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Message: [QUOTE="Bluenoser, post: 4673357, member: 12459"] I have to be persnickety, Sifan Hassan's mile record was set on July 12, 2019 at the Monaco Diamond League. As for a woman running a 4:00 minute, unlikely for a long while. As has been noted Faith Kipyegon just ran a brilliant 3:49.11 for 1500m, to get a 4:00 mile that pace would have be about 7 seconds faster. For reference, in 1980 the women's 1500m record was 3:52.47, it took 43 years to get a little over 3 seconds quicker. Imperial distance world records were discontinued by the IAAF, predecessor to World Atletics in 1976 as 400m tracks became the standard and races in imperial distance races disappeared. With regards to Jacob Ingebrigtsen's 2 mile record, race pacemakers and the pacing lights are not prohibited under World Athletics competition rule 6 on the theory that everyone in the race can use them to judge their pace or not if they can't keep up. For that reason Eliud Kipchoge's sub 2 hrs marathon was not considered a world record or even a world best - it was not a competition, but an individual time trial. There were teams of 7 pacers that he could draft off of, fluids were delivered by a cyclist, a timing vehicle provided additional protection, and the shortest route was illuminated by laser. It was a tremendous running achievement, but it was not a race. [/QUOTE]