Alan Webb Mile American Record  

I love how everyone's like "my mile time is 5:30 I should really start training" and I'm just here with a 9 minute mile

Remember when sub four minutes was thought impossible ...

my best mile was in 10th grade, i swear it was a sub 4 but the cop said otherwise..

“AMERICA HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THIS” *10 people cheer in the audience*

Anything under 5:00 is wicked fast for us mere mortals. Sub 4:00 is only for the elite super-athlete.

i got to run against this dude at the state meet when i was a senior, lets just say he was a freshmen and won and i didn't come close. Followed him my entire adult life, super proud of this guy.

I ran a mile last night just over 7 minutes, but I also weigh two Alan Webb's - so by default I should have the American record !

People just can't appreciate what they're witnessing & what it takes to achieve it. This video should have 10 million views minimum.

I ran a mile in 3:44.07, then my alarm clock went off... Dammit!

This guy is an American icon for running. He should have broke the record in the states. I see a lot of disrespectful comments on here too, so glad everyone can run sub 4 min miles.

I liked how enthusiastic the announcer was that was cool

Who else thought Alan Webb was first in the beginning lol

I can run a 100m in 15.6 seconds. A mile is 1600m. So if I keep that 100m pace, my mile is 4:16 minutes. So this guys pace during this whole mile is faster than my sprint...

I run a mile in 5seconds and I'm only 3 years old.

Nostalgia from one of my best years. 2003. 16 years old. Disciplined. Hard training. Good coach. Went from like 5:40 to 4:47. Proudest moment in my life. I wonder I could still break 5. It would take too much work at this point. But what a beauty running is a sport. Pure test of guts and discipline.

im 12 my mile is like 3:34 or something i forgot because i dont really run much also i feel obliged to include my penis size which is a whopping 12 inches

im 7 miles and i ran a 2 years

Haha, this video makes it look like some sort of middle school track meet. There was a baby sitting in the sixth lane!!

I remember when my XC team did the Titan 5k and we all got in line for an autograph from him. Just about the whole boys team fangirled over him and we took multiple photos with him. His wife even ran our cool down with us after the race and asked about us, but I was just amazed I got to meet julia webb. even as we left, a teammate yelled out the window, "We love you Alan". Good times.

This is truly awesome. Seen this video many times. Had to come back after I ran my first sub 5 minute mile at 4:57. Took me about 8 years to hit the sub 5 mile and proud of it at 21 years young.

In 1958, I went to the State running the mile, I did it in 4:24 and came in last, winning time was 4:10, but I held the county record til 1987. I did not know how to run til I got in the Army (27 years)

I didn't know who he was xD I was like ohh the black guy is Allen and then he stops like wat

The announcer was awesome. He made it the full experience.

I'm in first grade and my best is mile is 3:49. I start high school next year so I hope I can beat Alan by then.

I ran the mile in 3 minutes but im also a Gazelle. is that good?

Pshh... I could do a mile faster *Puts keys in ignition*

Today, my 8-year old son ran the mile in 9:18. This is good motivation for him.

Few people outside of the U.S.A. have heard of Alan Webb yet his mile time remains one of the very fastest in history. I can only presume that injury prevented him fulfilling his full potential.

I was studying in Germany when he did this. I was an hour and a half away by train and I really considered going to watch. I didn't and I'm kicking myself today for missing this performance.

To put this time into perspective, this is almost as fast as many high school 4x400m times.

To think Alan Webb went to my school is incredible. I came well after him but his records still stand at my school.

I miss the feeling of being able to run like the wind. I find it the worst thing about getting old. It just makes you feel so alive. My best mile was 4:23 a long time ago now. Hats off to this amazing athlete.

i did one in 5 flat 5 flat hours

3:43.13 is the world record held by Hicham El Guerrouj. This guy was only a little over 3 seconds off. That’s awesome

This kind of thing makes we want to cry. Seeing people push themselves to their limits is inspiring.

7:37:31 mile beat that Allen

Saw him run a 4:19 as a HS sophomore at nationals and knew he was going to be big. Several years later and I watched him break 4:00 it Penn Relays.

