Bob Kennedy killin it at 8 minute miles.

Take a look at any 47 year old former pro in any sport. Many look like s#it.

Look at Charles Barkley - world class basketball player.

He's a tad older, but might as well be 100 when it comes to actually playing sports.

fred wrote:

Earl beating Ed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ChLuxtIo54

Earl was the greatest geriatric 800 runner ever, but it seems he hasn't competed in the last five years or so. He couldn't beat Ed at 1500 and of course Ed's specialty was the marathon, in which he set AG WR's right up to his death.

Canadian seniors sure seem to keep well. I was only able to pick up a silver in their master's nationals 800.

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I am faster than Bob Kennedy!

Who cares. Meb is just an average Eritrean athlete. You hype him only because he defected to the US. Had he stayed in Eritrea he would be just another nobody.

How many retired elite distance athletes (World Qualifiers) still run when retired by 10 years or more?

YMMV wrote:

Chili Sawce wrote:

I wasn’t nearly on that level and wasn’t what would be considered an elite runner, but i did finish in the top 5 at USAs a bunch of times on the track and in cross.

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ALERT! ALERT!HUMBLEBRAG ALERT!

Who wouldn't consider top 5 at USAs to be elite? The only way is if by "USAs" he means one of the fake "championships." But assuming he means USATF nationals, top 5 in any of the events is pretty much always what I would consider elite.

For example, look through 5th place in these, you see names like Alexa Ephraimson, Marielle Hall, Natosha Rogers, Isiah Young, Tony McQuay, Christian Soratos, Lopez Lomong, Galen Rupp, David Oliver, Johnny Dutch, Jeff Henderson. It is pretty hard to imagine a 5th place runner who isn't elite. Maybe they're not all world beaters, but they're all going to be elite.

erik wrote:

If you're training to not be fat and depressed, as most who still run at all post-competition, no one cares how fast you run your training miles. Except a few people here who almost certainly don't have a career and kids.

Bob's life looks great.

Egg-axtly.

Big deal wrote:

Who cares. Meb is just an average Eritrean athlete. You hype him only because he defected to the US. Had he stayed in Eritrea he would be just another nobody.

That is a really good point. Meb has exactly one olympic medal.

Meanwhile, Eritrea has only ever won one olympic medal, but they only have one athlete in the entire country across all sports. Therefore, Meb is just an average Eritrean athlete. Here is the other Eritrean athlete, who is also exactly average:

wareagle13 wrote:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbZq4dyjBiE/

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Do you think Rupp would be this slow 10 years after retirement?

WAS HE RELAXED??????!!!!!!

wareagle13 wrote:

Uhhh wrote:

[quote]wareagle13 wrote:

I think he retired a bit longer than ten years ago .

But indulge yourself Mr. 18m5k

His last US title was in 2004...So 13 years ago.

I ran 18 flat in a road race when I was in 8th grade. Your talking to the 2008 Jump the Gun 10-13 Age Group Winner.

Retreat, men! Retreat!

Same age as Bob, way faster wrote:

Alas, talent goes away.

I've always been fascinated how really talented athletes seem to decay worse than people who had to work for mediocre gains.

It's like when their additional fitness erodes their natural talent goes with it.

.....Says the no talent guy, still training in his 30s, bragging he's faster now than high school and just now broke 17 for the first time.

Guess what?

Bob Kennedy, straight off the couch to training would beat you after about a month of hobby jogging.

Talent beats average & effort everytime, Mr Average guy.

sdfsdfsdfsdfsdf wrote:

YMMV wrote:

ALERT! ALERT!HUMBLEBRAG ALERT!

Who wouldn't consider top 5 at USAs to be elite? The only way is if by "USAs" he means one of the fake "championships." But assuming he means USATF nationals, top 5 in any of the events is pretty much always what I would consider elite.

For example, look through 5th place in these, you see names like Alexa Ephraimson, Marielle Hall, Natosha Rogers, Isiah Young, Tony McQuay, Christian Soratos, Lopez Lomong, Galen Rupp, David Oliver, Johnny Dutch, Jeff Henderson. It is pretty hard to imagine a 5th place runner who isn't elite. Maybe they're not all world beaters, but they're all going to be elite.

http://www.usatf.org/usatf/files/4c/4c7887e4-74b1-496b-b673-999b196f1ccb.htm

Which is why this guy has pushed humblebragging past it's viable limit. I'll give him 6/10. If he had said "just out of the finals" that would have been 9/10.

wareagle13 wrote:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbZq4dyjBiE/

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Do you think Rupp would be this slow 10 years after retirement?

Remember Letsrun trolls: Bob Kennedy has a better engine than all of us. he could run faster than us in about a year of regular easy running

john trautman, the master guy who has been running really fast miles, was 40 lbs overweight and couldn't run this far/fast once either. i met him and he was an absolute mess 15 years ago

it's funny how letrunners think that they need to keep running forever. it's kind of sad how nervous and obsessive distance runners are and that their value is based on running. i meet these people all the time at road races. nervous dudes only talking about the pb's and whatnot on the cooldown jog.

life goes on and you can't compare how fast you were when you were in your 20's to anything that occurs in real life. it doesn't matter. it's exactly like the 40 year old talking about his high school football days. exactly.

bob kennedy is one of the greatest american distance runners of all time, and opened the door for today's athletes in terms of what is possible for white dudes

What does BK do these days ? Still in his middle 40's, he was a beast no doubt. Wining the NCAA has a true freshman? WTF !

40 min does suck even for a easy run. I bet he could go under 20 in a 5K race!

YouAintGotNone wrote:

Same age as Bob, way faster wrote:

Alas, talent goes away.

I've always been fascinated how really talented athletes seem to decay worse than people who had to work for mediocre gains.

It's like when their additional fitness erodes their natural talent goes with it.

.....Says the no talent guy, still training in his 30s, bragging he's faster now than high school and just now broke 17 for the first time.

Guess what?

Bob Kennedy, straight off the couch to training would beat you after about a month of hobby jogging.

Talent beats average & effort everytime, Mr Average guy.

Are you sure you're quoting the right guy? I am a bit older than Bob, about as fast as I was in high school and can't currently break 17.

But Bob couldn't break 17 on his bike right now and it would take him a good deal more than a month of training to do that.

He's been running again for several years now and he's as slow as a slug, hence my observation.

Kob Bennedy wrote:

How many retired elite distance athletes (World Qualifiers) still run when retired by 10 years or more?

Not many. Steve Moneghetti comes to mind. Dropped his mileage to 60 a week, continued to train, didn't put on any weight, ran 30 for 10k on the road at 49 or 50 (can't remember exactly). Most elite runners get to the stage where they don't enjoy the process, training groups etc, seeing their times go backwards, and stop cold.

wareagle13 wrote:

Uhhh wrote:

[quote]wareagle13 wrote:

I think he retired a bit longer than ten years ago .

But indulge yourself Mr. 18m5k

His last US title was in 2004...So 13 years ago.

I ran 18 flat in a road race when I was in 8th grade. Your talking to the 2008 Jump the Gun 10-13 Age Group Winner.

"You are talking ..."

Thyroid hormone therapy abuser in his prime!

wareagle13 wrote:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbZq4dyjBiE/

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Do you think Rupp would be this slow 10 years after retirement?

I think someone said it earlier, but I want that spork shirt.