I bet someone $1000 that I could get a World Athletics profile by the end of 2024. What are my odds of success?

I don't see the point of censoring results that are slower than a certain time. It looks downright comical when there appear to be multiple 1-person heats. In reality, only one person met the arbitary cutoff out of several athletes who competed in that heat. Just show us the entire results. Geez.

To further add fuel to the fire, DNFs by ranked athletes are shown, but "slow" performances by unranked athletes aren't. WTF?

7/10 for getting 5 pages out of something that would never happen. You guys really think that some dudes would bet about getting a World Athletics profile?🙄

You've got a few options, none of them good. Guessing you don't want to pretend to be blind, fake a cerebral palsy diagnosis, or become an amputee. WA processes results achieved in a competition listed in the World Athletics global calendar. NACAC New Life Invitational in Miami in May 2024 seems like your best bet. It's a small meet with a relatively weak field. 8th place in the men's 800 was 1:53, you should be able to hit that in a year with the right training. Get on the start list, finish the race, and claim your profile.

If he can indeed get to a 1:53 800, there won't be a need for him to run it in Miami in May 2024. Since it would be a ranked time, he can achieve it at pretty much any meet listed on TFRRS.

Find some computer geek who can hack the WA site and insert a page. Pay him $300 and you are ahead :)

if you do end up going for this dont immediately ramp up to 80-90 mpw, it takes a long time to build mileage healthily and your just gonna injure yourself if you get too greedy. Start in the 30's and add a couple miles every couple weeks, if you get to the point where you feel like your risking an injury then wait until the pain goes away to keep building. You gotta be careful with mileage, more miles doesnt necessarily make you faster, some people run better off 60 mpw and others might run better off of 80, you just need find what training plan works for you and keeps you healthy

I somehow have one. If can do it, so can you!!!

If 4:25 at BU would get you a profile, this seems like the most realistic goal IMO. Still not insanely easier than 8:45, but doable. You'll still need to train really hard for it.

there's 678 days left until 2025. Just save $1.48 per day and you'll be fine. That's easier than getting an IAAF profile.

Save the money and have it available, but hope that they forget the bet.

Tell them you'll give them $250 today instead, or otherwise they'll need to wait to 2025 to collect.

Probably not but worth a try. It beats doing nothing.

Don’t let them do to you what they did to me. Got my name mixed up with someone else. Tried to correct it several time (sent in results, links, etc., even thought about sending photos) all to no avail. Oh well, live and learn.

Are you still training and if so how's it going? I just looked at the world athletics website, and the times that you need for a profile are 4:08.00 for the outdoor 1500 (4:10.00 for indoor), and 4:27.00 for the outdoor mile (4:30.00 indoor). Those would probably be the easiest to run in a shorter time frame, and because you are more fast twitch, it will be difficult to run a decent 3000/5000 with so little training.

Nope. I got into a freak accident late last year (non-running related) and was out for months. Forget about times, now I'm just happy that I can run a 5K without stopping.

I paid the guy $500, he took me out to dinner, and we pretty much called off the bet.