There is a 58 year-old guy where I am who ran 26 and 2:09 this summer.
I've got to think he can run 58 all day.
I don't know if he golfs, but anyone that motivated should be able to learn and break 75 in the next 17 years if they decide it's important to them!
In short, the 400 is tough but not impossible. Obviously the golf thing is easier.
theJeff wrote:
No Single Human has ever both 1. Run their Age in Seconds in a 400m and 2. Shot their Age in Strokes in 18 holes of Golf.
Prove me wrong.
1. is doable from 52 to 85 years for men. I don't know jack about golf, but the level of athleticism needed is certainly compatible with sprinting.
theJeff wrote:
No Single Human has ever both 1. Run their Age in Seconds in a 400m and 2. Shot their Age in Strokes in 18 holes of Golf.
Prove me wrong.
What about a married human?
Steve scott could have done it maybe- he invented speed golf and played 18 holes in something like 29 minutes.
loqueelvientoajuarez wrote:
I don't know jack about golf, but the level of athleticism needed is certainly compatible with sprinting.
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macdaddy wrote:
1) Take two things that very little people care about
2) Combine them
3) Make dumb statement
To make matters worse, so many random words are capitalized......... WHY?!??!
Why are you bringing the interests of dwarves into this?
Lots of funny posts on this thread, but this one made me LOL hard.
Well... there's a goal to shoot for when I'm in my early 70s!
In short, the 400 is tough but not impossible. Obviously the golf thing is easier.
Dude...the golf side is waaaaay harder.
1. is doable from 52 to 85 years for men. I don't know jack about golf, but the level of athleticism needed is certainly compatible with sprinting.
Only Kim Jong Il could shoot a 52.
What about Steve Scott (the runner)? Didn't he invent speed golf as a sport?
can we put this myth to bed because it comes up here pretty often and it is, I'm afraid, just a myth. Steve Scott did not invent speed golf. he didn't even play the first round of speed golf in the United States.
the first round of speed golf was played by 41-year-old American Dick Kimborough, at North Platte GC, Nebraska, over a course measuring 6,068 yards (5,848 metres), on 8th August 1972. he recorded a time of 30:10 using only a 3-iron.
on 22nd March 1981, three sailors in the British Royal Navy played a round of speed golf at Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling, with the winner, 42-year-old David H. Brown, who had a handicap of 8 and was Chairman of the Hong Kong Distance Runners Club, recording a time of 29:38 while carrying a bag with 6 clubs. he had a 5-wood, 5-iron, 8-iron, wedge, sand wedge and a putter and used 96 shots to complete the round.
this round was televised in Hong Kong and made a considerable amount of money for charity.
Brown's record was broken shortly after by a man in Australia but I do not have the details to hand other than that there were no bunkers on the course.
then came Scott.
so that's at least five people who had played it before Scott, in three different countries.
cheers.
cotton shirt wrote:
What about Steve Scott (the runner)? Didn't he invent speed golf as a sport?
can we put this myth to bed because it comes up here pretty often and it is, I'm afraid, just a myth. Steve Scott did not invent speed golf. he didn't even play the first round of speed golf in the United States.
the first round of speed golf was played by 41-year-old American Dick Kimborough, at North Platte GC, Nebraska, over a course measuring 6,068 yards (5,848 metres), on 8th August 1972. he recorded a time of 30:10 using only a 3-iron.
on 22nd March 1981, three sailors in the British Royal Navy played a round of speed golf at Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling, with the winner, 42-year-old David H. Brown, who had a handicap of 8 and was Chairman of the Hong Kong Distance Runners Club, recording a time of 29:38 while carrying a bag with 6 clubs. he had a 5-wood, 5-iron, 8-iron, wedge, sand wedge and a putter and used 96 shots to complete the round.
this round was televised in Hong Kong and made a considerable amount of money for charity.
Brown's record was broken shortly after by a man in Australia but I do not have the details to hand other than that there were no bunkers on the course.
then came Scott.
so that's at least five people who had played it before Scott, in three different countries.
cheers.
Wikipedia says Scott's first run was in 1979. So well before the British sailors (though after Dick Kimborough).
Livstrong7 wrote:
Every men's age group record for the 400 is faster than their age, up until (and including) 75. Impressive. But I'm picking none of them plays serious golf.
I thought age groups (veterans or masters) started at 40. Do you think they start at 50?
I read recently of a man just over 70 years old who ran a 400 in well below that. I paid close attention to it as I'm 72 and cannot do that feat!
Adding "Running a Marathon in 2hrs + Your Age"