Wikipedia claims T-Mobile CEO John Legere "was a nationally competitive runner in college and post college"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legere
Looking at past Boston Marathon results, he's certainly a good runner, 3:08:57 in 2008 at the age of 49.
Anyone know what times he put up in high school or college? Was he really "nationally competitive"?
I saw that too. His bio reads that he got his undergraduate degree from U-Mass, and I think he graduated in either 1980 or 1981. I looked on the U-Mass athletic site, and no mention of him in any of their record books, or best marks. I don't see him mentioned in any NCAA Championship races around that era.
Seriously doubt he was a "Nationally Competitive" runner.
To me that means he competed in the NCAA Championships somewhere in his college career. Hard to be Nationally Competitive, and not race in the NCAA Championships, right? They kind of go together.
Maybe nationally competitive as a 50+? He looks fairly fit/serious.
http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/member/c/0/a/a/highres_80449322.jpeg
https://www.athlinks.com/Result/SearchClaim?SearchTerm=john%20legere
He may not be up to letsrun/fantasy standards but this guy actually seems to be a good contender for the rich/old/fast/smart quadruple crown.
probably billionaire, MIT grad, 17:30/1:20/2:54 at age 53.
John was a stud in cross country. He owns most of the XC course records up here and ran 4:20 for the Mile in high school... still has 800/1600/3200m school records.
His XC team and UMASS was IC4A champs and ranked top 10 nationally.
10k 26.2 wrote:
...this guy actually seems to be a good contender for the rich/old/fast/smart quadruple crown...probably billionaire, MIT grad, 17:30/1:20/2:54 at age 53.
Contender yes, champ no.
Well who's the champ? Getting rich from running doesn't count.
Yeah...I think this guy is probably the champ.
he's also throwing down twenty grand for the michigan track classic that Nick Willis is helping to promote. pretty awesome to actually put the money where the mouth is, we should all be considering Tmobile just b/c of this.
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