https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/uk-track-field-results-december-28-2021-1039952496/AW wrote:
Just a week past his 60th birthday, Guy Bracken smashed the world masters M60 3000m indoor record with 9:39.20 in finishing second in the race behind M35 competitor Kristian Walker (9:07.23).
Bracken’s time took two seconds off Ireland’s Thomas Hughes’ 9:41.24 from last year and improved on the previous British record of 9:43.88 set by Andrew Brown in 1994.
Yawn....
In other news....I just had a pizza at the bowling alley.
I am 55 and can run that.
not an official wrote:
I am 55 and can run that.
Well, cool. Do it in 5 years and set a WR.
What are the chances that I am the fastest man to ever live? Just pointing out that I am not that much younger while running similar times.
Sorry but a lot changes in those 5 years. And by changes I mean they are not good ones.
not an official wrote:
What are the chances that I am the fastest man to ever live? Just pointing out that I am not that much younger while running similar times.
Post it up in five years to collect your accolades
lol of course you can. see it in 5 years
Age records are like ultra records.
Ireland's Shane Healy will be swooping those age group records up in the next few years
OozmaKappa wrote:
Age records are like ultra records.
True. Both of those are recorded and people can break them. Don't forget track records, course records, school records, and team records. All of those are set and are targets to beat.
9:39 at 60 is DAMN IMPRESSIVE.
Dang.
I just watched about seven guys run 9:39 at a D3 indoor meet. Winner was 9:09 ish.
It's a great time. What is the Mile record at 60 because 9:39 would be what, 10:15 for 2 miles? sub-5:10s back to back?
Solid.
not an official wrote:
I am 55 and can run that.
Found the liar ^
I ran 9:54 in the summer on a hot day. I estimate that I could have run 9:40 in ideal conditions. I assume that I will decline to over 10 minutes at 60 which is why I expected the record to be faster. I was never a national class runner.
patti wrote:
lol of course you can. see it in 5 years
In outdoor 3000m, there is about 25 sec difference between M55 and M60 world records.
So, the M55 3000m USATF national indoor championship winning time was 10:09 in 2019, the most recent year it was run. (Link: https://usatfmasters.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2019MTF-IndoorNationalsResults.pdf) Not everyone is into USATF, of course, but you should have comparable race times somewhere. I'm not convinced that "9:39? Yawn me too so easy" is based on reality.
5 weeks ago M50 3000m indoor world record 8:37.73
Spain
In 4-5 years M55 3000m will be closer to 8:50
not an official wrote:
I am 55 and can run that.
Go out and do it then, you old geezer.
Seems hubris and/or delusion doesn’t change as we get older.
Most of the M60 middle distance records are about the same as my mid-40s PRs, so I guessed one second off. I wish I was as good at building a time machine as I am at guessing records.
Here is another geezer-record holder in action:
Just to give an idea of how strong these runners are. The former record holder Tommy Hughes ran 2:27 for the marathon at 59. He ran a 71:09 half and 2:30.02 Marathon and 25:57 for 5 miles at 60. Just last month, a month before his 62nd Birthday, he ran 33:33 for 10k.
Pretty incredible if you ask me.