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Runner looks to become 4th Louisianian to break a 4 minute mile

Posted on 5/15/14 at 6:15 pm
Posted by Pedro
Geaux Hawks
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 6:15 pm
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Just one week after the 60th anniversary of the first sub-four minute mile, Louisiana may make its own history in the classic race.

Hathaway graduate Jarrett LeBlanc will try to become the fourth Louisianian to break four minutes for a full mile Sunday (May 18) at the 7th Annual Meet Under the Lights at St. Martin's Episcopal in Metairie.

At 1,609 meters, a full mile is slightly longer than the more commonly contested 1,600 or 1,500 meter races. LeBlanc ran a personal record of 3:43.77 for 1,500 meters on April 26, which converts to 4:00.22 for 1,600 and 4:01.6 for a full mile.


would be dang awesome. hope he gets it.
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 6:16 pm to
I just can't fathom.

Posted by massiveattack
CharLIT/Chapel Chill
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 6:19 pm to
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Louisiana may make its own history in the classic race.



I don't consider it history when you're the 4th person to do something
This post was edited on 5/15/14 at 6:20 pm
Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
36490 posts
Posted on 5/15/14 at 6:31 pm to
Where/what the hell is Hathaway?
Posted by runningTiger
Member since Apr 2014
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 10:27 pm to
Pretty sure there have already been 4.

Shannon Lemora, Ryan Travis, Daniel Lincoln, and Jeremy Huffman

I remember running against Ryan Travis. He had hypoglycemia really bad, so he'd eat several Snickers bars right before races. I didn't know about his health issue until later, so I tried to mimic his Snickers routine but that only backfired on me
Posted by SPEEDY
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Posted on 5/17/14 at 9:58 am to
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Runner looks to become 4th Louisianian to break a 4 minute mile



I'm pretty sure the first 3 who did it all post on the OT
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 5/17/14 at 10:02 am to
More than 1,000 people have broken a 4 minute mile.

I am sure there is at least one OT'er that has done it backwards.
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
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Posted on 5/17/14 at 12:07 pm to
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Runner looks to become 4th Louisianian to break a 4 minute mile



Is this suppose to be difficult. I'm not a runner and without really trying I run a 7 min mile pace on my first two miles out of a 10 mile run.



Maybe I should go all out and try to do this.
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
21627 posts
Posted on 5/17/14 at 1:13 pm to
Placed 2nd in a road race to this guy when he was a Jr. or Sr. in high school. Tried to run him down the last mile, and when he turned around and saw me coming, he took off like it was nothing.

All I could do then was just say "Holy shite!".
This post was edited on 5/17/14 at 1:22 pm
Posted by TypoKnig
Member since Aug 2011
8928 posts
Posted on 5/18/14 at 11:35 pm to
Jarrett LeBlanc ran his mile in 4 minutes and 1.3 seconds. Fastest mile ran by a Louisianian on Louisiana soil.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98691 posts
Posted on 5/19/14 at 12:03 am to
And to think Roger Bannister did it on a dirt track. While going to medical school full time.
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