Sam Ruthe’s sub-four-minute mile at 15 comes with great expectations now

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© Copyright – 2025 – Athletics Illustrated ‘Brother Square Toes’ by Rudyard Kipling is about more than just the 60-second run — the slowest a sub-four-minute miler will want to cover a single 400-metre lap of the outdoor track in. But it is poetic and a lesson learned in time. If you can keep your […]

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