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...Fluke. "I run only when I feel like it," says Snell, and this year he is in a running mood. Despite his upset 800-meter victory over Belgium's Roger Moens in the 1960 Olympics, Snell was still a virtual unknown last January, when he set out to run a sub4 min. mile for the first time. Against lackluster competition, over a slow grass track in the New Zealand town of Wanganui, he blazed through the mile in 3 min. 54.4 sec.-clipping a tenth of a second from Herb Elliott's 3∧-year-old world record...
Fortnight ago, Snell ran in the Los Angeles Coliseum Relays against two of the U.S.'s fleetest milers: Dyrol Burleson (best time: 3 min. 57.6 sec.) and Jim Grelle (3 min. 58.9 sec.). Burleson, who had beaten Snell twice before, was confident of victory, and for the first three-quarters of the race, it looked as though he might win. Snell was maintaining a 5-yd. lead, but the lanky Oregonian is well known for his finishing kick. With only an eighth of a mile to go, Snell lowered his head and started sprinting. By the time Burleson reacted...
...took off like a rocket," said Burleson later. "He just went whoosh." Snell broke the tape in 3 min. 56.1 sec.-the fastest mile ever run in the U.S. Astonished dockers timed his last 120 yds. in 13.4 sec.-the equivalent, approximately, of a 10-sec. 100-yd. dash. Said Snell: ""I was never in doubt I would...
Keeping Fit. Snell never walks anywhere if he can run instead. The headmaster of Auckland's Mount Albert Grammar School recalls a day in 1957 when Snell won two matches for the school's tennis team, then played a starring role in a cricket match. A little later, the headmaster found him running around the school track in shorts and T shirt. "What are you doing, Snell?" he asked. "I want to keep fit, sir," the 17-year-old replied...
...Snell eats what he wants, pays no attention to his waistline, enjoys a beer after a race, and says: "The only milk I use is in my tea and on my cornflakes." He has never been to college. "A college would have you racing week after week," he says...