Ship XC coach Steve Spence '85 extended his streak of Sub-5:00 Miles to 37 straight years. Article at Runner's World:

Steve Spence's 37 Years of Sub-5:00 Miles | Newswire

Ship XC coach Steve Spence '85 extended his streak of Sub-5:00 Miles to 37 straight years. Article at Runner's World:

By Peter Gambaccini Photo by Victah Sailer On Tuesday night as the sky was beginning to darken at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, head men’s and women’s cross country coach Steve Spence, the 1991 IAAF World Championships marathon bronze medalist, completed a mile on the track in 4:52.9. It was the 37th year in a row that Spence, who began running cross country as a ninth grader in 1976, had broken 5:00 for the mile. "I had to get it done in 2012," explains 1992 Olympian Spence, who performed the task to “provide some entertainment" at his cross country team’s preseason camp, with students acting as official timers and announcers and others “sitting around the track and making fun at me," laughs Spence. He’d had an easy time in his 36th year, clocking 4:37 for an indoor mile at Susquehanna University in February of 2011. But lately, Spence had struggled with Achill...

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@pasports Shippensburg U XC coach Steve Spence continues streak of sub-5 min. mile! Newswire: [link] via @RunnersWorld
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It's Shippensburg University, not State. Otherwise, very nice! Newswire: [link] via @RunnersWorld
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