In the case of the 4 minute mile, I assume lots of runners were training and wer...

		tshaddox on June 7, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and ... In the case of the 4 minute mile, I assume lots of runners were training and were reasonably close, and of course someone has to be the first. I don't know if it can be shown that the first 4 minute mile inspired a bunch of other people to follow suit so quickly.