17 years in a row of sub 4 miles for Willis

I believe that Lagat only has a 14 year streak

Crazy. I cannot imagine anyone else did as many.

How many guys ran a fast mile until their late 30s?

At most 36 for people targeting the record, and starting at 18 if they were to beat Nick. I cannot think of anyone running sub-4 from 18 to 36.

strange to say "i can't imagine" when steve scott ran 136 sub-4s. that said, i know he did it from 1977 until at least 1992, but it seems likely that willis may have the record for longevity when it comes to sub-4s...

socalcush wrote:

strange to say "i can't imagine" when steve scott ran 136 sub-4s. that said, i know he did it from 1977 until at least 1992, but it seems likely that willis may have the record for longevity when it comes to sub-4s...

Steve Scott has a 15 year streak (maybe 16)

It's 18 years in a row.

Nick Willis (NZL) 18 years with a sub-4 mile

mark / ord / venue / meet / date

3:58.15i >4 h1 Notre Dame, IN Meyo Invitational 07-Feb-2003

3:53.51 2 Eugene, OR Bowerman Mile 19-Jun-2004

3:53.43 11 Oslo Bislett Games 29-Jul-2005

3:52.75 1 Wanganui 11-Feb-2006

3:55.09 4 New York, NY Reebok Grand Prix 02-Jun-2007

3:50.66 2 Eugene, OR Bowerman Mile 08-Jun-2008

3:53.54i 1 Boston, MA 07-Feb-2009

3:55.26i 1 Boston, MA Reebok Indoor Games 06-Feb-2010

3:51.95 10 Eugene, OR Bowerman Mile 04-Jun-2011

3:51.77 7 Eugene, OR Bowerman Mile 02-Jun-2012

3:55.70 1 Des Moines, IA Drake Relays 27-Apr-2013

3:49.83 2 Oslo Bislett Games 11-Jun-2014

3:51.46i 2 New York, NY Wanamaker Mile 14-Feb-2015

3:51.06i 2 New York, NY Wanamaker Mile 20-Feb-2016

3:56.41 2 Huntington, NY Long Island Mile 06-Sep-2017

3:56.77 5 Birmingham Emsley Carr Mile 18-Aug-2018

3:54.80 6 New York, NY Wanamaker Mile 9-Feb-2019

3:59.89 2 Boston, MA New Balance Grand Priz 25-Jan-2020

According to the earlier thread (cited above), Scott went 17 years, and Walker 19.

Awesome! And today's race was indoors (correct?). Surely he's got a few more years if sub 4 in him if he wants to keep going for it.

It’s gonna be crazy when youngsters start saying that guys streak started in the nineteen hundreds!

keepgoing wrote:

Awesome! And today's race was indoors (correct?). Surely he's got a few more years if sub 4 in him if he wants to keep going for it.

What is Willis looking to run this year? What's his goal time?

Mark wrote:

It's 18 years in a row.

Nick Willis (NZL) 18 years with a sub-4 mile

mark / ord / venue / meet / date

3:58.15i >4 h1 Notre Dame, IN Meyo Invitational 07-Feb-2003

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3:59.89 2 Boston, MA New Balance Grand Priz 25-Jan-2020

...actually, that is 16 yrs, 11 months and 18 days, even though it is the 18th different year within which he has run one.

matt_london_413 wrote:

keepgoing wrote:

Awesome! And today's race was indoors (correct?). Surely he's got a few more years if sub 4 in him if he wants to keep going for it.

What is Willis looking to run this year? What's his goal time?

Times are irrelevant for an Olympic year. His goal will be to win the kick for 3rd from the chase pack at the Olympics after the two Kenyans run away from the field.