rupp-certified saladbar wrote:
agip wrote:2:10 - really? a 40 year old record???
I bet a certain bald afroed young guy in Portland thinks about that number a lot
kdkdk wrote:
Which is it? Bald or afro? Can't be both can it?
Wrong. Google Miruts Yifter.
Balding afro.
Not a sub-2:10 but John Tuttle 2:10:51 in 1983. 6'1" (185 cm)
1988 Olympic Champ Gelindo Bordin is 183cm. PR: 2:08:19 while winning Boston '90. His 3 times sub 2:10 were actually all on American soil.
Mwafrika wrote:
Robert Cheruiyot, 4 or maybe 5 times Boston Marathon Champ, and also Chicago marathon champ. I am not sure about his exact height but he is probably between 5'11" to 6'1" I think. His nick name is Mwafrika
Met him and stood beside him in 2006, he was the same hight and weight as me at the time; 6'2" and 140lbs. He was slightly faster however.
1973 Boston Marathon winner, Jon Anderson, had a PR at the marathon of 2:12:03.
@RunChuck wrote:
1973 Boston Marathon winner, Jon Anderson, had a PR at the marathon of 2:12:03.
** He was 6 ft. 2in.
Marian Sutton won the women's division at Chicago (2:28) at 6 ft 150 lbs.
Andrew Lemoncello is 186cm and ran 2:13
Peter Kirui
2:06:31 Frankfurt Marathon
http://www.iaaf.net/athletes/biographies/country=ken/athcode=240987/index.html
he's at least 6'
If you accept the fact that Cierpinski was doped beyond all recognition, then Don Kardong won the bronze in '76, making him the tallest medalist in distance running history.
LetsRun.com wrote:
But in reality, Tergat was 182 cm which is 5'11.65" inches. 6 feet is really 183 cm.
If you are 5'11.65 inches, chances are you're over 6 feet at least some of the time. Height varies depending on spinal compression and a bunch of other things. You're about 1/2 inch taller in the morning than the evening.
rojo wrote:
Markos Geneti 2:04:54 1.83 cm
Toshinari Takaoka 2:06:16 1.86m
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot 2:07:35 1.88 m (6'2")
Henry Szost 2:07:38 1.85 m
Kamiel Maase 2:08:21 1.88 m (6'2")
Derek Clayton 2:08:34 1.88m (6'2") 1987 world champion
Dick Beardlsey 2:08:53 ??
Rod Dixon 2:08:59 1.86 cm
Douglas Wakiihuri 2:09:03 6'1
Alan Culpepper 2:09:41 1.86 cm
Hiroyuki Horibata 2:08:24 1.89 m
Norman Higgins
I met Dick Beardsley once at a race and I can tell you he is nowhere near 6 feet tall.