I once ran a mile in under 4 minutes, can you bet that? The history of the mile run event began in England, 
The best I can do is in grade school I ran a 7 minute mile. How did you train to get so fast?
I practice every morning, that was how I trained myself,  In spite of the roughly equivalent 1500 metres race, the mile run is present in all fields of athletics
Do you know when it started to be ran as an athletic event?
English mile gained its current definition of 1,760 yards through a statute of the Parliament of England in 1593. Thus, the history of the mile run began in England and it initially found usage within the wagered running contests of the 18th and 19th century. Such contests would attract large numbers of spectators and gamblers – so many that the activity became a professional one for its more-established participants.
The mile run was at the heart of the divide between professional and amateur sports in the late 19th century. Separate world
retrospect, was a good decision. "My feeling as I look back is one of great relief that I did not run a four-minute mile under such artificial circumstances," he said.
But other runners were making attempts at the four-minute barrier and coming close as well. American Wes Santee ran 4:02.4 on 5 June, the fourth-fastest mile ever. And at the end of the year, Australian John Landy ran 4:02.0.
Then early in 1954, Landy made some more attempts at the