US middle schools boys mile record falls...... Guess the record time..

I want to give an update on this scuffle because it is amusing how perfectly wrong this prediction was.

Josiah Tostenson went on to win the 1500 and 3000 back-to-back at state, logged a 4:03 mile, became 2nd all-time at Woodbridge with a 13:30 3-mile, won Clovis, and helped his team to a win at XC state while sick as a dog.

This dad, whom I can tell wants (well, wanted) to take all the credit for his kids’ running successes, was likely surprised that his aforementioned son, after failing to break 17 his sophomore year, up and quit.

There is some truth in his post, in that his kid did run Section 4 of the 3200 at RunningLane. (He came last.)

Don’t be a braggart online and promenade your kid around like a trophy or this will happen.

I think people don't care about middle school records because it doesn't really mean anything for the future. I can name multiple sub 4:05 high schoolers who never run sub 4. There are sub 4 high schoolers recently who never really took a step up during college. No speed early in life means you'll hit a certain speed later in life, and middle school sports aren't really what people get hyped about.

So he and his team didn’t make NXN this year. Will he be doing any other post season XC races?

So how did he end up doing?

Yeah, this is probably one of the all-time worst takes/predictions in the history of Letsrun.

I believe he became one of the best HS runners in the country, running 3:36 the other day. The Manbearpig never told us who was going to be better, so he couldn’t be wrong.

2025 he runs 3:36 as a high school senior. You're welcome lol.