2 miles in 8 minutes?

[Lee Carkenord]

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

How about 2 miles in 8:00 or less?

Thank you...... Lee Carkenord

[Phil M.]

One dark day on Usenet, carkenord@juno.com (Lee Carkenord) said
news:4346b55e.0407020424.3d49ca59@posting.google.com:

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

No

> 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

[Harold Buck]

In article <Xns951A5CE58E5BCseilogramp@216.77.188.18>,
"Phil M." <pmarg@charter.net> wrote:

> ne dark day on Usenet, carkenord@juno.com (Lee Carkenord)
> said news:4346b55e.0407020424.3d49ca59@posting.google.com:
>
> > Has anyone been officially recognized as having run 3
> > miles in 12:00 or less?
>
> No
>
> > 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

[Donovan Rebbech]

On 2004-07-02, Phil M. <pmarg@charter.net> wrote:

> 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 http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

[Donovan Rebbech]

On 2004-07-02, Harold Buck <no_one_knows@attbi.com> wrote:

> 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 http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

[Ronald H. Nicho]

In article <slrnceb076.c1k.abuse@panix2.panix.com>,
Donovan Rebbechi <abuse@aol.com> wrote:
>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
http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/ #include
<canonical.disclaimer> // only my own opinions, etc.

[Phil M.]

One dark day on Usenet, Donovan Rebbechi <abuse@aol.com> said
news:slrnceb076.c1k.abuse@panix2.panix.com:

> On 2004-07-02, Phil M. <pmarg@charter.net> wrote:
>
>> 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

[Jeff]

Men's Track & Field all-time performances:
http://www.algonet.se/~pela2/men.htm
Women's Track & Field all-time performances:
http://www.algonet.se/~pela2/women.htm

Jeff Z.

"Phil M." <pmarg@charter.net> wrote in message
news:Xns951B6F14D2F14seilogramp@216.77.188.18...
> One dark day on Usenet, Donovan Rebbechi <abuse@aol.com>
> said news:slrnceb076.c1k.abuse@panix2.panix.com:
>
> > On 2004-07-02, Phil M. <pmarg@charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >> 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

[Phil M.]

One dark day on Usenet, "Jeff" <zsjeff@comcast.net> said news:fNSGc.6551
$WX.2861@attbi_s51:

> Men's Track & Field all-time performances:
> http://www.algonet.se/~pela2/men.htm Women's Track & Field
> all-time performances:
> http://www.algonet.se/~pela2/women.htm

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.