11 year old boy sets half marathon age group record in Jacksonville

Get back to us in 5 years when he is running the mile in track against other boys his age.

Yes, even more potential than Hunter Perez...

How is Hunter doing?

He is successful. He is also one of the top triathletes at his age in the U. S and also took 20th in xc nationals for his age he would've placed higher but a kids stepped on his foot with spikes in the middle of the race

xxxx wrote:

Get back to us in 5 years when he is running the mile in track against other boys his age.

1600m is not a mile, FYI.

I've run faster than that. But surprised a Garritson (sp?) back in the day didn't run faster at that age.

yyyy wrote:

xxxx wrote:

Get back to us in 5 years when he is running the mile in track against other boys his age.

1600m is not a mile, FYI.

5 Years from now, it will be indoor season. The mile is often run in indoor meets.

If he'd said "get back to us in 5 years and 3 months when he's running the mile in track," then you might have a point.

mile is run indoors wrote:

yyyy wrote:

1600m is not a mile, FYI.

5 Years from now, it will be indoor season. The mile is often run in indoor meets.

If he'd said "get back to us in 5 years and 3 months when he's running the mile in track," then you might have a point.

He will run 1600m against other boys. Rarely a mile. Try to keep up.

I don't see any such person listed. An 8yo ran 1:58 though, which is admirable even if way off the record.

yyyy wrote:

mile is run indoors wrote:

5 Years from now, it will be indoor season. The mile is often run in indoor meets.

If he'd said "get back to us in 5 years and 3 months when he's running the mile in track," then you might have a point.

He will run 1600m against other boys. Rarely a mile. Try to keep up.

No, he will likely run the mile if he is running 5 years from now. Outdoor, high schoolers run the 1600m. Indoors, the mile is common. He will be running indoor 5 years from now, not outdoor.

In my eight years of high school and college running, I don't think I ever ran an open 1600 in indoor.

Has anyone called CPS yet? You should.

Are we sure on this? Official results have his 5k split at 36:41 and missing the 10k split. Is the 5k split an error?

Chambers wrote:

Andrew Chamber an 11 year old boy ran 1:23:16 which at the jax half marathon which is 6:21 per mile. Results posted here

http://www.1stplacesports.com/marine15halfres.htm

. He beat the age group record by 56 seconds. Age Group records here

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

. I did a quick search on him but couldn't find anything else. His potential is out of this world. Let me know what you think of this and say anything you know about him. You can read my other posts on this thread which is where I intially brought it up on page 2

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6947593&page=1

Yes this is an error. It is actually the 10k split and apparently they don't have a 5k split for him

It's a record because eight year olds don't run half marathons. History always says these young performers are fried when they hit high school.

Hopefully, he cuts back, acts like a kid and saves his running.

Is this the same Andrew Chambers?http://www.altavistasports.com/results/2015results/LKWALESTURKEY5K1122015.htmAnd also much slower on Athlinks

Chambers wrote:

Yes this is an error. It is actually the 10k split and apparently they don't have a 5k split for him

Nothing about this looks correct. The split times are automatically generated by the chip timing mats, and he hit the 5K in over 30 minutes. And missed the 10K mats.

I've had some involvement with ARRS, and there's no way in hell that they ratify this.

Shhhhh do not let the letsrun witch hunters turn their attention this way

mile is run indoors wrote:

yyyy wrote:

He will run 1600m against other boys. Rarely a mile. Try to keep up.

No, he will likely run the mile if he is running 5 years from now. Outdoor, high schoolers run the 1600m. Indoors, the mile is common. He will be running indoor 5 years from now, not outdoor.

In my eight years of high school and college running, I don't think I ever ran an open 1600 in indoor.

He will run 1600m against other boys. Rarely a mile. Try to keep up.

You're both idiots. This is Florida -- we don't run indoors. We have one crappy indoor meet that is going away after this season. We run outdoors in January.

Congrats. That's a great time.