I ran 4:30 in highschool and weighed 220 around age 33-34.
I ran 4:30 in highschool and weighed 220 around age 33-34.
I have seen it. My colleague said he did a 4:09 mile in HS and was recruited D1 when we were talking about HS XC in the area. Didn’t believe him, but he found newspaper clippings and I was floored. Not everyone cares that they were super fast back in the day.
One of my good friends from college ran a 4:01 mile. He also won the conference indoor 1000m in I think 2:24or 2:25. Now he weighs about 220 on his 5'9" frame. Seeing pics he posted on FB you would never think this guy ever ran anything anywhere.
I'm rock'n it at around 205 on my 5'10" frame. I used to weigh around 140-143 when I was competing. I wasn't as fast as my friend but still ran a 14:09 track 5000.
questionnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn wrote:
Like the title says. He's about 23 and 5'7 250 pounds. He says he has gained weight since highschool. I looked on athletic.net but his name isn't there. He says he ran it in gym class. Should I believe him? He keeps insisting but I don't see the evidence. Its kind of hard to believe considering he isn't into running at all now too.
Tell him you have an enormous Johnson, but showing it to him would be inappropriate.
The Six Levels of Fatness - Gabriel Iglesias:
Update: I talked to him at work today and asked to show me the results from the race where he ran 15:30. We went the results and it turns out he ran an 18:20. So I'm 99% sure he hasn't ran faster than an 18:20. As for the 4:30 I also doubt but there is no way to check gym class results obviously. As a previous poster said, it seems like non runners, or people who are not passionate about running seem to incorrectly recall their PRs. IMO this is probably because they don't have enough running experience to understand what different paces feel like, especially race paces. For my co-worker, the race his PR in was back in 2013 so he likely forgot some things.
Pr3fontain3 wrote:
Update: I talked to him at work today and asked to show me the results from the race where he ran 15:30. We went the results and it turns out he ran an 18:20. So I'm 99% sure he hasn't ran faster than an 18:20. As for the 4:30 I also doubt but there is no way to check gym class results obviously. As a previous poster said, it seems like non runners, or people who are not passionate about running seem to incorrectly recall their PRs. IMO this is probably because they don't have enough running experience to understand what different paces feel like, especially race paces. For my co-worker, the race his PR in was back in 2013 so he likely forgot some things.
Has he been fired yet for lying? We can’t live in a world where people can just go around throwing out illegitimate fast PR times without repercussions
I ran 3:30 for the mile in gym class in middle school. But the "mile" was four laps around some field. Alas, I was never able to improve on that time.
questionnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn wrote:
Like the title says. He's about 23 and 5'7 250 pounds. He says he has gained weight since highschool. I looked on athletic.net but his name isn't there. He says he ran it in gym class. Should I believe him? He keeps insisting but I don't see the evidence. Its kind of hard to believe considering he isn't into running at all now too.
No.
This probably more common than not. I know a former state champ that was riddled with stress fractures in college including a femoral fracture that ended his college career. 20+ years later is now similar to that description. Life hits everyone differently.
cig or worse wrote:
My son ran 4:42 in gym class in 8th grade. True that he only ran 4:40 in gym class in high school but could have gone sub 4:30. His PR was 4:10. He had to run 4:40 to get a B in gym class because they are graded based on heart rate.
I would’ve been pretty pissed if they did that to me. What if I had an important workout or race later that day? I was injured senior year but never got a doctors note, just had an agreement with my teacher that I wasn’t able to put full effort in because of it.
Had to run a fast mile last year the day before conference. Older son was state champ in cross country but received a B in gym class because his 4:40 mile didn't elevate his heart rate to an A.
Ding. Winner.
A parent of one of my kids friends has told me similarly fantastic stories. I just nod and play dumb. Its not a hill worth getting grazed on, much less dying on.
college prospect wrote:
Ask him why he didn't take a college scholarship.
Because no one would get a scholarship with a 4:30 PR.
Pr3fontain3 wrote:
Update: I talked to him at work today and asked to show me the results from the race where he ran 15:30. We went the results and it turns out he ran an 18:20. So I'm 99% sure he hasn't ran faster than an 18:20. As for the 4:30 I also doubt but there is no way to check gym class results obviously. As a previous poster said, it seems like non runners, or people who are not passionate about running seem to incorrectly recall their PRs. IMO this is probably because they don't have enough running experience to understand what different paces feel like, especially race paces. For my co-worker, the race his PR in was back in 2013 so he likely forgot some things.
You have bigger problems than this guy who is lying to you if this is your reading and writing level at age 23. Get your grammar together and sharpen up before you worry about somebody running 18:30 again.
Our track was painted on the grass with white paint at the beginning of each spring so I never trusted my times from that.