In the spirit of the indoor racing season I have found good footage of the best indoor miler in history. Eamon Coghlan had the indoor world record going into this race with his 1981 performance. Steve Scott, Irish mile record holder Ray Flynn and 3:50 Spaniard Jose Abascal race the circuit in vein against Coghlan.

The most amazing fact of this race is that until the Prefontaine classic of 2007 (Kipchirchir Komen 3:48) this was the fastest mile run on US soil. This record is one of only 4 sub 3:50 miles ever run in the United States (indoors and out).

Enjoy bitchen 80’s track and field complete with feathered hair.
1983 Vitalis indoor invite - Meadowlands, NJ