About Nick Rose (runner)
Nicholas Henry Rose (born 30 December 1951) is a British former international track and field athlete. He competed in a variety of middle-distance and long-distance running events and participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. He set the world record in the half-marathon in 1979. == Biography == He is the current European record holder in the 10K run (road), and British record holder in the 4×1 mile relay event. His personal best in the half-marathon is 1:01:03, the second fastest British time after Steve Jones. He also held the British record in the indoor 2 miles event with 8:18.4—a record which stood for 24 years exactly. Rose's first major victory came in the NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship in 1974, competing for Western Kentucky University. In May 1975, Rose ran the first sub-four minute mile on Kentucky soil. He successfully made the progression to professional athletics, running the fastest indoor 3000 metres time of any athlete in 1978. He was the national champion in the 10,000 metres in 1980.
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