Because he ran the 2 miles under 8 minutes not the 3200m.
2 miles - 7:58.61 - Daniel Komen (KEN) - July 19,1997 Hechtel
The world best for men is 7:58.61 set by Kenyan Daniel Komen in Hechtel, Belgium on 19 July 1997. The women's record is 8:58.58, set by Ethiopian Meseret Defar in Brussels, Belgium on 14 September 2007
Under these conditions running for 40 minutes burns 40 x 14 = 560 calories
It was Steve Ovett's world record in 1978 at Crystal Palace I believe, with a time of 8 Mins13.5secs. I know this record stood for some years but has it been beaten? the world record 7:58.61 by Daniel Komen in 1997 the indoor world record is 8:04.35, by Kenenisa Bekele in 2008
roger bannister has a sporting record for running a mile in under 4 minutes
France is wrong. He was running for the UK and was from british Columbia (Canada)
well above average, with a bit more training with that age, can possibly win regional competitions ( of course depending on the quality of opponents. if you keep training you will get under 5 minutes
You need to get your cardiovascular strength up to par, and have the correct nutrition. Along with this, you must train, simply by running.
Under the Running Board was created in 2008.
6 km per hour is a brisk walking pace. It is equivalent to 100m per minute, whereas lots of people can run that distance in under twenty seconds and the best in under ten seconds. It is equivalent to walking a mile in slightly more than sixteen minutes, where a strong middle-distance runner runs that distance in four minutes. It is equivalent to running a Marathon in 7 hours, where amateurs run that in under four hours and sometimes under three hours, and the record is less than 2 hours and four minutes.
If you want to be on a competing National level between 13-15 minutes.(male) If you are running just to run I would say that an impressive time would be 18-20 minutes. Under 30 minutes would be a good goal to start with.
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