Laura Muir runs 4:18.75 indoor mile in Birmingham - #3 all-time

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  • LetsRun.com
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    1 year ago 02/16/2019 11:54am CST
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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
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 12:10pm CST
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    Great performance.

    It needs to be said so I'm just gonna say it: clean world record.
  • GBohannon
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    1 year ago 02/16/2019 12:11pm CST
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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
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 12:13pm CST
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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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    1 year ago 02/16/2019 12:46pm CST
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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
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 1:00pm CST
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    Melinte was certainly dirty. Wasn't Dibaba's coach caught red handed in a drug raid in Spain????
  • Sprintgeezer
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    1 year ago 02/16/2019 1:05pm CST
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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
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 1:19pm CST
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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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    1 year ago 02/16/2019 1:34pm CST
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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
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 1:38pm CST
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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
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 2:09pm CST
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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...
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 2:22pm CST
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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"?
  • Subway Surfers
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    1 year ago 02/16/2019 2:23pm CST
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    Ex runner said Birmingham was a slow track
  • cotton shirt
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 2:37pm CST
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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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    1 year ago 02/16/2019 2:46pm CST
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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
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 2:57pm CST
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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
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 3:02pm CST
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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
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 3:54pm CST
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    Good for her. She's a gutsy runner, always fun to watch compete.
  • Sgt Bilko
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 3:56pm CST
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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
    1 year ago 02/16/2019 3:57pm CST
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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.