As of Friday May 16th, around 11 AM Eddy Lee of the CSU Bakersfield track team became one of the most famous guys to break 4 minutes in the 1500. It all started about 2 1/2 years ago when Eddy started a message board on the site letsrun.com. He talked of his goal of breaking 4 minutes. Immediately he gained followers. People started giving him tips, boosting his confidence, and putting him down all the same.
After a year, he still had not reached his goal. Many began to doubt him, but he had gained even more followers. Eddy continued to train another year passed and he still didn't reach his goal, yet he was much closer. 4:01 was his time at the end of the 2009 track season. Yet, the message board continued.
It is now 2010 and much has happened. This year our team opened up our first real outdoors meet at CSU Northridge. I became the first of our team to break the 4 minute barrier that day. Eddy saw my accomplishment and went for it as well, but only hit a 4:07. As the season has continued on he has managed to keep dropping his times closer and closer to sub 4.
Friday at the Bryan Clay Invitational, Eddy went for the sub 4 minute mark once more. He had success. After 2.5 years of trying, he finally hit the time he has dreamed about. He was elated! Within the hour, I decided to post to his message board that he finally did it. Many didn't believe me. There was a lot of speculation and at that point people started searching frantically for meet results. The message board blew up with responses, therefore the people in charge of the website decided to do a piece on him about his training and accomplishments. It can be found at the following link: www.letsrun.com/2010/eddylee0416.php
Congrats Eddy on becoming the most famous sub 4 minute 1500 runner!
Wow! he broke the 4 minute mark for the 1500, congrats Eddy. Running is a sport that takes a lot of physical work but mostly mind strength. I know this because in high school i ran the 2 mile in track and it was really tough. There is times you want to give up but at the end when u finish the race, there is a great feeling of accomplishment.
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