Hey, Nolan! What’s your sub-5 mile streak?
A blogger for the Dallas Morning News tells the
story of William Moore, 53, who says he’s run a sub-5-minute mile 37 consecutive years. Cool. “The Dallas pediatrician hopes to extend that streak to 38 at the upcoming
Luke’s Locker All-Comers Meets. The seven-week series of meets are held in Dallas and Fort Worth,” writes
Debbie Fetterman. “His streak began in 1978 when he ran a 4:39 as a sophomore at Dallas Jesuit. He improved his times at Rice University and post-collegiately. He ran his personal best, 4:10, in 1983. Moore said he still enjoys training with the same intensity that he had when he was much younger. ‘It feels the same, but the times on the watch are different,’ he said. ‘It’s hard to accept.'” So I’m thinking: Can’t we come up with a longer streak? We know the likes of
Nolan Shaheed and
Anselm LeBourne have run the mile that long. But every year?
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I’ve run a sub 5 minute mile every year since 10th grade in high school back in 1965.
That is longer than I have been alive Nolan!
Very interesting, Nolan, and quite remarkable. Of course, you will turn 66 in July, and thus you will really be “up against it” in trying to continue your streak. Why do I say that?
Well, the American mile record for M65 has held up for 8 years, having been set in 2007 by the legendary Frank Condon, but it’s 5:12.21!! What a challenge for you, Nolan, to run 4:59.99 or better this year.
If anyone can do it, it’s Nolan!
Steve Spence was at 38 straight in 2013; I assume it continued last year.
http://running.competitor.com/2013/08/news/steve-spences-sub-5-minute-mile-streak-continues_81711
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