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Distance Running Guide APK

Distance Running Guide APK

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What's Distance Running Guide APK?

Distance Running Guide is a app for Android, It's developed by applearningpurpose - Halim author.
First released on google play in 11 years ago and latest version released in 8 years ago.
This app has 0 download times on Google play and rated as 3.50 stars with 6 rated times.
This product is an app in Health & Fitness category. More infomartion of Distance Running Guide on google play
Distance Running Guide is an app to help you understand and learn how to distance run and make your dream come true. It is like many other sports but only more special.

Sports such as distance running are really the most look upon sports by most athletes.

Distance running in the United States has had many athletes that have achieved legendary greatness. One such person is Jim Ryun from Kansas. While in high school he was the first prep miler to break four minutes in the mile. He also won three State mile run titles and set the high school record for the mile of 3:55.3, which stood for 36 years.

When Jim finished high school he continued to set records on the track. He held five world records during his career and was named the youngest Sportsman of the Year in 1966. Jim Ryun was also a three-time U.S. Olympian in the 1500 meters and earned the silver medal in the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games. Jim Ryun has been a four term congressman since retiring from the sport.

Billy Mills is another hero in our sport. Billy is a native Indian who came from an impoverished background and defied many odds to be successful. He is best well known for one of the greatest moments in Olympic history. At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan a virtually unknown American athlete stunned the world by winning the Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 meter race.

With a lap to go Billy Mills was one of three runners that were competing for the Olympic gold medal, when he was pushed out to lane three. Billy kept his composure and work his way back up methodically to the other known runners. In the final 100 meters he sprinted past the other two runners to win the gold medal. After retiring from the sport, Billy Mills became a successful life insurance salesman and also is a professional motivational speaker.

Our next sports hero is Bill Rodgers. Bill Rodgers is known as the most celebrated men in distance running of all time. Bill was a four-time winner of the Boston and New York City marathon. Track and field News ranked Rodgers #1 in the world in the marathon in 1975, 1977 and 1979. He was also a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic marathon team.

Bill Rodgers has won many awards including Tiffany’s Man of the Year (1989), the New York Runners Club Abebe Biklla Award (1989), and the Ct. sports writers Alliance Gold Key award (1994). Rodgers still holds five American records and one current world record. Bill Rodgers currently is a spokesperson for Etonic shoe company and is the owner of the Bill Rodgers Running Center. He still does distance running and has many speaking engagements he attends.

Download Distance Running Guide app to learn how you can be like the great runners!