Local elites?

congratulations. you have successfully bragged about your race times in the guise of posting a question about elite runners. we are all terribly impressed.

Wow! I'm so happy that I have impressed somebody who has nothing better to do late on a Friday night than cruise around LetsRun and look for people to bash. This is, indeed, a proud moment! I think I might cry. It won't be a happy cry, but more like a cry when Kordell Stewart started blubbering after Bill Cowher yelled at him on the sidelines, because "local elite," you play Bill Cowher to my Kordell Stewart.

Not that I have to justify myself or what I wrote to people of your apparent maturity level or level of insecurity, but I posted my 5K time to get an idea of where it would place in a bigger running market. If you knew anything about me, you would realize that I am not the bragging type.

Okay, back to my original question: what sorts of times are considered "local elite" in other cities/areas? Thanks!

guess you would make the list in NYC, in one of the reasonably competitive races. Pretty good company:

2005 COOGANS, SALSA, BLUES & SHAMROCKS 5K

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DOWNIN MATT M28 3753 WESTWOOD NJ 1 1 1 14:44

POWELL ANDY M24 5266 NEW YORK NY 2 2 2 14:45

HENWOOD JOHN M32 4983 NEW YORK NY 3 3 1 14:47

MULVEY VINCENT M26 5592 RUNC NEW ROCHELLE NY 4 4 3 14:48 BOZHKO YUEVGENI M29 5718 WS NEW YORK NY 5 5 4 14:56

KABISO KASSAHUN M21 5369 WTC PEEKSKILL NY 6 6 5 15:02 WONG ROBERT M23 5706 BOSTON MA 7 7 6 15:07

MWANGI PAUL M37 4205 WSX OSSINING NY 8 8 2 15:30

PIENTA JOSEPH M22 5591 RUNC BROOKLYN NY 9 9 7 15:51

GARCIA FELIPE M22 3838 WSX BROOKLYN NY 10 10 8 15:53

My opinion is the term is meaningless and that 15 min local runners should know exactly where they are in the pecking order (i.e. decent, but non-elite).

Runnin' Honky wrote:

Wow! I'm so happy that I have impressed somebody who has nothing better to do late on a Friday night than cruise around LetsRun and look for people to bash. This is, indeed, a proud moment!

wow! i am so happy that i have brought pride to somebody who has nothing to do late on a friday night than post on letsrun looking for people to impress.

"hey everybody, look at my time! am I elite? please tell me i am elite! i will feel so much better! oh actually i just want to know where i stand and all that for, um, er, 'informational purposes' yeah, i'm just curious, that's it. but if you could tell me that i am 'elite' it would satisfy my fragile runner ego.

Runnin' Honky wrote:

I've heard the term "local elites" used to describe people who consistently finish in the top X (5, 10, etc.) of runners in a city. I have heard people mention my name in that category here in Tucson, AZ, and find it strange that people would consider me "elite." When I used to run races in Pennsylvania and now when I travel to races in California, I can run the same, or faster, times than my races in Tucson (15:46 for 5K) and be well off the leaders. So it seems that a "local elite" in Tucson seems to be an "also ran," at best, in bigger racing arenas. I'm curious about what times are considered "local elite" in other areas... not counting places like Mammoth Lakes, CA, or Hanson Brothers City, USA.

In some smaller towns....people think you are great when you win the local 5k in 18:00 (usally this would mean a win by 4 or 5 minutes)

I've never used - and am not sure I've ever heard - the term "local elite." To me, elite is, well, elite. If it has to be modified by "local," then it ain't elite.

I think the description "locally competitive" is more accurate.

Rather, "local yokel."

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