Dan King, 62, of Boulder recently set* new U.S. masters 1 mile records on both the road and track. On July 11, 2021, he ran 5:00 at the Lincoln Mile (Lincoln, Neb.) to break the previous record of 5:03 set in 2014 by Tom McCormack.
Then, one week later, on July 18 he ran 4:51.45 at the Sunset Tour / American Track League in San Juan Capistrano. Nolan Shaheed held the previous record of 4:53.01 set in 2012.
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King has been a competitive runners since high school and was a track and cross country runner at the University of Colorado. He has previously set multiple masters running records.
*pending ratification by USATF