Gabe Jennings 2:19 Marathon… what’s the story? and what's he up to now?

Buerkle??

not this wrote:

Most of his decisions were not logical. He and Suzy Favor would have been a good match.

Not in agreement with that Gabe is the type of guy that you would think was full of crap when he mentioned that he was an elite runner at one point and also a Stanford Grad. The first thing that comes to mind when you see Jennings is wow I bet that guy runs a meth lab.

Suzy on the other hand reminds me of Elizabeth Shue's Character in the 1995 movie Leaving Las Vegas. The only difference is Suzy would not be the type that would be hanging out with a low end Drunk that is deciding to drink himself to death. Suzy would have more clearly struck me as the type that would be arm candy for a billionaire.

As for Jennings I have met him raced against him and defeated him on a number of occasions in our hay day I am a little younger than him however we never hung out or talked. I along with other runners from the early 2000's thought Gabe was an odd ball outcast and as stated made erratic decisions. He would disappear and reappear and run a sub 4 mile go away for a year come back and do it again that is Jennings for you. He struck me as the type that was supposed to be playing some pot head instrument on the streets of San Francisco but got lost one day and found himself at a track and because he lacks common sense did not slow down when he ran the mile and fast forward Stanford wasted a degree on him.

Stanford degree "wasted" on him? That's not how education works. Get over yourself.

Been there somewhat wrote:

Stanford degree "wasted" on him? That's not how education works. Get over yourself.

What's he doing with his degree? Finding happiness and being happy are not acceptable answers.

probably wrote:

First, 200m indoor, flat surfaced tracks for the most part [/quote]

Holy cow! Flat 200 m indoor track? For the MOST part? That must have wrecked so many ankles. TBH I haven't seen a FLAT indoor track ever. Maybe a school gym where they jog around the perimeter of a basketball field. But not racing.

n9 wrote:

probably wrote:

First, 200m indoor, flat surfaced tracks for the most part

Holy cow! Flat 200 m indoor track? For the MOST part? That must have wrecked so many ankles. TBH I haven't seen a FLAT indoor track ever. Maybe a school gym where they jog around the perimeter of a basketball field. But not racing.[/quote]

I've never raced on anything but a flat 200 and imagine that's the case for most schools that lack the funds to make the trip out to one of the special tracks.

Two2Differentducks wrote:

Been there somewhat wrote:

Stanford degree "wasted" on him? That's not how education works. Get over yourself.

What's he doing with his degree? Finding happiness and being happy are not acceptable answers.

Stember found sushi.

klsls wrote:

n9 wrote:

Holy cow! Flat 200 m indoor track? For the MOST part? That must have wrecked so many ankles. TBH I haven't seen a FLAT indoor track ever. Maybe a school gym where they jog around the perimeter of a basketball field. But not racing.

I've never raced on anything but a flat 200 and imagine that's the case for most schools that lack the funds to make the trip out to one of the special tracks.

Right, up until about 10 years ago when CU and then UCCS built their new indoor facilities, there was no banked indoor track in Colorado. CU hosted a meet or two on their flat track in Balch, Mines in Golden still hosts meets on a flat track in their fieldhouse. AFA had the best indoor track in the state, because it was over 200m (228m? 266m?) though unbanked. Prior to the existence of Dempsey, CU tended to travel their top runners to Nebraska or Iowa State or Arkansas to chase marks for qualification to Indoor Nationals.

Two2Differentducks wrote:

Been there somewhat wrote:

Stanford degree "wasted" on him? That's not how education works. Get over yourself.

What's he doing with his degree? Finding happiness and being happy are not acceptable answers.

Of course they're acceptable answers unless you're insecure and judgmental and need to make yourself feel better by denigrating someone else. A degree really can't be "wasted" unless the person getting it somehow managed not to learn anything while doing so. If you end up driving for Lyft after graduation you're a more educated and knowledgeable Lyft driver than you'd be without your degree. That's not a wasted degree.

HRE wrote:

Two2Differentducks wrote:

What's he doing with his degree? Finding happiness and being happy are not acceptable answers.

Of course they're acceptable answers unless you're insecure and judgmental and need to make yourself feel better by denigrating someone else. A degree really can't be "wasted" unless the person getting it somehow managed not to learn anything while doing so. If you end up driving for Lyft after graduation you're a more educated and knowledgeable Lyft driver than you'd be without your degree. That's not a wasted degree.

Or unless the person is using that degree to exploit and harm others. Definitely agree, the outlook of "finding happiness and being happy are not acceptable answers" is only used to try to make oneself feel better by denigrating others. Probably from someone who's jealous of GJ's accomplishments and opportunities. GJ has certainly enjoyed success and if he's happy and not harming others then he doesn't owe anyone any explanation.

Gabe Jennings had the talent to be a great middle distance runner but his long legs were wasted by this tiny shuffling stride. That he was traveling to Brazil to do capoeira and thus open up his stride was at least a worthy ultimate end. Riding your bike in that era through Central America was unwise, however, and it did not go well. But 3:35 at the end of college is still up there with the best in-college performances to day (3:34 is that record)--though guys have run 3:30 and 3:31 outside the season.

GFC wrote:

I’ve searched high and low for some of his training back w Vin and during his peak season of 2000 he was logging 3 hour long runs once a wk. had a solid base and ran lots of 200s.

I’ve also dug around for Gabe’s training but all I’ve ever found was some slides from a presentation Vin did at some coaches meeting. Curious where you found the info on the 3 hour long runs?

How old are you? I ran on a flat indoor tartan track when I got to College and just before that it was dirt.

Last I heard, Gabe became a lawyer. He was a friend of one of my best friends, that's where I heard that.

Gabe on the beat-Da-da-digga-digga-da-da:

https://youtu.be/zg-mKEyfI10

Farm Teamster wrote:

Gabe on the beat-Da-da-digga-digga-da-da:

https://youtu.be/zg-mKEyfI10

Here’s Gabe on the beat:

smoke 'em if you've got 'em wrote:

Gabe Jennings's Teeth wrote:

What makes you say that?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that he's a smoker now. That isn't meth mouth. That IS a pack+ a day mouth.

He's not visibly overweight, and his teeth were fine in college, so I'm going with smoker.

That said, he's got nothing to prove. He was a stud. A lot of us were. It doesn't last forever. Hopefully he found happiness in his post-running life.

Looks like some long-term vegans I know.

n9 wrote:

probably wrote:

First, 200m indoor, flat surfaced tracks for the most part

Holy cow! Flat 200 m indoor track? For the MOST part? That must have wrecked so many ankles. TBH I haven't seen a FLAT indoor track ever. Maybe a school gym where they jog around the perimeter of a basketball field. But not racing.[/quote]

Oh yeah, the one at K-state had crazy tight turns. Going from that meeting to iowa state’s 300m track was like a dream. Unfortunately, it worked against us for ncaa q’s.

epenington wrote:

Last I heard, Gabe became a lawyer. He was a friend of one of my best friends, that's where I heard that.

I think I Googled him in the last few years and found the same