ARAFI MAR(MAR) 4:29.74 NR
    4 Winny CHEBET KEN(KEN) 4:34.06 PB
    5 Kerry MACANGUS GBR(GBR) 4:39.68 PB
    6 Hannah ENGLAND GBR(GBR) 4:39.88 SB
    7 Jacqueline FAIRCHILD GBR(GBR) 4:41.52 PB
    8 Claire TARPLEE IRL(IRL) 4:46.47 SB
    Hannah SEGRAVE GBR(GBR) DNF
    Dawit SEYAUM ETH(ETH) DNS
    
    Split Times
    
    409 Hannah SEGRAVE GBR(GBR) 1:07.69
    809 Hannah SEGRAVE GBR(GBR) (1:04.68) 2:12.37
    1209 Laura MUIR GBR(GBR) (1:04.31) 3:16.68
    Finish Laura MUIR GBR(GBR) (1:02.07) 4:18.75
    
    3rd fastest in world history.
    
    4:13.31 Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2/17/16
    4:17.14 Doina Melinte (Romania) 2/09/90
    4:18.75 Laura Muir (GBR) Today
    
    https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/athletics-news-laura-muir-breaks-british-mile-record-by-over-five-seconds-in-birmingham_sto7146900/story.shtml
    
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/47265673
    
    https://twitter.com/RunBlogRun/status/1096824777422053377

- Phantasy Star
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 12:10PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
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  - Great performance.
    
    It needs to be said so I'm just gonna say it: clean world record.

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- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 12:11PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
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  - Will KoKo and Muir both run the 1500 at Euros? Man, I hope so. Not sure when I would bet on at this point.

- Rez
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 12:13PM - in reply to Phantasy Star
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  - Phantasy Star wrote:
    
    Great performance.
    
    It needs to be said so I'm just gonna say it: clean world record.
    
    +1

- Jo72
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- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 12:46PM - in reply to GBohannon
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  - Koko has not yet announced what she will do at the EC, AFAIK.
    
    BTW she ran 8:32.47 (PB NR WL) today in the German indoors, closing with the last 400m in 61.12.
    
    Alina Reh "paced" her up to 2400m (2'55 5'50) getting second in new PB of 8:43.72. If she stays healthy Reh will go sub 31 in the 10k in summer.

- yyy
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 1:00PM - in reply to Phantasy Star
  - yyy
  - Melinte was certainly dirty. Wasn't Dibaba's coach caught red handed in a drug raid in Spain????

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- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 1:05PM - in reply to Rez
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  - Rez wrote:
    
    Phantasy Star wrote:
    
    Great performance.
    
    It needs to be said so I'm just gonna say it: clean world record.
    
    +1
    
    +2
    
    Grit. And unlike Tefera, she was actually tired at the finish. :)

- fgdxg
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 1:19PM - in reply to Jo72
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  - Jo72 wrote:
    
    Koko has not yet announced what she will do at the EC, AFAIK.
    
    BTW she ran 8:32.47 (PB NR WL) today in the German indoors, closing with the last 400m in 61.12.
    
    Alina Reh "paced" her up to 2400m (2'55 5'50) getting second in new PB of 8:43.72. If she stays healthy Reh will go sub 31 in the 10k in summer.
    
    Pretty sure Muir will smoke Klosterhalfen.

- portsea57
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- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 1:34PM - in reply to GBohannon
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  - At the moment, Laura or Koko?
    Well, Koko is clearly not going to run away from Laura, as given better pacemaking, Laura surely could have run a couple of seconds, at least, faster today, and if they are together with 200m to go, you can only really see one winner.
    However, it is possible that Koko will find more speed. That wouldn't surprise me at all.
    Anyway, it's all exciting stuff.

- True the physio is my love
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 1:38PM - in reply to Phantasy Star
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  - Phantasy Star wrote:
    
    Great performance.
    
    It needs to be said so I'm just gonna say it: clean world record.
    
    +3

- cotton shirt
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 2:09PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
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  - for those of you who were asking just recently whether a woman would ever break four minutes in the mile, a man ran 4:18.4 for 1 mile in June 1858, and it took a further 96 years before a man broke 4 minutes.
    
    cheers.

- What is...
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 2:22PM - in reply to cotton shirt
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  - cotton shirt wrote:
    
    for those of you who were asking just recently whether a woman would ever break four minutes in the mile, a man ran 4:18.4 for 1 mile in June 1858, and it took a further 96 years before a man broke 4 minutes.
    
    cheers.
    
    Can you define "woman", or for that matter, "man"?

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- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 2:23PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
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  - Ex runner said Birmingham was a slow track

- cotton shirt
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 2:37PM - in reply to What is...
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  - What is... said: Can you define "woman", or for that matter, "man"?
    
    how the IAAF determine who can run in which category is entirely up to them. it's their game, they make the rules. but as far as biology goes humans are mammals and like all other mammals they have two sex chromosomes. women have XX, men have XY.
    
    it isn't complicated.
    
    cheers.

- rojo
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- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 2:46PM - in reply to GBohannon
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  - GBohannon wrote:
    
    Will KoKo and Muir both run the 1500 at Euros? Man, I hope so. Not sure when I would bet on at this point.
    
    You're joking , right? You're not sure who to bet on?
    
    Laura Muir was #1 in the world last year and has the better SB. Bet on her.

- Britts
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 2:57PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
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  - Apparently her 1500 split was also a NR, according to Muirs tweet, but it didn't give her time, anyone know?

- VoR
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 3:02PM - in reply to Britts
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  - Britts wrote:
    
    Apparently her 1500 split was also a NR, according to Muirs tweet, but it didn't give her time, anyone know?
    4:01.83

- 1955
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 3:54PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
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  - Good for her. She's a gutsy runner, always fun to watch compete.

- Sgt Bilko
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 3:56PM - in reply to 1955
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  - 1955 wrote:
    
    Good for her. She's a gutsy runner, always fun to watch compete.
    
    And she's a vet. Thank you for your service, Laura.

- ljl
- - RE: Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time 2/16/2019 3:57PM - in reply to 1955
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  - I love watching Muir and this race.
    I barely ran faster than her in college indoors and no way do I see myself in my mind looking that good and running that strongly and with grit. Makes me appreciate how fast I was, which is nothing for men, but she looks so smooth.