By DNF logic, I have a friend who beat Grant Holloway in the 300 hurdles. They're nowhere in the same class. Using relay logic, I've beaten Trevor Stewart who ran 45.28 as a red shirt freshman and Brandon Mcgorty who ran 1:48 in HS. I'm a 21 high guy in the 200 on my good days. Point being, I can't really count victories like that since they're caused by factors that can't be controlled. That's not TRULY beating someone. It's a good feeling but its a lie to yourself for your ego.
Rupp got a near $20,000 for that DNF. How much did you get?
DNF doesn't count.
Rodolfo Gómez - 2:09 marathoner - runner up to Salad Bar in the 1982 NYC Marathon. The kicker? It was a Master's Mile and Gomez was 20 years and at least 50 pounds removed from his glory days.
I once held off Boston Billy for 21 miles on his home course before he went storming by. The kicker here? It was the 100th Anniversary Boston Marathon and Billy was a little past his prime.
I beat Molly Huddle in a race when she was in her H.S. Prime... she passed me with 300 left...i kicked past her the final 40metes.... not sure if can count this though as I'm a guy, but she was so good she was in the guys' open mile race.
I think it should officially count though as she congratulated me by saying "nice kick" in my response to "good race".
Mark Curp and Jason Pyrah (both after they were done racing professionally).
Playing it Safe wrote:
I beat Lopez Lomong in an XC dual meet his first year running.
He later lapped me in an indoor 3200m.
Post of the thread lmao
I'm a female. No longer remotely competitive. I beat Emily Lipari by over 40 seconds at a 3k once. Now she runs 4:05 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
L O S E R wrote:
mine is pretty good wrote:
Who is the fastest runner you have ever actually won over? (Better result in a race.)
I am not talking about someone who is DNS because then you didn’t actually beat them in “the field of play.”
My “PB scalp” is Galen Rupp in the 2018 Boston Marathon.
DNF isn't a win.
Is that a joke? It absolutely is. I guess when elites drop out other elites can't claimed to have beaten them? If Galen drops out of Chicago is Mo not allowed to say he beat him?
I've got a few in my head, probably more if I sat down and thought about it.
Ritz
Hall
Dobson
Sage
Rob DeCastella, late 1984.
I like to ask this question of other athletes all the time, usually over a beer. Back when colleges had dual meets, I beat the then National Indoor High School record holder (Ken McClendon) and the then Collegiate Indoor record holder (Arnold Grimes) in the triple jump. Never qualified for D1 Nationals myself.
Played this game with a guy I met at the Gym a few years ago with and he answered “Mike Powell and Mike Conley, but I never could beat Carl.” I bought his beers the rest of the night. (His name was Tyris Jefferson).
WorldBeater wrote:
Rob DeCastella, late 1984.
Oooh, do tell more. DeCastella is one of my all time faves.
Stopcecil! wrote:
L O S E R wrote:
DNF isn't a win.
Is that a joke? It absolutely is. I guess when elites drop out other elites can't claimed to have beaten them? If Galen drops out of Chicago is Mo not allowed to say he beat him?
Salazar got a side stitch and dropped out of the NCAA XC his freshmen year. If I ran a 40-minute 10K that day could I say I beat him?
For those of you kickin’ it old school, Pat Porter may ring a bell. Well, I am a female and I legit kicked his butt on the track in 100 meters when he was in his prime.
I was a long sprinter at Adams State at the time, and he said “you think you’re so great; I can beat you at any distance.” For those of you who know Porter, he was the one who was full of himself. So, I picked 100 meters as I thought it would be my best chance and we agreed to meet out at the track the next day. Quite a few people came out to watch and once we started, I was so far ahead that I couldn’t even see him in my peripherals. From what others told me, about 3/4 of the way into the race he started easing up and then tried to act like he let me win as he laughed and jogged out of there.
Man, I wish there were smart phones to record it back then! So cocky!
mine is pretty good wrote:
Yes, it is beating someone. It doesn't not matter if there are two people in the race (which never happens, duh, what is 1-on-1?), 100 like the Olympics and Paula DNFs, or me beating Rupp in Boston.
A better result is a better result. And even three hours is a better result than not finishing.
Lol. Hobby Jogger.
Not in a 3K! : )
l33tf3m4l3 wrote:
I'm a female. No longer remotely competitive. I beat Emily Lipari by over 40 seconds at a 3k once. Now she runs 4:05 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I once beat Micah on that segment from the gate to the next junction.
Beat Eric Jenkins in HS a lot, probably soph/junior year, definitely not his senior year though. He's a 3:49/13:05 guy.
mine is pretty good wrote:
Who is the fastest runner you have ever actually won over? (Better result in a race.)
I am not talking about someone who is DNS because then you didn’t actually beat them in “the field of play.”
My “PB scalp” is Galen Rupp in the 2018 Boston Marathon.
Distance runner here. Sophomore year beat a mid d guy in the 4x4 that as of now has run 1:51 in the 800. We got the baton at the same time and he flew past me but I just held on to him on the final curve and somehow found another gear with 100m to go.
Alan Webb
May be him running in is post-actual training career, but a result out there exists with my name above his in a cross country race.