Damn, even a comfy mil pension? That's awesome. And thank you for your service, I could not join due to a birth defect :(
I appreciate the words and the complement about the service. I think a lot of the younger generation should consider it. As for the 10,000m it took me 3 years. I was a 33:29 guy my Freshman year. I worked really hard and brought my time down to 29:05 my senior year. Coming from a milers background the 4:40ish pace felt like a solid tempo when moving up to the 10,000m. I honestly think the 5,000m was just to awkward pace wise for me to ever really put a good one together. I would be lucky to run a sub 42 10,000m now.
Damn, even a comfy mil pension? That's awesome. And thank you for your service, I could not join due to a birth defect :(
I appreciate the words and the complement about the service. I think a lot of the younger generation should consider it. As for the 10,000m it took me 3 years. I was a 33:29 guy my Freshman year. I worked really hard and brought my time down to 29:05 my senior year. Coming from a milers background the 4:40ish pace felt like a solid tempo when moving up to the 10,000m. I honestly think the 5,000m was just to awkward pace wise for me to ever really put a good one together. I would be lucky to run a sub 42 10,000m now.
Right now I'm happy to be sub 45, sub 21 for 5000m lol!
Believe it or not huge fan which was the reason why I came on the post to begin with. My daughter enjoys Van Halen and some other 80s rock when she is getting pumped up for races. Always thought Aric was a fantastic Steepler. I saw he ran LA and figured he is more into it for fitness these days. Saw the hateful stuff towards him and it set me off.
I am the Real deal. Not everyone who gives up running misses out on there opportunity of success in life. Most of the people I associated with during my running days where jerks. Runners are typically egotistical pricks. I think this is for a number of reasons 1.) They are too small and scrawny to win a fight, 2.) they think everyone cares about there running times, 3.) They assume people know who they are, 4.) Bad attitudes, and 5.) They cant hold down a relationship. A college running teammate of mine came to my house and he was a professional runner 2:09 marathon type. I took him out to a local bar for a few drinks he got so intoxicated started yelling at people saying stupid crap like "Do you know who I am" it was embarrassing not only was it disrespectful because we live in the town but it is completely classless. Look at it this way the majority of you guys post towards somebody who finds success and you try to crap all over him or her. This is probably the reason why the majority of you will only be able to look back at running a race as the most successful thing you ever did. I hit times ran inside 4:00 for the mile ran 29:05 for a 10,000m and hit great marks in between. The difference between me and the majority of you is I don't start my conversation out with that it usually does not come up if ever at all. Running is a game or activity treat it as such most of you guys talking trash on this what maybe run 15 something for a 5k if that its not going to get you anywhere keep chasing it. I will keep working with my wife and finding new ways for us to enjoy our life and broaden our future.
Did you know that in the whole of the 90's and 00's and up until 2019, there was only 3 US marathon runners who ran PR's in the 2:09 range. Two of them were already in their 20's as the 90's started. The third one is the closest to your age range and goes by the name Alan Culpepper who graduated college when you were 13.
So I went even further and filtered results to performances and not just PR's and included every performance whether course eligible or not and looked at the year of birth of all sub-2:10 marathon performances. I was even generous and extended the possible years of your college career to throw an even wider net(Any Birth year from 1975-1990 with your birth year being either 82/83) though most of them attended college when it is extremely improbable that you did
The only possible returns would be these guys:
Meb Keflezighi(graduated in 98, when you would have been 15/16)
Abdi Abdirahman(graduated in 99, when you would have been 16/17)
Leonard Korir(Still living in Kenya when you 'retired' in 2008)
Scott Smith(only turned pro in 2010, 2 years after your retirement)
Jared Ward(doesn't drink, Latter Day Saints)
There is really only 3 people who have recorded a sub 2:10 performance that would have been college eligible and/or graduated Highschool in your timeframe:
Ryan Hall
Dathan Ritzenhein
Galen Rupp
I'd struggle to call any of them 2:09 guys as they all have substantially faster PR's than that though LRC did like to call Rupp a 2:09 guy for a while:p). So essentially, all the evidence points to you being a liar and making up your whole story just to preach at others ironically enough.
I am the Real deal. Not everyone who gives up running misses out on there opportunity of success in life. Most of the people I associated with during my running days where jerks. Runners are typically egotistical pricks. I think this is for a number of reasons 1.) They are too small and scrawny to win a fight, 2.) they think everyone cares about there running times, 3.) They assume people know who they are, 4.) Bad attitudes, and 5.) They cant hold down a relationship. A college running teammate of mine came to my house and he was a professional runner 2:09 marathon type. I took him out to a local bar for a few drinks he got so intoxicated started yelling at people saying stupid crap like "Do you know who I am" it was embarrassing not only was it disrespectful because we live in the town but it is completely classless. Look at it this way the majority of you guys post towards somebody who finds success and you try to crap all over him or her. This is probably the reason why the majority of you will only be able to look back at running a race as the most successful thing you ever did. I hit times ran inside 4:00 for the mile ran 29:05 for a 10,000m and hit great marks in between. The difference between me and the majority of you is I don't start my conversation out with that it usually does not come up if ever at all. Running is a game or activity treat it as such most of you guys talking trash on this what maybe run 15 something for a 5k if that its not going to get you anywhere keep chasing it. I will keep working with my wife and finding new ways for us to enjoy our life and broaden our future.
