| wejo co-founder |
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Here's the news we received 17 year old Oliver Bear Don't Walk (that is the kid's name, he is Native American. Great name for a runner) set the 50k junior record by running 6:07 pace for 50k to run 3:10:07. He went through the marathon in 2:39:57. Article here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/08/12/1568409/running-everson-teen-breaks-american.html Email we received: Oliver Bear Don't Walk a 17 year old soon to be Senior at Nooksack Valley High School in Everson, WA competed in the Pacific Northwest 50k-Track this morning in Bellingham, WA. Oliver ran the 125 lap 50k in 3:10:07 (6:07 pace) breaking the former american junior 50k record of 4:21:09 set in 1984 by Danny Wilcoxson (USATF source). He has been running about 130 miles a week in training for this race and upcoming national championships. Oliver run's for Joel Pearson and the Harrier Track Club. (He does not compete for his HS) Oliver placed 14th in the usatf junior 10k in June! Results: Pacific Northwest 50k - Track Civic Field Stadium, Bellingham, WA 98226 Thursday, August 12th, 2010 3 starters 1. Oliver Bear Don't Walk, 17 3:10:07 Tom Bradley, 15, DNF 15,400 meters Cory Jenkins, 23, DNF 12,510 meters (he split the marathon in 2:39:57) Oliver ran a marathon in 2:37 this spring. |
| IOPJNH |
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congrats to this kid. is he running in college? What are his times like for mile to 10k? |
| out of my element |
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Best name ever. |
| chaseh |
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2:08 4:33 10:06 15:56 (5k) 33:07 (maybe faster?) 2:37 marathon 3:10 50k not too shabby for 17 y/o. Congrats to Oliver and props to Joel for guiding him! |
| Mr. Obvious |
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Can that be ratified as a record? Is it an issue that there was only one finisher? |
| Joe Garland |
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Should a 17 year old be running marathons, let alone 50K on a track? |
| Swofford11 |
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I think it maters more about how many start than how many finish. |
| Oliver Runs No More |
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Congratulations to Oliver - both for the badass running and also one of the greatest names ever |
| smorg |
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2:08 april 09 4:33 may 09 10:06 spring 09 3:01 (3k) January 10 15:30 (5k) april 10 32:39 march 10 2:37 marathon Febuary 10 3:10 50k not too shabby for 17 y/o. Congrats to Oliver and props to Joel for guiding him! Read more: http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3664233#ixzz0wV75t5B1 Buy your shoes from LetsRun and save 20% everday http://www.letsrun.com/save Most of your times were right just wanted to add the dates he set them and update his times a little. |
| captain no beard |
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Holy crap! A 3:01 3k to boot!
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| Big T Little odd |
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But his cousin Jimmy Bear Runs Fast is rumored to be even better than Oliver... |
| Steve Buckhantz |
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I like that the other two competitors appeared to do ~one hour runs instead. |
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Is he post high school or does he have one more year to go? |
| stopwatchrunner |
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Congrats to Oliver, he worked his ass off for this record. |
| bob d. |
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didn't haile or maybe bekele start by running a marathon? i have to agree though, that is an awful lot of left turns. |
| left turns |
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I once ran a 50K on the track in 3:07. Believe it or not, at 6:0_ pace the left turns are not a problem. However, in my race there were 20 other runners, all significantly slower, so constantly going around people was a problem. |
| Lorenzo the Magnificent |
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Is he related to Charlie Don't Surf or Teg Don't Run No 10K? |
| burlington |
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i seriously thought this was about a race walker based on the title, he walk-runs the race. Then I read the post. |
| Now Now boys... |
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This is LR. You must ID his race/skintone. What kind is he ? White, Mongol, Semitic, Black, Oriental, Mexican, Texan, Hmoo ? |
| sir pointoutheobviousalot |
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maybe you should read wejo's post again. it clearly says that he's Native American |