Is there anyone out there who has a shot at setting a new mile record or do we need to wait a few more years?
Is there anyone out there who has a shot at setting a new mile record or do we need to wait a few more years?
Ultra > Marathon wrote:
Is there anyone out there who has a shot at setting a new mile record or do we need to wait a few more years?
Jakob will break it. He will have about 10 opportunities in his home meet, injuries permitting.
It's also slightly weaker than the 1500 WR. Crammie himself reckoned El G should have ran 3:41/3:42.
It would take someone who really care.
American and British often don't realize that the mile and non metrics distance are non exsitant anywhere else in the world and nobody is interested in it.
Everybody run the 1500m.
Ultra > Marathon wrote:
Is there anyone out there who has a shot at setting a new mile record or do we need to wait a few more years?
Yeah it should be broken this year easily.
I would say anyone who can regularly go sub 3:30 on 1500m and has sub 3:29 PR has a chance to beat the current mile WR.
RamboWarrior wrote:
It would take someone who really care.
American and British often don't realize that the mile and non metrics distance are non exsitant anywhere else in the world and nobody is interested in it.
Everybody run the 1500m.
Bad Wigs speaks the truth as usual..
It's smilar with the marathon. Ancient Greeks don't realize nobody cares about the stupid marathon distance.
Nobody does not care.
Marathon is an olympic distance.
The Mile is nothing. It's not even an event contested in 95% of the countries in the world. It's only a thing in US schools meet.
It's a minor world record of a minor event and top athletes are not focused on it.
Coevett wrote:
Ultra > Marathon wrote:
Is there anyone out there who has a shot at setting a new mile record or do we need to wait a few more years?
Jakob will break it. He will have about 10 opportunities in his home meet, injuries permitting.
It's also slightly weaker than the 1500 WR. Crammie himself reckoned El G should have ran 3:41/3:42.
I don't agree it's a weaker record than the 1500. 17secs is an expected differential. A 3.26 man couldn't - and didn't - run faster than 3.43.
Jakob won't get near it (or the 1500 time). He doesn't have the basic speed. I doubt he could break 50secs for 1 lap.
Lastly, only doping will enable anyone to beat any world record today. I wouldn't give a cent that any record is clean.
RamboWarrior wrote:
Marathon is an olympic distance.
The Mile is nothing. It's not even an event contested in 95% of the countries in the world. It's only a thing in US schools meet.
It's a minor world record of a minor event and top athletes are not focused on it.
You were born yesterday. For most of the 20th century the mile was the glamour event that most captured the public imagination. Track today is a sport that no one outside the running fraternity actually cares about. The marathon is a geek event. Non-runners know who Bannister was; most wouldn't have a clue who Kipchoge is.
What will it take?
Someone running 3:43.12 or faster (Mens)
Someone running 4:12.32 or faster (Womens)
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Forget 3:43.1, will anyone surpass Webb's best miler of the century time of 3:46.9?
Give me a very fast talented youngster to coach and I will make him/her to break the WR!
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Genuinely cannot see any of the current crop of milers getting close. It's not as though we've had several people running 3:45 in recent years! Certainly agree that Jacob has no chance - certainly not in the next couple of years.
It clearly isn't because nobody outside the UK and US care about the record. The mile WR is still something any middle distance athlete would give an arm and a leg to own - not that they would run very fast minus those two limbs!
Didn't two people break El G's indoor WR last year? For sure Yomif did. I would say that means there is a reasonable chance.
I suspect there will be a period of time were genetic doping is happening under the radar and/or without a test.....the sky is the limit.
Ultra > Marathon wrote:
Is there anyone out there who has a shot at setting a new mile record or do we need to wait a few more years?
Tim C. could but it really depends on how good the new Eugene track is. The top guys couldn’t care less about Oslo, but Nike contracts often necessitate racing at Pre.
It would take a boat-load of EPO
Coevett wrote:
Ultra > Marathon wrote:
Is there anyone out there who has a shot at setting a new mile record or do we need to wait a few more years?
Jakob will break it. He will have about 10 opportunities in his home meet, injuries permitting.
It's also slightly weaker than the 1500 WR. Crammie himself reckoned El G should have ran 3:41/3:42.
It's basically just as strong. Equivalent to at least 3:26.5.
By the fact that it is 110m further than the 1500m I'd say it is identical in difficulty to the 1500m WR. You will be running 110m further without a pacer. That makes a big difference when record chasing.
The mile WR requires passing through 1500m in 3:27. That's pretty difficult I'd say.
Star wrote:
Forget 3:43.1, will anyone surpass Webb's best miler of the century time of 3:46.9?
Alan doesn't have the fastest time of the century. El Guerrouj ran faster 3 times between 2000 and 2001. The century leading time is 3:44.95
Armstronglivs wrote:
RamboWarrior wrote:
Marathon is an olympic distance.
The Mile is nothing. It's not even an event contested in 95% of the countries in the world. It's only a thing in US schools meet.
It's a minor world record of a minor event and top athletes are not focused on it.
You were born yesterday. For most of the 20th century the mile was the glamour event that most captured the public imagination. Track today is a sport that no one outside the running fraternity actually cares about. The marathon is a geek event. Non-runners know who Bannister was; most wouldn't have a clue who Kipchoge is.
He is talking about the present and you are talking about the past.
Non-runners outwith the British Commonwealth are much more familiar with the name Kipchoge than with the name Bannister.
Drugs. Lots of new, powerful drugs.