Alan Webb sets American mile record

Dan said:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-07-21-2869172154_x.htm

Alan also ran the fastest 1500 of the year in 3:30 a couple weeks ago
for a little euro-cred.

Yes, and he becomes the 8th fastest miler of all time, moving ahead of
some of the titans with names like Coe and Ovett, not to mention Lagat!

Dan said:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-07-21-2869172154_x.htm

Video, at the moment anyway, here: http://www.flocasts.com/flotrack/

The supply:demand ratio seems to be such, as I type this, to prevent
realtime streaming. So I'm pausing it and letting most of it download
before hitting play.

These flocast guys really do the sport a service, with tons of
interviews and coverage of meets that just cannot seem to find a niche
anywhere in the eight thousand cable TV channels.

"D Stumpus" wrote:
| http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-07-21-2869172154_x.htm
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| Alan also ran the fastest 1500 of the year in 3:30 a couple weeks ago for a
| little euro-cred.

Ryan, Alan, Dena,...
Are we heading to a new golden era?

I2Run said:

Ryan, Alan, Dena,...
Are we heading to a new golden era?

We're there - American distance racing has returned. Those three
don't exactly constitute an exhaustive list.

Considering how much more competitive the game is this time around -
i.e. the east Africans, in particular, are fully engaged and up to
speed - the American slice of the pie will of course be a smaller one
than three decades ago. But our best are no longer third tier also-
rans on the global stage.