If him was a 61-yr old named Nathaniel Kiplagat, LRC would throw PED accusations at him.
My immediate thought reading the title was "I bet he has an 'anti-aging' doctor".
Nat seems clean to me. He's your typical scrawny runner, not ripped like some of the more obvious TRT masters guys. Plus he didn't come out of nowhere. He's been running at a high level for decades.
I’m more impressed by the 2:18 marathon he ran at age 30.
1:16:19 at age 61 = 94.23%.
2:18:00 at age 30 = 88.15%.
Not even close.
I'm convinced anyone who posts age grades as an argument in discussions like these does not understand how age grades work. 2:18 and this are a heck of a lot closer than the 6% age grade difference noted and I agree with the other poster I'm more impressed with the 2:18 while also being super impressed with the 1:16!!! You don't have to sh*t on one performance to prop up another, both are awesome.
I'm convinced anyone who posts age grades as an argument in discussions like these does not understand how age grades work. 2:18 and this are a heck of a lot closer than the 6% age grade difference noted and I agree with the other poster I'm more impressed with the 2:18 while also being super impressed with the 1:16!!! You don't have to sh*t on one performance to prop up another, both are awesome.
This is rubbish. A 2:18 is a very good time at 30, a 1:16 half at age 61 is nuts. If the record is 2:00hr-flat for open, he is 18 minutes off of the 2-flat record. Do you think a 61--year-old has 9-10 minutes to give in the half-marathon? You're high.
I'm convinced anyone who posts age grades as an argument in discussions like these does not understand how age grades work. 2:18 and this are a heck of a lot closer than the 6% age grade difference noted and I agree with the other poster I'm more impressed with the 2:18 while also being super impressed with the 1:16!!! You don't have to sh*t on one performance to prop up another, both are awesome.
This is rubbish. A 2:18 is a very good time at 30, a 1:16 half at age 61 is nuts. If the record is 2:00hr-flat for open, he is 18 minutes off of the 2-flat record. Do you think a 61--year-old has 9-10 minutes to give in the half-marathon? You're high.
There is no money at 61 versus 30/open thus the performances can never be considered equal by just a straight comparison against the best time at an age. The day the money is equal through the age ranges I would consider age grades worthwhile, that will never happen so most people who prop up age grades are the older folks who know how hard it is to keep training at a good level for that long (I'm an older person who acknowledges how hard it is and is impressed by good performances!).
You say 2:18 is a very good time at 30 and 1:16 at 61 is nuts, I'd contend both are nuts (nearing 90% of WR is nuts, I know Letsrun may not think so but it is).
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