Ireland’s Paul Robinson made a quick visit to Antarctica recently, at the request of the organisers of the Antarctica Ice Marathon, to attempt a very different record.
The elite miler is no stranger to the mile distance (1.609km) having previously run a 3:51.1 at the 2014 Fifth Avenue Mile in New York. He has now with his sights set on qualifying for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.
On November 25, Robinson lined up for a straight one-mile run, with the course having been checked by global positioning equipment.
The conditions were perfect, blue skies and little wind. Braving the temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus four Fahrenheit), Robinson ran the distance in four minutes and 17.9 seconds, which organizers say must be the fastest mile ever run on the continent.
The IAAF lists Morocco’s Hicham el Guerrouj as the record-holder for the mile distance in three minutes 43.13 seconds set in Rome 1999.
The elite miler is no stranger to the mile distance (1.609km) having previously run a 3:51.1 at the 2014 Fifth Avenue Mile in New York. He has now with his sights set on qualifying for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.
On November 25, Robinson lined up for a straight one-mile run, with the course having been checked by global positioning equipment.
The conditions were perfect, blue skies and little wind. Braving the temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus four Fahrenheit), Robinson ran the distance in four minutes and 17.9 seconds, which organizers say must be the fastest mile ever run on the continent.
The IAAF lists Morocco’s Hicham el Guerrouj as the record-holder for the mile distance in three minutes 43.13 seconds set in Rome 1999.
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