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	World record progression for the mile run - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Accurate times for the mile run (1.609 km) were not recorded until after 1850, when the first precisely measured running tracks were built.
		Even after professional foot racing died out, it was not until 1915 that the professional record of 4:12-3/4 set by Walter George in 1886 was beaten by an amateur--Victor E. Guevara, of Short Hills, New Jersey.
		Progression of the mile record accelerated in the 1940s, as Swedes Arne Andersson and Gunder Hägg lowered the record to just over four minutes (4:01.4) while racing was curtailed in the combatant countries due to World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_record_progression_for_the_mile_run (229 words)

	World Record Portal @ Strove.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		In a number of sports, such as athletics or swimming, world records are set in a number of events that are regularly competed in over the world.
		Not all events have world records, as the achievements in some events are too dependent on the layout of the course or venue, which are not bounded by rules.
		Some sports keep records for individual venues or courses; this is common in the aforementioned marathons, and also in motorsports, but these are usually referred to as course records rather than world records.
	www.strove.net (1143 words)

	Challenge times for elite runners - bobg
		The only marked exceptions were 1968 (Mexico city) when the 1500 was won in a new olympic record time, and the 5k was disastrously slow (as was the 10k), and 1976 when the 5k was won in a good time (new olympic record) while the 1500 was won in a very slow (for olympics!) time.
		4 minute miles for 5k (recalling that the 2 mile record is just barely under 8:00 at the moment) is 12:25.7, which corresponds to 1500 record time of 3:21.5, then 800 of 1:39.3.
		The ratio for the olympic records is 36.5, and 36.9 for the world records.
	www.radix.net /~bobg/run/challenge.times.html (2022 words)

	World Record Portal @ Strove.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		World record attempt: Second swipe subsequent to successful Swede...
		In order for a record to be recognised, the event has to be held according to specific rules, and the athlete(s) in question usually have to be subject to a doping test.
		Other events still keep records, but they are not regarded as significantly - for instance, marathon world records are regarded as far less important than on-track athletic events.
	www.strove.org (1143 words)

	RunningMovies.com: Movies of the Month 2004
		It should be no surprise that the mile run is the only nonmetric distance event that is still officially recognized for world records.
		The format of The Supermilers is to show each athlete in action breaking the mile record, provide a brief background of each person, and short interviews about their experiences.
		Women’s 800m: Anne Packer sets an Olympic Record of 2:01:01 (and claims England’s first woman’s track gold medal), yet is not seen during the first lap of this race as it is captured by one long camera shot and she is in 6th place at the bell.
	www.runningmovies.com /month2004.htm (4352 words)

	2004 Olympic Medalist Deena Kastor to Run 2005 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon - Marathon section news - Time-to-Run
		Last year, the Team Running USA athlete ran three marathons in seven months, including the U.S. Olympic Trials where she placed second to Colleen De Reuck with a time of 2:29:38 on April 3.
		In an emotional and inspirational run on August 22 on worldwide television in Athens, she earned the bronze medal with a time of 2:27:20; and was the first American medalist in the Olympic Marathon since Joan Benoit Samuelson's gold medal at the 1984 inaugural women's Olympic Marathon in Los Angeles.
		The Arkansas graduate finished the circuit with a disappointing run on Nov. 7 at the New York City Marathon where she ran out of gas at mile 16, culminating a momentous year.
	www.time-to-run.com /marathon/news/2005/drossin05.htm (783 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Fifty years later, Bannister's run lives on
		Sir Roger Bannister (right) is back on the very spot where 50 years ago he became the first to break the four minute mile, at Iffley Road athletic track in Oxford, England, running a mile in 3:59.4 in May 6, 1954.
		Progression of the mile world record from 1923 to present:
		In Australia, Landy stunned the world by running 4:02.1 in December 1952.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040501-0907-run-bannistersmile.html (1424 words)

	USATODAY.com - Bannister's magical mile turns 50 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		His mystical mile, in 3:59.4, transcended sport: It has been likened over the years to Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic or man walking on the moon — a landmark feat of the human spirit.
		Bannister was knighted in the 1970s, to large degree in recognition of his sub-four-minute mile — the holy grail of athletics for so many years.
		That perfect mile was a validation of his earlier one — this time against top competition and without friendly pacing.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/2004-04-29-bannister-cover_x.htm (1924 words)

	World Record Portal @ Attempted.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event.
		The governing body of the sport is charged with recognising the world records.
		Outside of conventional sports, world records can also be set in virtually anything that is measurable, but verifying these records is often difficult.
	www.attempted.net (1143 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Which "phase" of D&D do you prefer?
		I've found you can run the same type of game in ANY of those power levels, but the twists and turns and plot itself changes within each section...and I just love that.
		And yet the DM can still give the sense that there are forces in the world much greater than the PCs without having to resort to great wyrms, avatars and the tarrasque.
		I've only played in two ongoing campaigns which progressed beyond 10th level and in both cases the DM began having a lot of trouble balancing the enounters properly.
	www.enworld.org /showthread.php?t=74091 (3069 words)