Well done! I remember the epic mile races between Steve Scott and John Walker of New Zealand when I was young.

just ran a track meet yesterday and got a 5:25 mile, that 3:47 is unbelievable

By the time this video ended most of us would be still running our mile 😂

I did 5:45 in 8th Grade. His time is insane.

4:38 30 years and about 60 lbs ago. Can’t imagine what Webb’s kind of speed must feel like...

I was born in Albuquerque NM. When I was 25 years old, in the year 2005, I was serious about running. We have a road named "Tramway". I was running one night. All by myself. And so I wanted to see how fast I can cover a mile. There are actual mile markers on the sides of Tramway road. I had a wrist watch on my left arm. I started the stopwatch, and thought it best to take off at about 70% of my fastest spirnt. I started to slow down around 250 meters, then I held an high-knee prancing jog posture and kept running. I had to slow down my pace, to allow for a car to make a right turn. But then I picked up the pace again. Back to my prancing posture. And after I crossed the mile marker line,.. it took me about two seconds to stop my stopwatch. And when I stopped it,... It read 3:16. And I wasn't even breathing to heavy afterwards. ✊😎 But... Sadly... I am the only one who believes my story. Because I was the only one who witnessed my own world class mile record of: 3:16. But then.... Something strange happened!!🤔 Just a few weeks later, I was in my living room playing with my musical keyboard. I had a picture of the Biblical verse of John (3:16), hanging on the wall in my living room. Which reads: For God ✨Soooooooo✨ 💓loved💓 the world,.... That he gave his only begotten son,... That (💥whosoever💥) believeth in (him),... Shall 💥NOT💥 perish,.... But have 💥EVERLASTING LIFE💥.😇😎✊ And in that very same minute, day and season of my life. I made it into a song, that has a very catchy rift. And, .. through that entire experience, I came to understand that,.... Sometimes it may seem like we humans are born to run a mile faster than anybody else can,... Or to be the strongest man/woman in the world,.. or accomplish the greatest feats and displays of mankind's strength and knowledge of all time.... Though we may think this way,.... Yet I understood that God knows each and every one of us. And he has 20.000.000.000 times GREATER things in store for those who just simply believe in Jesus name. And walk in the fear of God. (The Holy God of Israel, (YAHUAH). Amen. And than we can even imagine up for ourselves! And then I understood WHY, that there is not one eye that has seen, niether is there any ear that has heard,... All of the wondrous and ✨GREAT & AWESOME✨ things that God has in store for those who wait on HIM. And that do according to his Righteous JUDGEMENTS. By giving to the poor, caring for the hurting and broken hearted. going out of their own way for the help of the hurting and needy, constantly dying to self, like Jesus Christ commanded us to do. And living and walking in the Holy Spirit on a daily basis. And constantly studying to understand God's holy word. And praying, repenting of their sins. And turning away from ALL unrighteousness. These are amongst the Innocent. And are counted Righteous before God. And these are the elect and chosen, who have their own senses tuned in to know exactly HOW to walk in the ways of Righteousness. And have their hearts and minds programmed to do good works for others, even ignoring their own needs above another's needs. and by these means,.. (WAIT) on YAHUAH/God. And that these are the REAL & TRUE Children and WINNERS in the BIG RACE of time. Shalom to all who fear Yahuah God. Amen.✊😇💪👏

That is incredible! Congrats to him on performing such a remarkable feat. I was a 4:04 miler back in my college days at Southern Oregon State and know what an accomplishment that is. I had the privilege of running against many of the great distance runners of the late '70s and early '80s era. I was never a world class athlete but I certainly competed hard and enjoyed every minute of competition.

Idk if it's me but the audience was pretty dead witnessing a new record. I think he deserved a better round of applause. Great run!

Alan Webb visited our running camp today. His hair nowadays looks a lot different...

And almost nobody there to see a great athlete......bravo to Alan!!

So awesome! Thanks for posting this ❤

"How you doing alan?" *Violent Breathing*

2 days ago it was beaten by someone who was only 8 years old when this happened. It wasn't beaten, it was obliterated by just under 3 seconds.

My fastest is about 6:30 I'm proud of that :)

I remember I had to run a 6 minute mile in HS to make the basketball team and I literally had to dive across the line to make it. A 3:46 mile is mind numbing.

