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It was 57 years ago today when Ron Clarke and Gerry Lindgren ran 12 laps around a track in London

WHITE CITY STADIUM (London) was the scene of the crime...I call it a crime as these two were both caught speeding...they ran so fast it just HAD to be illegal 

On this July 10th day in 1965, Ron Clarke becomes the first man ever to break the 13:00 sound barrier over three miles when he churned out a mind numbing 12:52.26 on the black British cinders, while towing a youthful Gerry Lindgren to a sterling AR mark of 13:04.2

Might I add, that these two athletes as pictured here some 57 years ago, are amongst the finest with whom I have ever had the opportunity to 'talk track' in a one on one capacity.

(Mike posted this first on FB and Gerry Lindgren wrote this comment: "I was young and naive.  I had no idea HOW to race 3-miles.  The gun went off....I raced.  I should not have been able to run with this elite field of European champions nor Ron Clarke.  But I was naive.  So, if someone tried to pass, I sprinted.  If someone got ahead of me, I passed them back.  I just didn't know."

Gerry went on to say, "After that race I was so tired, Ron Clarke had to hold my arm up.")