Jul 26, 2026 · 41 min · 11 segments
Andrew Brown was labeled a prodigy before he was old enough to drive. Then came the pressure, the setbacks, and the question every young athlete eventually faces: who are you when things don't go your…
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You know, I think the thing is, like, I feel like the mile record kind of lasted a little longer.
That shorter distance and, like, being that age, like, I feel like, for sure, that's a little bit difficult.
To me, as, like, a mile or two mile, I, of course, have some bias to the miles.
Did you think you was going to do it beforehand or were you a doubter? 100% thought I was going to do it, man.
Really? Okay.
so? Again? Really? Okay.
Yeah.
I think people just get faster and faster, which that's been the case over how many, who knows how many years, but yeah.
Well, I know I was reading an argument on Let's Run, and I know Let's Run is not a very good place.
They got a lot of trolls and bots, but they were saying how he needed the super shoes, he needed the suit, he needed the special chef and the training and the bicarb and all this to shave half a second.
Humans aren't as fast nowadays.
And I was like, well, Like technology is always improving.
That's part of the sport.
So I don't really know.
I don't know if we're like reaching the limit of human performance.
You know, I think the thing is, like, I feel like the mile record kind of lasted a little longer.
That shorter distance and, like, being that age, like, I feel like, for sure, that's a little bit difficult.
To me, as, like, a mile or two mile, I, of course, have some bias to the miles.
Did you think you was going to do it beforehand or were you a doubter? 100% thought I was going to do it, man.
Really? Okay.
so? Again? Really? Okay.
Yeah.
I think people just get faster and faster, which that's been the case over how many, who knows how many years, but yeah.
Well, I know I was reading an argument on Let's Run, and I know Let's Run is not a very good place.
They got a lot of trolls and bots, but they were saying how he needed the super shoes, he needed the suit, he needed the special chef and the training and the bicarb and all this to shave half a second.
Humans aren't as fast nowadays.
And I was like, well, Like technology is always improving.
That's part of the sport.
So I don't really know.
I don't know if we're like reaching the limit of human performance.
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