In a race run at the New Balance Armory on Saturday evening, Bernard Lagat broke the AR for two miles indoors with a time of 8:10.07. His unofficial splits were 62.5 for 400 meters, 2:03.07 for 800 meters, 3:05 for 1,200 meters and 4:07.9 for the mile. Lagat hit 2k in 5:09.6, 2,400 meters in 6:10.2, and 1 3/4 miles at 7:11.8. Running his last lap in 59.9, Lagat ran 8:10.07 for the AR.
Lukas Verzbicas, who ran a personal best of 4:03.88 for the mile last weekend at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. Verzbicas was making a run at the Gerry Lindgrens 44 year old prep record! Verzbicas made a game run of it, hitting the mile mark in 4:15.1 and hitting the finishing line in 8:43.2 (4:28.1 last mile)! Verzbicas time is the number three prep time ever!
Verzbicas running mile at 2011 NB Indoor Grand Prix, photo by PhotoRun.net.
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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