Regina Jacobs is unquestionably one of the greatest distance runners in the
history of US track and field and naturally her sponsorship contracts reward
her amply for significant accomplishments but her even she should be
embarassed by her latest "record" at NY today.

In an indoor 3 mile race at the Armory she ran a "world record" 14:44.11,
the previous best 14:53.80.

The 3 mile is, of course, not an official IAAF record distance, meaning it's
virtually never run anywhere anytime. The 5000m, in itself rarely run, is
the IAAF standard event. Jacobs averaged just under 4:55 per mile so she
should probably would not have been under 15:15 for 5000 meters. About 30
seconds slower than WR of 14:47.

Thumbs down to everyone involved with today's farce.

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