Five countries with runners under 45 seconds

2015 World Championships 400m final
Yesterday’s 2015 World Championship 400m final. USA’s LaShawn Merritt gets silver.

 

400 meter world champ from South Africa
South Africa wins it first medal ever in the World Championships 400m.

 

Fastest 400 meter final ever
Yesterday’s 400m final results.

 

Ordinary is what we expect.

Yet extraordinary is happening constantly.

Yesterday was a special moment for South Africa and for the 400 meter race at the 2015 Track & Field World Championships in Beijing’s Birdnest stadium (home of the 2008 Olympic Games).

Never before have three runners in the same heat broken the 44-second barrier.

The winner ran the 4th fastest 400 meters ever, in the history of Track & Feld.

Michael Johnson holds the world record (since 1999) at 43.18.

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Ridiculous yet true

Student and parent at West Orange High School registration
Yesterday at 7:15am.

 

May our lives be filled with an activity list that includes more than just the walks we make from parking lots to work, school, church, and stores.

And may we not be bothered by trying to find a parking space near the entrance.

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Getting reacquainted with speed

Mile split
Check the shorter of the two blue bars above.

 

The first sub-six minute mile of the year. A 5:58.

First 800 meters in 3:07, second 800 in 2:51.

Getting reacquainted with speed.

Speed feels like freedom.

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