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Welcome to the Running Channel podcast with me, Rick Kelsey, him Andy Badley and her Sarah Hartley. Very recently, Faith Kip Yeagon lined up in Paris trying to become the first woman to run a sub four minute mile. A lot of hype, spectacle. I was tuned in on Tenterhooks, genuinely just no idea whether she's going to be able to do it.

Really exciting, but then that got us all thinking, how hard is it to actually run a sub four minute mile?

Ah, but we've got someone in the room has actually done it.

Yeah. Was it you? Was it you?

Was it you?

No.

It's the person with the most aerodynamic head.

But yeah, we're going to be talking through how hard is it to break it as well as going through some recent running news and answering your questions.

So let's get into it.

That's the weirdest backhanded compliment I've had on the podcast. So let's get into it.

That's the weirdest backhanded compliment I've had on the podcast, I think. The person with the most aerodynamic head.

And we did talk about last week how a little bit of texture,

i.e. the stubble here, is better for aerodynamics than something being completely smooth sometimes.

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