Martin Rees at 71 min half at 60

The guy would have been close to 60 min at age 25. Anybody know his pbs?

Very impressive wrote:

The guy would have been close to 60 min at age 25. Anybody know his pbs?

I know a guy from my country who ran 72:3O in the half-marathon at 57 but could only run 1:56 in 800m when he was 22. So it's not always true that these runners would have been elite in their prime. They just can somehow maintain their fitness (resp. not lose it that quickly) as they are aging

Drug test!

Martin Rees started running at 37 or 38 when a friend asked him to run in a 10k. He had not run since school, he used to cycle to and from work and walk everywhere. Unlike most Americans he never owned a car but does eat chips and drink beer.

Reluctantly he ran the 10k in 44 mins and within 2 years was running 70 mile a week and lost over 2 stone and could run about 32 mins for 10k. For many months he was last in training but stuck at it and improved.

He ran a 1ong 10k, worth 29.50 on an accurate course in his early 40's. At at 43 or 44 ran 14.20.7 for 5k on the track. Uk Olympians Nick Rose and Mike Mcleod ran 14.15 ish, aged 42 and 40.

In his mid 40's he was running sub 30.20 for 10k and sub 66 for a half while working a mixture of days, nights at a local steel works.

In his build up to being 50 (when he ran 66.40 for a half marathon, 30.38 for 10k) he was running up to 120 MILES a week.

He was told never to run again with a knee problem in his early 50's and in his late 50's he missed 2 years with achilles problems. He kept fit on his bike and is now running 70-80 miles a week, likes a few beers and sometimes chips.

As for drugs, I would say the chances are less than zero. Is all down to natural talent, training very hard.

Today he will be able to have a lie in after his run as he retired from work last week but is sure to be out for run and maybe a pint later. He is one of the most down-to-earth people I have ever met in the sport and also one of the hardest trainers.

Put his name into this website - thepowerof10.info

Didn't he also retire at one point due to a knee(?) injury - I have a foggy memory of reading an article in a UK running magazine about 5-6 years ago of him saying he was forced to stop running because the doctors couldn't cure this problem.

How is he doing these days is he still running? He will be approaching his 70's I would think now. Amazing performances for someone of his age and much younger.

swb wrote:

Thought you might be interested in the result from the Bath Half Marathon in the UK earlier today. Martin Rees of Les Croupiers RC ran 71.29 (100.44 age graded).

Oh...C'mon Man!....a 1:11 half at 60 freaking years old?!? It's an age-graded freaking World Record! This is out of this world genetics! Instead of giving this anti-aging wonder accolades, he should be studied in the lab! Unheard of genetics! Not even Whitlock could top this.

He is still training but not racing, hasn't raced for a couple of years now

He holds pretty most of the age-gradeds record for 1/2M from 46-63 years old.

Ran 73:49 at Bath in 2016 for the 63yo record.

If he's still running he's closing in on starting to take down some of Ed Whitlock's times.

http://www.arrs.net/SA_HMar.htm

mako wrote:

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I know a guy from my country who ran 72:3O in the half-marathon at 57 but could only run 1:56 in 800m when he was 22. So it's not always true that these runners would have been elite in their prime. They just can somehow maintain their fitness (resp. not lose it that quickly) as they are aging

You mean "anti-aging" wonders?

Very impressive wrote:

The guy would have been close to 60 min at age 25. Anybody know his pbs?

Umm no. I thought it was common knowledge now that peak ability and ' the Ed Whitlock Effect' are almost entirely independent DNA traits.

Reesinfo wrote:

He is still training but not racing, hasn't raced for a couple of years now

Why no racing? He must be poised for some 65+ records now?

I think he has his reasons, he is a very quiet, unassuming man and being expected to set an age world best every time he races brings a lot of attention I don't think he enjoys.

Isn't that what running is all about though, posting quick times. Every runner who stands on the start line feels pressure may I add.

The shadow wrote:

Isn't that what running is all about though, posting quick times. Every runner who stands on the start line feels pressure may I add.

"What running is all about"?? ...... Surely it's different for each of us. And "Every runner who stands on the start line feels pressure"??......Nope, just us type A, compulsive, anal retentives.