2 miles in 8 minutes?

One dark day on Usenet, [email hidden] (Lee Carkenord) said
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Has anyone been officially recognized as having run 3
miles in 12:00 or less?

No

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How about 2 miles in 8:00 or less?

No

2 miles (indoors) in 8:04.69 Haile Gebrselassie

Phil M.

--
The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as
fighting well.

Baron De Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games

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Phil M. said:

ne dark day on Usenet, [email hidden] (Lee Carkenord)
said :"]news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Has anyone been officially recognized as having run 3
miles in 12:00 or less?

No

Quoted message said:

How about 2 miles in 8:00 or less?

No

2 miles (indoors) in 8:04.69 Haile Gebrselassie

Well, you can't say "No" for sure. Someone might have done
it somewhere, sometime ("Og chased by saber tooth tiger. Og
run fast!"😉. But I think you can safely say that no one has
ever done it under conditions where the time and distance
were accurately verified and the results made available to
the public :-)

Can we get some of those "scientists" who said it was
physically impossible for a human to run a mile under 4
minutes to say the same thing about 2 miles in 8 minutes?

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Th-
en it was every other day. . . ."
- Homer J. Simpson

Phil M. said:

2 miles (indoors) in 8:04.69 Haile Gebrselassie

The 2-mile is not often run. Daniel Komen's 3000m outdoor
record (7:20) is faster than a 4 minute mile pace (7:27)

For 5k, you'd need a 12:25.64 or better to be on 4:00 pace.
So they need to shave off a second per lap from the current
world record (12:37.35) to do this.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi pegasus.rutgers.edu~elflordOpen ↗

Harold Buck said:

Can we get some of those "scientists" who said it was
physically impossible for a human to run a mile under 4
minutes to say the same thing about 2 miles in 8 minutes?

I suspect 5k at a sub 4 pace will happen first. 2 miles in 8
minutes would already be broken by now if anyone cared.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi pegasus.rutgers.edu~elflordOpen ↗

In article <[email hidden]>,

Donovan Rebbechi said:

For 5k, you'd need a 12:25.64 or better to be on 4:00 pace.
So they need to shave off a second per lap from the current
world record (12:37.35) to do this.

If a world class 5k wasn't evenly split, it's possible for
the last 2 miles of the distance to have been run at near
4:00 min/mile pace.

IMHO. YMMV.
--
Ron Nicholson rhn AT nicholson DOT com
nicholson.comrhnOpen ↗ #include
<canonical.disclaimer> // only my own opinions, etc.

One dark day on Usenet, Donovan Rebbechi <[email hidden]> said
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Quoted message said:

Phil M. said:

2 miles (indoors) in 8:04.69 Haile Gebrselassie

The 2-mile is not often run. Daniel Komen's 3000m
outdoor record
(7:20) is faster than a 4 minute mile pace (7:27)

Any good resources for these odd types of records? I had
trouble finding anything official for a 3-mile world record.

Phil M.

--
The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as
fighting well.

Baron De Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games

Men's Track & Field all-time performances:
algonet.semen.htmOpen ↗
Women's Track & Field all-time performances:
algonet.sewomen.htmOpen ↗

Jeff Z.

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Quoted message said:

One dark day on Usenet, Donovan Rebbechi <[email hidden]>
said :"]news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Phil M. said:

2 miles (indoors) in 8:04.69 Haile Gebrselassie

The 2-mile is not often run. Daniel Komen's 3000m
outdoor record
(7:20) is faster than a 4 minute mile pace (7:27)

Any good resources for these odd types of records? I
had trouble finding anything official for a 3-mile
world record.

Phil M.

--
The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as
fighting well.

Baron De Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games

One dark day on Usenet, "Jeff" <[email hidden]> said news:fNSGc.6551
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Men's Track & Field all-time performances:
algonet.semen.htmOpen ↗ Women's Track & Field
all-time performances:
algonet.sewomen.htmOpen ↗

Thanks for the links

After checking the sites:

Men's 2 mile record - 7:58.61 Daniel Komen Men's 3 mile
record - is this documented anywhere? Maybe I could be the
record holder.

Also, is there a women's 2 or 3 mile world record?

Phil M.