Irish athlete Paul Robinson breaks 4 minute mile again

Paul Robinson of St.Coca's AC was in action in Australia on Saturday the 22nd of February at the 2014 Perth Track Classic at the Western Australia Athletics Centre.                      

1 Mile Run Herb Elliott Men
  1 James Magut KEN 3:53.73M  1500M 3:38.4h
  2 Collis Birmingham VIC 3:54.92M  1500M 3:38.7h
  3 Paul Robinson IRL 3:59.56   1500M 3:41.4h
  4 Marc See 89 WA 4:08.92   1500M 3:52.1h
  5 Scott Tamblin 79 WA 4:11.92   1500M 3:54.6h
  6 Christopher Dale 91 WA 4:13.32   1500M 3:55.2h
  7 Brandon Hargreaves WA 4:14.85   1500M 3:57.0h
  8 John Newcomb WA 4:19.15   1500M 3:59.3h

His personal best for the mile is 3:56.18 which was set in Cork in July of 2013.

Paul Robinson of St.Coca's AC wins mens elite 1 km race in Austria

Last night (Mon 26th Aug 2013), Irish international Paul Robinson of St. Coca’s AC won the mens elite 1 km race at the Gugl Games in Linz, Austria.

After staying around 7th place for most of the race, Paul weaved his way through a field of runners in the final 100m to take the victory on the line. His time of 2:18.29 minutes is just outside David Matthews Irish Record of 2:17.59 minutes.

In the video below, Paul is in the light blue singlet in 5th place in lane 1 at 19 seconds. At the bell with 400 to go, he is in 6th place.