When I was in high school (graduated year 2000) I had a classmate who was rank #1 in our county. Supposedly he ran under 4 mins. He gave it all up due to losing interest, but I’m sure there was more to it than that. He became anti-social. He was seriously gifted in long distance runs.

I started running 2 years ago at age 27 and my mile time at the beggining was 8:10. Now 2 years later, nearing my 29th birthday, my mile pr is down to 5:44. Pretty happy with how far i've come 😄

Scott won world silver medal and was very consistent runner - only beaten by Coe and Ovett

I remember when running a sub 4 min mile was seen as godly, now collage guys run it in 3:50s hahaha, I miss the old days 💂🏻

I run a 5:55 and after that Im ready to jump off the golden gate bridge.

Great training accomplishes great results....congratulations Alan Webb, proud of you for our country.

4:29. Senior year. Best time of my personal mile times throughout high school. And i did it RIGHT AFTER my 100 meter dash. Didn't even have time to change my sprinting cleats. My spikes friggin clicked the WHOLE DANG RACE!!!!! It was embarrassing during but what a triumph! Only, it was at states, and i was second to last! I couldn't have run it any better at the time... First place was 4:07. Still never beat that time even after going to The USMC!!!!! And even in bootcamp, i started at about 250th out of 743 people, and over the course of those 3 months at good ol' P.I., shaved it down to 4:11. AAAAAND, i got up to the 2nd fastest out of 725! I just couldn't catch this guy... And he was ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS!!! about 10 seconds faster than my time!!!!! Pissed me off so SO SOOOOOOO BAAAAD!!!!!!!👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿!!!!!!!!!!!! It genuinely felt like the guy was secretly The Flash, and was just messin with me and doin just enough to stay permanently that far ahead!!!!! Never forget that guy... Lance corporal out of boot, LC AYALA. Became one of my best buddies since then, too. Humble as could be, too. Always could count on him to set the record straight and knock that cocky chip off my shoulder... 😒 Became the biggest influence on the importance and pride in being as great as you can, and achieving better than everyone (including yourself) expects you to be able. All the while, maintaining the humility that should be ultimately shared and expertly combined with the greatness one can portray when given such gifts and/or abilities that should NEVER be squandered or taken for granted or wasted. And this great example of what it takes to be a REAL MAN by the very truest definition of the term, ended up giving his life for others who will never know the depth of the impact he made in so many lives, and would still be doing so today... But, that's the catch, because he had such humility mixed with his noteworthy capability, he was able to have the courage and the heart and the discipline to disregard the worth and value of himself and sacrifice EVERYTHING so that those who have the potential for greatness or the skill to excel or the ability stand in the way of those who would choose to attain horrible and terrifying atrocities as their pinnacle of success, may have the opportunity to attempt do what ALL REAL MEN SHOULD STRIVE FOR ; And what it is, is simple; but to continuously choose to do it on a consistent basis and have the dedication to see it made permanently a part of who they are and the perseverance to not be sidelined or dragged down by those who would try to hinder you with or without intent. And that is to do your extreme best, never settle for a goal that you have reached without setting a higher one and faithfully keeping up with forward progress. And most importantly, to understand and accept that no matter how much you have achieved, how much better than others you are at anything, or how much prestige you may get for your accomplishments, you CAN do incredible things and have immense impact on others lives, so why would the message you want to send or the legacy you want to leave be about how much better you thought you were at something, instead of trying to assist as many souls as possible to see the light and take what pride they can in an infinite number of ways in the world we live in today, and for your message of true strength and genuine kindness masterfully working in synchronicity to spread the type of wealth that people should really be seeking and to properly prioritize and pursue the utmost important form of living... By doing it with excellence, responsibility, humility, honor, and selfless sacrifice. The prime examples of this combination of qualities constantly dwindles because THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THE ONES WHO MAKE SUCH EXTRAORDINARY SACRIFICES IN THE PLACE OF THOSE WHO WOULDN'T DARE, AND BECAUSE THEIR MOTIVATION IS PURE, AND NOT FOR NOTORIETY, MOST OF THESE HEROES OFTEN SLIP THROUGH THIS WORLD UNSEEN, UNHEARD, AND NEVER TALKED ABOUT... 😞😞😞😞😞 God Bless ALL of the unsung heroes who should be the kinds of people we idolize and have posters of and want to emulate... May somebody that you have impacted share the importance of your integrity and make your lesson commonplace so that our futures may be better ones... R.I.P. SERGEANT AYALA GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN, MY GOOD FRIEND!!! STILL PUTTING UP THE GOOD FIGHT!!! OOH-RAH!!! SEMPER FI!!!

