Ryun

[rahy-uhn]

noun

1. James Ronald Jim, born 1947, U.S. distance runner; congressman 1996–2007.

Example Sentences

We see the legendary coach Bill Bowerman refine Prefontaine’s training, and we watch the world-record miler Jim Ryun become a cautionary sports-burnout tale.

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“It is the most mind blowing HS performance in history,” Magness wrote on X. “Any high school phenom in history you can think of? This kid is better. I never thought we’d supplant Jim Ryun as the HS runner GOAT, but a sophomore in HS just did.”

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The presence of Ryun, the fastest miler in history at the time, Mills, the reigning Olympic champion at 10,000 meters, and Young, the U.S. record-holder in the steeplechase, raised Flagstaff’s profile.

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At one point, he sat on the hood of a car that drove alongside Ryun, whose mouth was covered by a tube connected to a pipe held by Daniels.

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For George Young, Jim Ryun, Billy Mills and Conrad Nightingale, northern Arizona was also the perfect place to train for the Olympics since the 1968 Summer Games would be the first held higher than 500 feet above sea level.

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