| tony soprano |
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I work in a running store. There's some loud mouth guy who comes in (age: 55-60) and continues to say he recently went over 150,000 miles for his lifetime mileage, - "more than most people put on two cars," he says. What would this mean? Is that even possible? I don't mean to be a lazy math person, but has this claim ever been worked out? Does anyone have those numbers handy? This guy NEEDS to be called out. Thanks a bunch in advance! -Tony |
| boomheadshot |
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Maybe it's possible. But i also think you should get a life apart from trying to call out an old man you fvcking loser. |
| RP |
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If he ran just 10.5 miles per day for 40 years he would be over 150,000 |
| 15 year warranty 150,000 miles |
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10.3 miles a day for 40 years will do it. Seems reasonable to me, although I'm sure the claim is slightly exaggerated (he is probably doing an approximation like I did, not logging each and every run for 40 years) |
| legger |
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I am no mathematician (so anybody please come on here to correct my calculations or assumptions), but this feat does seem possible, although unlikely. I'll give this dude the benefit of the doubt in my assumptions. Let's say he's now 60 and started running at age 12. That's 150,000 miles / 48 years, for 3125 miles per year. Abstracting away from leap years and such, dividing the earlier number by 365 gives roughly 8.56 miles per day, or just barely under 60 miles a week. So, if you have a life-long runner who did Rodgers/Shorter style training back in the 70s, I think it's definitely possible. Come to think of it, I would not be at all surprised if Bill Rodgers has accumulated that many miles, or even a fair bit more. But very few people, in my experience, run at such a high level as a young person and then go on to average 50+ miles a week for a few more decades. I mean, very few people run big miles to begin with, compared to the general population. The next time this guy comes in the store, just tell him you've already heard his spiel already. Then ask him, "You want I should build you a shrine already??" |
| ne runner too |
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Is he on this list: http://www.100klifetimemiles.com/p/runners-by-name.html Dave Dunham (late 40s) of New England has done over 115K miles over 33 years: http://ddmountainrunr.blogspot.com (incredibly well documented, this guy keeps super stats all the way back to high school) Posts like this are the norm: http://ddmountainrunr.blogspot.com/2012/03/feb.html 33 years of mileage totals for the month of February, including days off and top 10 ranked years. He also keeps sick stats on all his races (can tell you how many races he's won, broken down by day of week, month of year, etc). So I could definitely see 150K miles for someone 55-60. But like fish tales, if not well documented, I'd be less inclined to believe. |
| runner33333 |
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Yeah, but what's his 400 meter PR? |
| random a hole |
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and continues to say he recently went over 150,000 miles for his lifetime mileage, - "more than most people put on two cars," he says. [/quote] He does not drive much. |
| Flagpole |
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He does. He just drives AMERICAN cars. Just a joke people!
He does not drive much.[/quote] |
| txRUNNERgirl |
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Normally I'd say ignore these people, but just the other day I snapped at someone for bending the truth about a running accomplishment. I'm officially an a-hole now and don't feel any better. So I say ignore the guy. Take a break from letsrun before it turns you into a cynical jerk. |
| how about this |
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If this is his most important accomplishment in life, leave him alone. It probably isn't true, but why does that matter to you? |
| simon stern |
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I have run over 125,000 miles but not on the list. I am 53 years old and 2005 was the only year under 2,500 miles since 1973. |
| asdfsdf |
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How is it possible that you can't just do this math yourself? |
| asdfwer234 |
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Can you provide the story? |
| Magic 8 Ball |
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Since most of those miles were accomplished before Garmins, tell him he might be off +/1 150 miles... |
| txRUNNERgirl |
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Can you provide the story?[/quote] It probably doesn't count since it was my sister and who hasn't been an a-hole to their sibling(s) at some point? Out of nowhere, she dropped 3 minutes off her 10k PR and en route dropped over a minute off her 5k PR. The catch is that she ran her original PRs back in 2005 or so and hasn't recently been running close enough to them to break them by that much time. Not only that, but she wouldn't say what race it was, even after I asked. I figured it out pretty easily and only then she admitted it. She did run the time she claimed and I didn't accuse her of lying about that, however the race dropped 1400+ ft in elevation, completely downhill. Someone ran a 26:01 there last year. I told her they don't count world records, national records, OT qualifiers, etc. on that course, so why would you count that as a PR? I was the a-hole for pointing out the obvious. |
| Magic 8 Ball |
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She covered the said distance in said time. She simply ommitted the elevation drop. Yep... you were an a-hole for calling her out. |
| txRUNNERgirl |
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I said I was, but so be it. She knew what she was doing. She has been running and racing longer than I have, so it wasn't an accident that she picked the race specifically for that reason, then wouldn't say what race she ran. Plus she still called it a PR. There are world records and fastest time run records. Two different things for a reason. |