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Sam Ruthe blitzes Boston field to smash age mile record (www.rnz.co.nz)
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Not bad for a “rust buster” run 3 days after arriving to the USA. 😮

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I saw this kid get mentioned smashing a record a couple of months back: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/581218/running-prodigy-sam-ruthe-explains-how-he-smashed-the-1500m-school-record

Definitely looked like he was going to go on to break some records.