Lots of photos of the 1971 Dream Mile are in circulation. This one, however, is pretty rare. Liquori and Ryun are about to run a last lap of 54.6. Liquori stated afterward that they ran the last lap "like two kids running from the cops." The race went through two laps in 2:03 and Liquori, fearing a sit-and-kick scanario that would play into the hands of Ryun, took off at the start of the third lap. Liquori went 56.7 and 54.6 over laps three and four (1:51.3): one seasoned track fan at the race, upon seeing Liquori burst to the font after lap two, thought that Liquori had miscounted the laps.
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Those were the Days, My Friends. Name anything like that kind of rivalry in America , in today's track world.
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