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... passed him 30 yards before the three - quar- ter - mile point , Scott was encouraged , thinking the half - miler had moved too early . The time at 1,200 meters was 2 : 52.0 . Walker , laboring out of the pack past the seemingly spent ...
... passed him 30 yards before the three - quar- ter - mile point , Scott was encouraged , thinking the half - miler had moved too early . The time at 1,200 meters was 2 : 52.0 . Walker , laboring out of the pack past the seemingly spent ...
Page 169
... passed 800 in a restrained 2 : 04.9 , Straub accelerated . Coe ducked in behind him and Ovett kept a close third as ... passed ... 200 , but there were no moves , only Straub's ever - increasing pressure . " The pace was such that it ...
... passed 800 in a restrained 2 : 04.9 , Straub accelerated . Coe ducked in behind him and Ovett kept a close third as ... passed ... 200 , but there were no moves , only Straub's ever - increasing pressure . " The pace was such that it ...
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... passed by Pat Corey , the Red Blazer , with six miles to go . " No self - destructive smoker was going to pull that , " he said . " I ran behind him for a while , then when he hit the wall I passed him and beat him by six minutes ...
... passed by Pat Corey , the Red Blazer , with six miles to go . " No self - destructive smoker was going to pull that , " he said . " I ran behind him for a while , then when he hit the wall I passed him and beat him by six minutes ...
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