SMJO wrote:
HardLoper wrote:And yet when Steve Jones set the record his first half was 61:43.
Are you sure that wasn't his split when he just missed the record?
Not when he broke the world record, but when he just missed the later world record, but ran the UK record and his PR of 2:07. Chicago 1985. That's according to this at least:
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/keeping-jonesy?page=single