No one has run a mile faster since this one.

Meanwhile I’m feeling proud of myself for breaking my personal record of 7:48 to 7:22.

Meanwhile my fat ass takes 2 minutes just to run the first lap

I’m a junior and i just started winter training and i’m shooting for a 4:19 mile to go to state

Delighted a few members of the local village turned up to see this.

my best time is 7:05 😂 i started cross country this year so hopefully by the time track rolls around again i can get a 6:50 or lower hopefully!

I run a sub 3 lightyear, I really need to get back in shape..

I'm a 2 year old girl and I run my mile in 27.33 seconds

I think RU-vid is trying to cure my women's track and field addiction by recommending this.

America has been waiting 25 years for this, i never hear of this happening and neither has anyone else

“I got a little excited there” Yeah we know.

RIP Roger Bannister

Outstanding achievement; such a sad venue for it!

My best mile time was back in high school. 7 minutes and 37 seconds. Was immensely proud at the time. Wish I could get back to it.

Great Achievement - Cool how the other runners were a huge part of the record. My daughters good highschool friend just missed the Olympics in the high jump this last year at 19 we are hoping he puts in 4 more hard years to be a champion - its exciting to be part of something like this - Cool the announcer was so pumped up for it!!!

Ray Flynn (his agent) was an EXCELLENT Track Runner in college (East Tennessee State University - ETSU) along with my roommate Gabriel Kenny back in the early-1980s

*I'm 0.1 years old and can run a mile in 3 seconds, is that slow?*

so two people deliberately ran fast just to drop out so alan could keep pace?

All my life I had trouble with Asthma, I'm not very tall (5'8) and always struggled with running but over the years I brought my mile time down over and over. During the 10th grade I finally brought it down to 5:30 without any training just typical school running. 8th grade I got my first sub 8 minute and 9th was my first sub 7. 10th was sub 6 but unfortunately no longer needed to run miles after that year so I don't know what I could've done. Point is that anyone who struggles with mile times can get it to a good speed if you try hard enough

I did a two forty minute mile on my bike, but I’m a 4:55 miler on foot and 17 5ker. This is amazing, seeing such a feat is so human, do dream and do big.

How could he be in such a great shape after running it?

Why did the rest of the runners stop running?

My mother was at Oxford when Roger Bannister broke the 4minute mile...love the mile ...

A 346 mile is quite impressive. I believe that the WR for the mile was set by El Guerrouj in 342, but Alan Webb's American record is impressive for the fact that the AR had stood for 25 yrs. This is Alan Webb's moment. They don't come often, and when they do it is a pivotal moment or defining moment in an Athletes career.

That feeling when you see someone run a sub 4 minute mile when you can just barely break 5:30

99% of the comments saying their times are lies they say they say they get 4 minute a mile and shit and in real life they be getting 15 minutes mile

Why tf is this recommended at this very moment in 2019

And now its broken by almost 3 seconds

Darned fine run.

bruh i can barely run a 60 second 400 imagine running 4 of those in a row

one of two moments that defined his career.

This man just ran a world record pace and he still has the energy to do a cool down run 😭

As amazing as this time is, it's still only about a 50 meter win over Roger Banister in 1956.

I'm in the first grade and I run a 2 second mile

I think everyone should be running under a 8 minute, no excuses.

I’m seeing everyone talking about 5:00 mile being insanely fast but where I live 4:37 was the qualifying time for districts. Not regionals or state but districts.

How did he have so much energy at the end? He literally broke the American record, and is jogging and waving afterwards.

I'm at a 4:40 mile 😂he almost got me by a whole minute

Drew Hunter is coming for that

I didn't see the ghost at all.

Used to run a mile in 12 minutes. Joined cross country and limited it down to 6:40 over a year and a half. Best achievement I’ve had