world mile record

Henry Rono, the former multiple world-record-holder who has been blogging for almost two years about his aim to take the 4:40 world mile record for masters from Nolan Shaheed, has now announced a series of races that amounts to a world tour.

Oh good, it's not just me.

Former world record-holder Henry Rono's forum/blog reappeared back at letsrun.com, but the comeback star with ambitions for the masters mile record of 4:40 has been strangely quiet.

Latest post from King Henry tells the tale -- like the rest of us, he's finding that turning yourself into a decent miler takes longer than you'd think.

I'm sure Henry doesn't think so, but it looks like the controllers at letsrun.com have decided enough is enough and have pulled the plugs on the former world record-holder's months-long blogpost on his comeback training and an attempt on the world mile record for 55-year-old men, currently at 4:40.

After months of training, Henry has only got his mile time down to 6:21, failed to lose the weight he said he would, and yet is still telling people he will be running at the world masters championships in Riccione in September and facing off Nolan Shaheed for a new world record.