Your Biggest Win Over Big Time Runner?

beat ryan hall at this year's LA marathon: passed him around the half, never looked back.

I beat Meb and Ryan Hall.

your story sucks

that's like me saying I lined up against trautman, Holman, Olympic champ peter rono and others

I beat Henry Rono in the NCAA XC champs. He took a wrong turn and jogged in.

I beat Viren in the NYC marathon.

I beat Filbert Bayi in a mountain race.

i beat mike wardian at a 50k, granted it was way up in the mountains and he didn't do nearly as well as expected as he was coming from sea level and all that.

I've won a decent amount of track races. 218er wasn't in any of them, but a win is a win!

I beat Siamusiye and Reina in a local 5k a few years back. They seem to have lost some speed over the past 20 or so years.

After Rodgers turned 60, I destroyed him. Yay for me!!!

Lance Armstrong in a muddy XC race near Austin texas 2012. Several runners beat him but I was the last one as I beat him down the straight! Still liked the guy at the time so I was very humbled.

I beat alan webb in xc. Granted it was by 5 seconds and i was a senior, he was a freshman, and it is to this day my fastesT time ever.. it counts

No very Big Time runners, but two nice wins over HM distances beating Charlie Serrano (14:00 - D2 5k Champ) and another over Matthew Chesang (Top 10 D1 XC).

beat Will Leer and Olympic Silver medalist Nick Symmonds at Baby Nationals.

kicked down a 2:15/1:03 guy in a 4 mile XC race.

I beat Galen Rupp when he was having his awful freshman college xc season.

I beat Haile in the half. He chickened out after a couple of miles.

So lets get this straight - you didn't actually beat a big time runner? Great post.

Likewise, I took down an older BR multiple times. He knows I pwn him!

I ran for the University of Chicago Track Club during the 1970's, and Rick Wolhuter held four world records then--880 and 800 meters, 1000 meters, and indoor and outdoor two mile relay. He was great to train with and great to watch. Cross country he didn't take too seriously, but he would run club races on the weekends, and one weekend I beat him in a 4 mile race. Everyone teased him the next week, and I wasn't thinking about him until 400 meters from the finish when I heard him spit behind me. He got on my shoulder and passed me with 100 meters to go. I remember there was a downhill section where no one had ever passed me, and I was sure I would get past him but the two in a row never happened, and I suddenly realized why he had all those records.

Later that year I got to run a special exhibition 660 with him. Just the two of us and about a thousand high school fans. With a 220 to go, I tried to pass him, and he took off like a jackrabbit. I think he ran a 1:18 that day, and I kept telling myself not to slow down even if I was losing. I came in a distant second in 1:22.3.

I beat Leo Manzano at our first couple of cross country meets his senior year in high school. He used to start the season in terrible shape and quickly build up to becoming the state champ...pretty genuine guy.

UC Irvine used to have all comers meets in the off season for high school and open runners.

My junior and senior year in H.S we used to go down there and enter races. They occasionally would have a mile relay at the end.

Once, I got the anchor baton in 3rd, passed second right away, and set off after first.

I saw that it was a little girl running (so no way can I let myself lose), and went to pass her on the second turn.

Man she was fast.

It took everything I had to get by her down the straight to win.

The little girl was Mary Decker. (she was pissed that she lost, btw)