For Ben True, first indoor mile was, well, a nice PB!

Ben True is one of the finest middle distance runners in America. That is why 2016 was so tough for him, and it has taken him so time to digest the lessons learnt from the year. Ben True is fit now, and per Coach Tim Broe, needs to race. So, the Beijing World Champs fifth placer in the 5000 meters is running a few times indoors.

On Saturday, January 28, Ben finished fourth in the NB mile, in 3:57.31, taking his best shot at Matt Centrowitz. Matt made him work for his PB. “That’s what you get racing the best miler in the world, ” noted a smiling Ben True. That last lap took just under 56 seconds for Centro as he battled True, Vincent Kibet and Jake Wightman.

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Ben will be racing at Millrose in the stacked two mile, on February 11. Here are some pithy comments, all in sixty seconds on my second Instagram video of the post event. Thanks for Ben’s patience and sense of humor!

Matt Centrowitz and Ben True, NB Mile, photo by PhotoRun.net

Ben True speaks on his first indoor mile! #nbigp #saucony, #findyourstrong

A video posted by RunBlogRun (@runblogrun) on Jan 28, 2017 at 3:14pm PST

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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