Went on to become "pro:"
Dean Karnazes
Any ultramarathoner you can think of probably wasn't anything in HS and most likely didn't run in college but is not sponsored by some energy bar or that slow chick with the brooks sponsor.
Went on to become "pro:"
Dean Karnazes
Any ultramarathoner you can think of probably wasn't anything in HS and most likely didn't run in college but is not sponsored by some energy bar or that slow chick with the brooks sponsor.
Go for it! wrote:
There might be some rare cases, but it's not very likely, is it? hmmm??
However, that doesn't mean you can't improve and feel good about yourself by beating up on hobby joggers all over the land. Especially if you move up in distance and run on the roads, like 10-ks, half, or full marathons. Most of my teammates have quit running seriously after college but the few who kept it up with any sort of commitment run marathons that are pretty impressive, like low 2:20's, which is far better than any of their times on the track (comparatively) in college, or they win shoes and money and stuff in road races. You can do it! Just not very fast! Go for it! Loser!
yep. I never even made all conference in my d3 conference in college, didn't even finish better than 24th in xc
hoping to do more than just beat hobby joggers. Since college I've taken my half time down by almost 2 minutes from my first post collegiate half.
I'm really looking for more of examples of ppl who ran in college, but weren't good til after, so the international runners mentioned don't really fit. I'm sure I'll be happy with whatever I do, but making the trials or something would make my life (at least until I pr'd again after that :) )
anyone else out there like me?
Frank Shorter didn't have much of a career until his senior year. I don't recall George Young's college career as being at all noteworthy. The same holds for Ron Daws.
Kelly Jaske.
http://runningtimes.com/Print.aspx?articleID=16380
(Article also mentions Mike Reneau, Aileen Condon, Jill Galtenby-Boaz).
I ran, but didn't do squat in college and hs. Now run 2:30, though I suspect that is not the level of success you are looking for.
Tom Brooks
no talent wrote:
I'm really looking for more of examples of ppl who ran in college, but weren't good til after, so the international runners mentioned don't really fit. I'm sure I'll be happy with whatever I do, but making the trials or something would make my life (at least until I pr'd again after that :) )
anyone else out there like me?
In prep school, I was a miler. My PR was 4:49.1.
In college, I ran the 2-mile indoors many times. I broke ten minutes just twice, and never broke 9:50. In outdoor track, I never broke 15 minutes for three miles or 15:30 for 5,000. (I don't remember my exact times.) I ran the 10,000 once, and didn't break 34 minutes. As a freshman, I ran the 6-mile once, and finished in last place with a time of something like 36 minutes, having been lapped by everyone else in the field.
After college, I ran my first marathon in just under 2:40. I gradually brought my marathon time down to 2:30, then 2:23, then 2:20, then 2:19, then 2:18. I'm pretty sure that I left a few minutes on the table, but injuries, work, and the vagaries of life intervened.
My PR for a one-mile race remains 4:49.1.
that Lauren Johnson (4:33mile) who beat Shalane looks to be on her way to a nice career in track. She played BB in college and running was her hobbie, until her senior year.
What about Heather from Colorado who had a big thread earlier this week?
Carmelita Jeter. She didn't do anything till she turned 30, and now she's the premier sprinter in the world. Better with age, or did she discover steroids?
Francie Larrieu Smith– Ran one year in college. Moved on and became one of America’s best distance runners.
Mary Decker –Ran two years in college. Moved on and won 2 outdoor championships medals.
Kim Gallagher – Ran zero college and won two Olympic medals.
Jan Merrill – Ran zero college and got into the final heat at the 1976 Olympics at the age of 20 with a 4:02 1500m. If fact, other then Jen B, has there ever been a collegiate athlete who ran faster than a 4:02 ?
Does high school and college athletics work for women? No, there has never been an Olympic metal from a female mid-distance who ran 4 years of high school and 4 years of college. It’s a burn out system.
Regina won medals, she’s a cheat, but did not run high school, she ran club.
[quote]bobby S wrote:
Mary Decker –Ran two years in college. Moved on and won 2 outdoor championships medals.
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You do know she ran 2:01 (world record at the time) in high school, right?
on the other hand wrote:
Mo Trafeh.
...had a 29:xx 10,000 in HS.
Idiot.
Donavan Bailey is a fairly famous story. At 22, I think, he was a stockbroker running in all comers meets on the weekends. A local track coach noticed the talent and said to Donavan, "Get serious or quit."
He got serious, so, yes, it can happen.
Most people, though, either see their talent early, or never train hard enough to see the talent they have. In most cases, if you don't run track in high school you probably never know.
coach d wrote:
Donavan Bailey is a fairly famous story. At 22, I think, he was a stockbroker running in all comers meets on the weekends. A local track coach noticed the talent and said to Donavan, "Get serious or quit."
He got serious, so, yes, it can happen.
Most people, though, either see their talent early, or never train hard enough to see the talent they have. In most cases, if you don't run track in high school you probably never know.
Well, he was running 10.3 at all-comers meets - it's not like the guy was running 11 seconds, or even 10.7.
George Young.
The Kenyans are good at 22+ because they didn't attend an American high school or college that destroyed them with intensity and ruined their aerobic fitness.
I'm pretty sure Brian Sell was a good example of this, right?
Kim Gallagher was heavily trained in high school and had already run 2:00 when she was 18.
Shannon Rowbury won her bronze at Worlds and did compete all four years in college.
Don "Spiney" Norman. Didn't run in high school or college. 2:11:06 marathoner.
My high school coach ran a 4:40 mile or something in high school and was right around 31 minutes for the 10k in college. Ended up running 2:18 and running in the Olympic Trials for the marathon.