My landlord is faster than yours. 76-0 in high school and college mid and distance races.

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7 years ago 01/15/2017 5:46pm EST

Went in to his apartment to sign my lease and saw a wall full of trophies, including a runner up medal for Div II running for Bloomsburg University.

That got us talking, and apparently Jim Ryun came to town in the mid-sixties (Harrisburg, PA) and entered a road race and my landlord (his name is Jan Prosseda) entered just so he could say he raced against him, despite having raced a 5k the day before. He says he finished within ten seconds of him for the 5 mile race, and ran 15 seconds faster than Ryun's time on the same course the next week.

I know Ryun was a miler and Jan was a 5k guy, but I still thought this was pretty cool.

Figured someone would find this interesting; anyone else have a faster landlord?

7 years ago 01/15/2017 6:04pm EST

re: Dakotah Smith

Dakotah Smith wrote:
Went in to his apartment to sign my lease and saw a wall full of trophies, including a runner up medal for Div II running for Bloomsburg University.
That got us talking, and apparently Jim Ryun came to town in the mid-sixties (Harrisburg, PA) and entered a road race and my landlord (his name is Jan Prosseda) entered just so he could say he raced against him, despite having raced a 5k the day before. He says he finished within ten seconds of him for the 5 mile race, and ran 15 seconds faster than Ryun's time on the same course the next week.
I know Ryun was a miler and Jan was a 5k guy, but I still thought this was pretty cool.
Figured someone would find this interesting; anyone else have a faster landlord?

I'm confused by the 76-0. Is this supposed to be his win-loss record in HS and college (according to the thread title)? How did he manage a 76-0 record if he has a runner up medal?

7 years ago 01/15/2017 6:05pm EST

re: Dakotah Smith

76-0

Runner-Up Medal

Pick One

7 years ago 01/15/2017 6:21pm EST

re: Dakotah Smith

OP is a millenial, to him 2nd place, 3rd place, 10th place is all winning. Hell, he'd likely think the 100th place runner in the local 5k was a winner because he received a medal. Hence 76-0. In non millenial terms this means the runner participated in 76 races in 8 years, kind of low actually.

7 years ago 01/15/2017 6:28pm EST

re: Sure

7 years ago 01/15/2017 6:30pm EST

re: Sure

Alright, I decided to actually look into this one.

Jan Prosseda was indeed a runner at Bloomsburg, and the 76-0 record is for track races in the 800m, Mile, and 2-Mile, which were nearly everything he competed in on the track.

The runner-up status seems to be from a 3-mile race at NCAAs.

7 years ago 01/15/2017 6:35pm EST

re: Dakotah Smith

Bogus. No high s cool kid's ran 5k in the 60s. Your landlords name doesn't apear in PA record books.

Millenials are so gullible.

7 years ago 01/16/2017 6:06am EST

re: Seyta

**in distances under 5k

Still impressive. And never said he ran the 5k in high school, since as you say no HS kids ran it then.

7 years ago 01/16/2017 10:20am EST

re: Drag millenial

Drag millenial wrote:
Bogus. No high s cool kid's ran 5k in the 60s. Your landlords name doesn't apear in PA record books.
Millenials are so gullible.

According to that link that was posted above you, according to his college, he never DID run a 5K. He ran the 800m, the mile, and the 2-mile.

7 years ago 01/16/2017 10:24am EST

re: Seyta

Solid dude. A little confusing, though. 76-0, never losing a college or high school half, mile, or two-mile, but lost NCAA 3-mile. So despite being undefeated he never ran the half or mile at NCAAs?

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