wow!
wow!
top 3 in the 96 1500m trials. still holds his own a decade later. if you're within 15 meters of him in the last 200m of any race then you aren't going to beat him.
Jim Sorenson once skinned a live polar bear. With his teeth.
he skinned the live polar bear while wearing trainers.
Jim Sorensen carried Sir Edmund Hillary's pack to the summit of Everest for him in 1954. A few months later he paced Roger Bannister to the 1500m mark of the first sub-4:00 mile. Both times he wore crampons secured to his trainers with rubber bands.
if he can hold form for a little over a year he'll be adding his name to the very short list of masters runners who have broken 4 in the mile. i'm sure if all goes well he'll get his best shot at next year's bowerman mile. hang in there!
Jim Sorenson Invented Rubber Bands
Jim Sorenson once ate the Bible while water skiing.
At 38, what does Sorenson do for a living, other than train like a madman with the Nike Farm Team? Would love to get an interview with this guy.
Jim is a school teacher and he will 39 in a few days. As of now he is one of the fastest 5 men ever over 35 from the US. Only Steve Scott, Jim Spivey, Doug Padilla, and Steve Plancencia have run as as fast. Not bad company.
Trust me, this guy has a legit crack at sub sub at 40.
At this point Jim Spivey is the oldest man ever to run in the USATF 1500m champs when he was 37 in 1997.
Sorensen was the NCAA II Champ for 1500m his senior year and then finished 2nd in the Oly Trials 1500m in 1996 when he was 29 by .02 of a second to Paul McMullen. If he had another 5 meters he'd have won that race because he was finishing like freight train. Then he ran a 3:38.65 and missed the Oly A standard by .65 so they put Brian Hyde on the Olympic team with his qualifier from the year before.
And he is a walking stats book on the mile. Can tell you just about any guy who's run under 3:40 or sub 4:00 from the US.
The thing about Jim is he's a really good tactical racer and has made a career out of beating guys with smart races and a great kick.