yun enjoys what he is doing for the thing itself, for the joy of it, for the satisfaction. Like Bannister or Jazy or Snell or Elliott or any of the great runners, he is familiar with the body's rebellion against agonizing usage, and familiar too, with the discipline of the spirit and the mind." Photograph by Rich Clarkson In 1966, 19-year-old Jim Ryun broke the world mile record by running it in 3:51.3. Ryun finished a distant second to Kip Keino (see1987, Athletes Who Care) in the 1968 Olympic Games and retired in 1972 after a brief comeback. He was inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame shortly thereafter. Now 49, Ryun serves as a Republican Congressman from Kansas.
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