	Releases
		Both groups, however, sound like they’re having a hell of a time making the racket recorded here...The best Orkesteri tracks, “Juhlapitko” and “Villa Rusetilla”, are raucous and reckless in their boundless energy, with driving double bass, woodwinds honking and squawking like frightened waterfowl, clattering percussion and some vocal hoots and grunts.
		The players chase their own tails as they run circles around each other at varied speeds, leaving Rauhan Orkessteri to resemble a wagon with four wheels of distinctly different sizes.
		The album starts with a dense, chaotic squall of horns on fire that, in dialectic with the remainder of the record, seems to illustrate the progression of free improvisation from its urban jazz origins to the present diaspora.
	www.acherecords.com /releases.php?release=24 (1217 words)

	Ironman for all seasons
		In the same year at the world championship in Rome, he competed against soldiers from other nations whose entire mission in the military was to train for sporting events.
		There is a progression of grade-level races following the opening ceremony at 8:30 a.m.
		One hundred meters for first-graders; 300 meters for third-graders; 50-meter fun runs for kindergarten and pre-schoolers; grade-level relays; two-mile races for first- through fourth-graders and fifth- through eighth-graders.
	archive.recordonline.com /archive/2002/04/10/runcolum.htm (532 words)

	Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		In that case, you only have to cover 18.6 miles on long runs, since 30-K is the nearest round number.
		The many fans of easy-paced long efforts contend that these runs allow you to get in your miles, with all the desired physical and mental benefits, while limiting your risk of injury.
		Rosa encourages his runners, including marathon world record holder Paul Tergat, to start their long runs at a relaxed pace before picking it up to MP pace for the midrun miles.
	www.runnersworld.com /article/printer/1,7124,s6-238-244--9965-0,00.html (1109 words)

	Track section - Time-to-Run - runner's track information
		Over the forthcoming weeks and months we will bring you all the latest information on all that is relevant in the world of running.
		In this section we will highlight the history of track, as well as covering the athletes of the distance and the world record progression of the various distances.
		World athletics chiefs have revamped their tour calendar in a bid to raise the sport`s profile and image.
	www.time-to-run.com /track/index.htm (1026 words)

	Washington Running Report -- Regional News Article
		Outdoor world record holder and Olympic gold medalist Stacy Dragila reclaimed the world indoor record with a jump of 4.78m/15-8.25.
		Feofanova this year raised the indoor world record to 4.77m/15-7.75, while Dragila twice improved her own American record.
		Dragila missed narrowly on her first attempt, but with a sold-out crowd of 3,081 clapping in unison as Dragila took to the runway, she cleared the height on her second attempt with just a slight brush of the bar.
	www.runwashington.com /news/mar03indoor.html (1093 words)

	Aerospace World News--January 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The runs, which included generator checks and environmental control system flow checks, checked off one more of the nine major steps the F-22 had to take last year before the Pentagon will consider putting the airplane in low-rate production.
		US armed forces have made good progress in fighting discrimination in their ranks in recent decades, but both white and minority service personnel continue to differ widely in their views about the current state of race relations in the ranks.
		The two studies-one a survey of active duty members of the services, the other an examination of the career progression of minority and female active duty officers-did find that large majorities of service members believe racial and ethnic relations in the military are better today than they were even five years ago.
	www.afa.org /magazine/world/0100world.html (6988 words)

	Local runner bidding to be first masters magic miler
		It has remained the challenge, a mark that still separates the good from the great, as a succession of runners have taken turns lowering Bannister's time of 3:59.4 to 3:47.33 (Sebastian Coe in 1981) to the current world record of 3:43.13 (Hicham El Guerrouj in 1999).
		The outdoor world record for a masters runner is 4:02.53 by former British Olympian David Moorcroft in 1993.
		Young is now beating many of those kids, and envisions running a time that always has been a dream.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /othersports/126689_run14.html (914 words)

	HIJACKED UNITED FLIGHT 93 SHOT DOWN BY USAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The radio station run with US dollars had a 10-year-old girl reading a script about how she dreams of being a "suicide bomber" and killing Jews and all those who support them, which means Americans.
		The voice recorder picked up scuffling sounds as well as shouts in Arabic and English, the officials said, but listeners have not been able to discern what was happening or who among the passengers, crew members or hijackers was involved in the struggle.
		The cockpit voice recorder, which may have picked up conversations in the cockpit during the crucial final 30 minutes of the flight, was found Saturday evening buried 25-feet below the surface of the crater created when the plane struck the ground in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County.
	www.worldnewsstand.net /2002/new/1.htm (15037 words)

