Below is Pre's PRs. For two years he was at the top of the world. Pre's legend has been ingrained into any runner's psyche. He was a free spirit who ran with a passion that few in the US can comprehend. Many have tried to grab hold of that spirit and some with varying degrees of success (Bob Kennedy) made a run at it. It is interesting to me how parts of the world seem to be granted running success. In the 70s it was the US, 80s probably Britain, and the 90s the Kenyans. Throw in New Zealanders too. Below the table is the current world records and American records. Pre could have stayed up with them until the 5 and 10K were run...wow those races have really had a tremendous surge in record times....
World Record American Record 3:26.00 3:29.30
4:44.79 4:52.44
7:20.67 7:30.84
12:37.35 12:58.21
26:17.53 27:13.98
3:43.13 3:46.91
7:58.61 8:07.07
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