Sorry, he replied, explaining that he wore them when he broke the mile world record last month. Might breaking the world record make him more recognisable when he returns? “I’m not someone that’s going to sit here and complain about what we don’t get and whatever,” he says. “How long has the cash prize for the world record been $50,000? “When I spoke to the media, they were like: ‘what’s next: the 1500m world record?’