Did you know that in the whole of the 90's and 00's and up until 2019, there was only 3 US marathon runners who ran PR's in the 2:09 range. Two of them were already in their 20's as the 90's started. The third one is the closest to your age range and goes by the name Alan Culpepper who graduated college when you were 13.
So I went even further and filtered results to performances and not just PR's and included every performance whether course eligible or not and looked at the year of birth of all sub-2:10 marathon performances. I was even generous and extended the possible years of your college career to throw an even wider net(Any Birth year from 1975-1990 with your birth year being either 82/83) though most of them attended college when it is extremely improbable that you did
The only possible returns would be these guys:
Meb Keflezighi(graduated in 98, when you would have been 15/16)
Abdi Abdirahman(graduated in 99, when you would have been 16/17)
Leonard Korir(Still living in Kenya when you 'retired' in 2008)
Scott Smith(only turned pro in 2010, 2 years after your retirement)
Jared Ward(doesn't drink, Latter Day Saints)
There is really only 3 people who have recorded a sub 2:10 performance that would have been college eligible and/or graduated Highschool in your timeframe:
Ryan Hall
Dathan Ritzenhein
Galen Rupp
I'd struggle to call any of them 2:09 guys as they all have substantially faster PR's than that though LRC did like to call Rupp a 2:09 guy for a while:p). So essentially, all the evidence points to you being a liar and making up your whole story just to preach at others ironically enough.
Your late it was already determined I was off by a 1 Minute 30 or so seconds on the time
Did you know that in the whole of the 90's and 00's and up until 2019, there was only 3 US marathon runners who ran PR's in the 2:09 range. Two of them were already in their 20's as the 90's started. The third one is the closest to your age range and goes by the name Alan Culpepper who graduated college when you were 13.
So I went even further and filtered results to performances and not just PR's and included every performance whether course eligible or not and looked at the year of birth of all sub-2:10 marathon performances. I was even generous and extended the possible years of your college career to throw an even wider net(Any Birth year from 1975-1990 with your birth year being either 82/83) though most of them attended college when it is extremely improbable that you did
The only possible returns would be these guys:
Meb Keflezighi(graduated in 98, when you would have been 15/16)
Abdi Abdirahman(graduated in 99, when you would have been 16/17)
Leonard Korir(Still living in Kenya when you 'retired' in 2008)
Scott Smith(only turned pro in 2010, 2 years after your retirement)
Jared Ward(doesn't drink, Latter Day Saints)
There is really only 3 people who have recorded a sub 2:10 performance that would have been college eligible and/or graduated Highschool in your timeframe:
Ryan Hall
Dathan Ritzenhein
Galen Rupp
I'd struggle to call any of them 2:09 guys as they all have substantially faster PR's than that though LRC did like to call Rupp a 2:09 guy for a while:p). So essentially, all the evidence points to you being a liar and making up your whole story just to preach at others ironically enough.
Your late it was already determined I was off by a 1 Minute 30 or so seconds on the time
He may be late, but you lie, so that's even worse.
I am a liar that is your opinion I am not going to try and change it and I am not going to insult you for having that opinion. I started posting when people started more or less mentioning Aric or anyone else was stupid to give up the racing dream. All I did was post insight as to what the racing dream is really like for someone that is hitting times but is just not fast enough like myself and many other athletes like myself. Then I went into detail that post running there are a number of other exciting things to do in life. I tossed Vegas in the spectrum because that is something my wife and I enjoy. Maybe European travel is your thing. All I am getting at is if running does not pan out its not the end of the world. Change the running focus into a path of success in a career field and you will find that runners who do that have the drive to be highly successful. Look how driven and competitive this entire message board is that is what makes it in a career if you get passed the insult and disrespect.
He may be late, but you lie, so that's even worse.
I am a liar that is your opinion I am not going to try and change it and I am not going to insult you for having that opinion. I started posting when people started more or less mentioning Aric or anyone else was stupid to give up the racing dream. All I did was post insight as to what the racing dream is really like for someone that is hitting times but is just not fast enough like myself and many other athletes like myself. Then I went into detail that post running there are a number of other exciting things to do in life. I tossed Vegas in the spectrum because that is something my wife and I enjoy. Maybe European travel is your thing. All I am getting at is if running does not pan out its not the end of the world. Change the running focus into a path of success in a career field and you will find that runners who do that have the drive to be highly successful. Look how driven and competitive this entire message board is that is what makes it in a career if you get passed the insult and disrespect.
Dude, the post that "set you off" was clearly sarcasm. Go back and read it again.
I understand what you are saying but there are a number of posts for example health related news that are useful and its always just a bunch of BS. Regardless if it was sarcasm its irritating, its the same stupid joke over and over again on this page. I presume the majority of people on the site are adults.
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