Dunbar runs 9:01 time trial...in snow.

For a split second I thought the same, Kevin Dunbar. Oh the memories of competing with him at Minnesota. However I take my hat off to Trevor Dunbar, thats one unbelievable performance.

69.0

68.4 2:17.4

67.7 3.25.1

66.9 4:32.0

67.1 5:39.1

68.5 6:47.6

68.4 7:56.0

65.5 9:01.4

Quite a remarkable run. His stride, his turnover, remind me of Hernandez in videos made 5 - 6 months ago. He’s practically a machine.

road hawg - I've seen a few things in my 62 years and could not have said it better. Running at it's purest!

He should have run it at the nearest indoor track facility. It probably wouldn't have been so cold and icy.

The cold isn't really the factor - yes it's way colder in lots of other areas (say the yukon and the north-west territories) that aren't on the ocean, but it's the traction and winds that really would screw him over.

Either way, 9:01 is an impressive timetrial

That track did not appear to be a Rupp certified course.

If you know anything about the geography of Alaska you would realize the closet indoor track is an hour flight into Anchorage and probably would cost around $300. The track is 412 meters too! crazy. . . running 9:01 in the SNOW priceless !

nkjk wrote:

He should have run it at the nearest indoor track facility. It probably wouldn't have been so cold and icy.

Yeah, it would have been interesting to see what he could have done on the new indoor track in Anchorage (The Dome), although I can't find a 2 mile line, just 3200.

track indoor wrote:

If you know anything about the geography of Alaska you would realize the closet indoor track is an hour flight into Anchorage and probably would cost around $300.

The track is 412 meters too! crazy. . .

running 9:01 in the SNOW priceless !

nkjk wrote:

He should have run it at the nearest indoor track facility. It probably wouldn't have been so cold and icy.

Dunbar would be the first to say, you all need to chill the **** out. According to the airport weather station in Kodiak, it was 32F, with almost no wind and light snow. It was not icy, and on a shoveled track, wearing spikes, traction is not an issue whatsoever. These are not difficult or even challenging conditions. Dunbar is obviously very humble, hard working, and talented, which is what people should be excited about, and giving him respect for.

Have you all gotten so soft that running a solid time in nearly optimal conditions impresses the shit out of you because it's snowing?? Get some perspective. Ron Dawes, Ingrid Kristiansen, Lasse Viren, and dozens of others trained in conditions that would make this look like a beautiful summer day.

Mad props to his friends, teammates, and coaches for the support! That was impressive. And the 9:01 is impressive, irrespective of the conditions, but not as impressive as Dunbar's attitude. Seems like an absolutely top shelf person. Good luck.

So while impressive, if you grew up in a place where there was snow, this is not that big of a deal. Unless I missed something, he was on a track and was wearing spikes. In this case, the snow would not have been much of a factor, especially since he is obviously used to snow.

9:01 for a HS kid in a time trial, very impressive. I grew up in Utah, and can tell you that while the snow makes for a story, it's not going to slow you down if you have cleared the track and are wearing spikes.

Hardcore! Looks like the weather over here...this is a kid to watch.

Humility wrote:

Have you all gotten so soft that running a solid time in nearly optimal conditions impresses the shit out of you because it's snowing?? Get some perspective. Ron Dawes, Ingrid Kristiansen, Lasse Viren, and dozens of others trained in conditions that would make this look like a beautiful summer day.

It doesn't have to do with the conditions he trains in, the snow just makes it a little difficult to run fast is all

#24Trevor Dunbar Yesterday at 4:47pm.

To kevind and anyone interested,

This was meant to be a workout to stay sharp throughout the winter training campaign between mt. sac and footlocker west regional. I was confident coming into the time trial and had felt strong all week leading up to it. As I said in the interview based on the conditions I believed that I could run 9:10 with a good race. I was extremely happy with the 9:01 as well as a bit surprised. It has motivated me to train hard and given me confidence for what kind of shape I am in. I never expected the footage to spread with quite the virus-like quality that it has, but I just want to say I appreciate all the comments and I will be trying my hardest to keep the performances coming. Hopefully this is just the start

Dude is a beast. I watched the video and was very impressed. Very easy to slack off in those conditions but he was mentally and physically tough. Very impressive for a HS guy.

Schiefer wrote:

So while impressive, if you grew up in a place where there was snow, this is not that big of a deal. .

Growing up somewhere cold and with snow is 100% irrelevant to whether hte conditions are ideal or a big deal. The only relevance that would have is if he was racing someone not from those conditions.

Few things -

I didn't think the track was shoveled, but even with spikes and light snow covering, hard to run fast.

Dunbar was in the same race as Schwartz at Mt. SAC, so didn't just have faster time, but beat him head to head.

Dunbar would not run NXN as he did not run the regional. Foot Locker only.

Elias Gedyon's 14:48 was a soph course record and let me tell you, he is a beast. Ran 1:51.90 (I think, or 1:51-something) 800 last year as a freshman, which is one of the best ever for 9th grader. He is primarily a 800/1600 guy. Set a lot of youth records at USATF and/or AAU. I would say he's a sub-1:50 and at least 4:08 candidate as a soph. Very physically mature-looking, but think he's the right age.

Some so-called experts in Cali are looking for him to make some serious damage on all-time track lists in next few years. I think we'll be talking about him a lot very soon.

This is very good, but people need to calm down. It's not the most impressive thing I've ever seen, by a long shot. Depending on how good of a racer vs. practicer he is he's probably in 8:50 shape. It's good but people do it every year.

He is NOT German, German ran 8:34, let me say that again, German ran 8:34. And I saw the video of the race, it was basically a time trial. Almost all great high school performances are time trials because they are against high school competition.

So, in conclusion, this is good, but holy crap calm down, he's not the second coming.

Humility wrote:Have you all gotten so soft that running a solid time in nearly optimal conditions impresses the shit out of you because it's snowing??

32 degrees is optimal conditions for a 2-mile race? Are you a moron? Optimal temperature for a 2-mile race would be 55-60 degrees.