My coaches all died. Anyone else w/o their HS or college coaches?

This is Jim Kiler wrote:

No matter that the second-fastest 3200 ever run at my high school was in the 60s, and the fastest in the 80s, history now shows that my school's record holder did this in 2010, even though his time is 17 seconds slower than I ran.

FTFY

Hmmm. From your post, and using my highly advanced skills of deductive reasoning and my overwhelming grasp of recognizing the obvious, I can surmise one of 2 things must be true. 1). You should be questioned regarding your whereabouts on the dates of passing for these 2 individuals. 2). You are, in fact, 85 years old.

I'm betting that in the 1960s and 1980s, they ran imperial distances, so the 3200m record is for that distance, even though obviously inferior.

My main high school track and cross country coaches both died in their 80s in the last decade. RIP. They also taught history and math, respectively. The cross country coach didn't give us any workouts that I can recall, but he took us out to beautiful places to run, so it was very enjoyable. And I t.a.'d for the track coach. Both were fundamental to area running when they were young.

20 years later I recently reconnected with my high school coach, he is going to make some mile training plans for me even though he is a professor and I am a minute slower.

For four years in high school, and a few before than when I was on a swim team that practiced at the high school indoor pool, I would look up and see that number from the 60s. I can still see online the time recorded, by someone over 20 years ago, and it says 3200 meters. Yes, likely extrapolated.

The time from the 80s was mine. I ran 3200 meters.

u caint right good wrote:

This is Jim Kiler wrote:

No matter that the second-fastest 3200 ever run at my high school was in the 60s, and the fastest in the 80s, history now shows that my school's record holder did this in 2010, even though his time is 17 seconds slower than I ran.

FTFY

This is interesting.

I'm 55.

I ran my school's 3200 record when I was 17, in 1984. I beat a record, recorded as a 3200, that was from 1967. According to the school now, however, the record is 17 seconds slower than I ran, and 1 second slower than the 1967 guy ran, by a guy who ran in 2010.

I hope I make it to 85. History tells me I'll still have the records at my high school.

This is Jim Kiler wrote:

It gets worse, this coaches-dying thing.

Since finding this out the other day, I dug a bit into history to see how my times and places stack up against all the runners who came after me. It seems now, though, history began with the advent of milesplit and such. No matter that the second-fastest 3200 ever ran at my high school was in the 60s, and the fastest in the 80s, history now shows that my school's record holder did this in 2010, even though his time is 17 seconds slower than I ran.

Ain't technology great?

Hopefully your school has somebody who has kept records. The school I coach at put up a record board for the first time last year. Many records from 40 or 50 years ago on there. Same thing with milesplit thinking they are the authority despite showing a 3200m record of like 9:30 when the actual record is sub 9 from 30 years ago.

If that's true, I'd just contact the current coach or admin and correct it.

In the 1980s, we ran 100y through 2 miles on our home 440y cinder track, as well as at many other local high schools, and metric distances, including 3200m, at the all weather 400m county champs track and at invitationals. Decades ago now, they replaced the imperial cinder tracks with metric all weather tracks in the county.

Two HS coaches. One still alive. College coach still alive.

my former high school coach’s dad died

What if the coach was a SOB? Should one call him and tell him before it's too late?