Not really asking about equivalency tables, because I feel like high schoolers tend to perform better in shorter distances relative to longer ones when it comes to those. Sure a 4:30 is equivalent to a 9:38 but I'd be quite a bit more impressed by a 9:38 guy in HS than a 4:30 guy.
I'm thinking it would be "everyone ran a 9:48 2 mile in high school".
Thoughts? What about the 800? Everyone ran a 2:03 800 in high school?
No one admits to having run the 2-mile, lest they expose themselves as a no-talent geek.
As far as 800, "Two minutes" is the response, regardless of how many seconds over 2:00 it actually was.
I had a buddy ho actually ran 3:44 for 1500 in college. He could have easily bragged about being a "4:00 miler", since the conversion is 4:02. Nevertheless he never did anything of the sort, and my respect for his humility and honesty is boundless.
MediocreHSRunner wrote:
Not really asking about equivalency tables, because I feel like high schoolers tend to perform better in shorter distances relative to longer ones when it comes to those. Sure a 4:30 is equivalent to a 9:38 but I'd be quite a bit more impressed by a 9:38 guy in HS than a 4:30 guy.
I'm thinking it would be "everyone ran a 9:48 2 mile in high school".
Thoughts? What about the 800? Everyone ran a 2:03 800 in high school?
As a guy whose PRs were 4:29 and 9:48 in high school, I'm right there with you.
Everyone “split 2 flat in the 4x800” in HS
There is no equivalent, not for any other distance. “The Mile” (in the USA at least) has a blend of mystique and familiarity that cannot be matched. Everyone ran the “The Mile” in school, so they they ‘know a little something about it’, most importantly, what they ran. And there are books, movies about great milers of the past, an international frenzy when the first 4 minute mile was run.
The next closest has to be the 100m dash (movies, heros, 10sec barrier), but even that pales as so (relatively) few people have ever run a timed 100.
Everyone ran sub 10:00 for 2 mile...yet it just doesn't work the same as the mile distance.
In my opinion, 4:30 is about a 9:50 so I think you're pretty close
10 minutes is the barrier to beat for 2 miles. Coincidentally, that was our school record in 1982 before I ran 9:55.
I ran a 4:29 1,600 so I think that qualifies me as a 4:30 miler.
I did run a 4:36 mile an hour before I ran the 9:55 2 mile.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Rest in Peace Adrian Lehmann - 2:11 Swiss marathoner. Dies of heart attack.