, 1:44.1, breaking Coe’s UK record. Coe, despite the suicidal first lap, ran 1:44.8.Coe put that painful experience to good use the following year. In an annus mirabilis, he reduced the 800m world record to 1:42.33. He then broke the mile world record
me on a bus back to Arsela, but the bus stopped several kilometres from my village, and I had to walk. I don’t know how I did it.”Those of us who have seen him rack up the victories, medals and world records since that novice excursion have got a