	Interview with Rob Myers - September 2005 - www.mensracing.com
		Outdoors, Myers notched a 3:54.87 mile at the Prefontaine Classic, then placed third in the 1,500 at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Carson, California, earning a spot on his second U.S. World team.
		At the World Championships, Myers advanced to the second round of the 1,500 by placing seventh in his heat, but finished 10th in his semi and missed qualifying for the final.
		I did run 3:54 at the Prefontaine Classic, so I thought that I was fit enough at [nationals] to make it, had it developed into a fast race.
	www.mensracing.com /athletes/interviews/2005/robmyers.html (1739 words)

	World Magazine Blog: Comment on Nutcracking gorillas evidence of common ancestry? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		There is a progression of fossils found in rocks that was recognized long before Darwin's time; this is called the principle of fossil succession.
		We cant use science to assume the world was the same before the fall as it is now.
		My suspicion is that volcanoes might produce a cubic mile of water vapor per year at atmospheric pressure, not one cubic mile of liquid water.
	www.worldmagblog.com /cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=19373 (5986 words)

	WHY Reporter
		Due to the debt, Third World countries are unable to respond to the necessities of their people, who are confronted with such problems as lack of infrastructure, hunger, disease, and grave underdevelopment.
		One of the world's worst disasters occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with barely a whistle blowing.
		The world turns the spotlight on the AIDS epidemic today, with the recognition of World AIDs Day, and as the lives of millions of people hang in the balance, many world leaders are recognizing the role poverty plays in the spread of the disease.
	www.worldhungeryear.org /reporter/index.asp (18050 words)

	Chicago Athlete -- Regional News Article
		She has a goal of reducing her record by more than a minute in Chicago and wants to deliver a sub-2:20 performance to bring the American record back home.
		In an emotional and inspirational run on August 22 on worldwide television in Athens, she finished in third-place picking up the bronze medal with a time of 2:27:20; and was the first American medalist in the Marathon since Joan Benoit-Samuelson's fete at the 1984 Los Angeles games.
		She finished the circuit with a disappointing run on Nov. 7 at the New York City Marathon where she ran out of gas at mile 16, culminating a momentous year.
	www.chicagoaa.com /news/chicagomarathon05deena.html (761 words)

	Web Mexico Log
		These places are just like you imagine-roosters crowing, recorded ranchero music in the background, old pick-up trucks, women sweeping the floors outside their humble homes, children playing in the streets.
		Within moments the engine was running, and the dock staff was pushing us out of our slip---while Tom had been in the office, Mario had assigned our slip to an arriving boat that was standing by twenty yards away waiting for us to clear.
		The "cut" is the mile entrance that we had passed through to enter on one side, and a very narrow beach and shoal area on the other, which serves to separate the two islands.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/tomtrujillo/WebMexicoLog.htm (20011 words)

	Humorous Distance Running Book for Training & Racing...David Holt
		Introduction...showing how the 6 million who run 15 miles a week can include speedwork to help their occasional race.
		Chapter 14...The two key running paces to enhance your racing--Long reps at mile and two mile race pace.
		"Running Dialogue" includes contributions from: Nike Running camp, and former University of Florida coach Roy Benson; Olympic Bronze and multi World cross-country champ Lynn Jennings’ coach, John Babington; Injury expert John Pagliano; Exercise Physiologist, Jack Daniels.
	home.sprynet.com /~holtrun/tableofc.htm (648 words)

	Boulder becomes hotbed for ultra runners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Ricklefs, last year's Leadville 100 mile winner, took the Montrail/Patagonia American River 50 miler, while Plaatjes, the 1993 World Championship marathon gold medalist, set a new course record at the Mile High Metric Trail Challenge 50k at Chatfield State Park in Littleton.
		It is run along the Platte River over a 12.5k dirt loop, with several hills per loop.
		By 39 miles, he had a 15-minute lead and ran in for the win.
	www.bouldernews.com /sports/misc/13sjogco.html (913 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		We receive press releases daily from marathons across the world and we make them available on the press release page - read what the marathons are saying.
		The one thing that every marathoner has in common is having run their first marathon.
		Don't miss the interactive records graph showing the progression of the marathon world record with the story of each race.
	www.marathonguide.com /news/home.cfm (388 words)

	No place like home for Traverse City Central's undefeated VanWagner
		I was in 12th place after the first run, and I thought, 'How am I going to make up this time?' I knew I had to have a really good second run.
		Last year at this time, she was 1,700 miles away, attending Romark in Utah and taking classes at Rowland Hall St. Mark's, a college prep school that included 25 of her fellow Romark students.
		In good hands she'll progress, and I trust her coaches.
	www.record-eagle.com /2005/feb/17vanwag.htm (1382 words)

	12 MINUTES
		On June 8,1995 Moses Kiptanui set a 5 KM world record by running
		How many more years are needed for the record to arrive at
		The current world record holder is Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele.
	faculty.rmwc.edu /tmichalik/12min.htm (70 words)

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