Confirmed: Reyes Estevez's 2:16:26 is fastest ever by a 48 year old

This guy has been banned for doping in the past though. Just want to put it out there that doping can greatly extend your career even if you're no longer doing it, so this record isn't as wholesome as it should be.

I think your information is wrong because he was in fact questioned by the Spanish authorities but never convicted and never served time as far as I know. The fact that you say he was banned for doping I believe is completely erroneous and should be retracted. If I'm wrong in what I say I stand corrected but please show the evidence that what you state is true.

He seems like a doper.

There is lots of circumstantial evidence.

ESTEVEZ IS BACK BABY!!!! AYE CARAMBA!!!!

Never proven or convicted.

"The law treats circumstantial and direct evidence equally, and fact finders are not given special direction when a trial depends entirely on circumstantial evidence. The question for the jury is whether the prosecution has proven the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." (Source: Law Manual guide)

As in Estevez's "case" it never even went that far we should assume that there was not enough evidence to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he did in fact dope, beyond all the rumors circulating and some of the company that he kept.

Estevez has always denied doping systematically and never admitted guilt.

Another facet with regard to this monster (Reyes E.) is that he has had such a long career spanning 25 years which indicates that he might in fact be squeaky clean because research demonstrates that taking different pharmaceutical drugs has a deleterious effect on one's physical shape long-term which directly contradicts the magnificent physical state this monster finds himself in at this time.

In Catalonia, Reyes E. is considered a Demigod and I think we should leave it at that. Rumours should not taint/discredit his amazing career and his present status as the fastest ever 48 year old to have run a marathon, 2:16:26.

Photographs on Instagram reveal Estevez to be a magnificent physical specimen built like a Greek God - all muscle and extremely low body fat. Probably an extreme anti aging outlier.

Ghost, is there ANY athlete in the world who has not been busted that you suspect is doping? Anyone at all? Or do you just assume they are “squeaky clean monsters?”

Also Ghost, and there is nothing wrong with being gay of course, but are you gay? You really seem to have an amazing ability to describe these athletic bodies, and you seem to be in admiration.

I don't think that's fully up to date because Mark Kiptoo ran 2:10:54 after his 48th birthday this year. He ran 2:09:10 at 47 in March too

worldathletics.org

Mark Kosgei KIPTOO | Profile | World Athletics

Mark Kosgei KIPTOO, Kenya

Open link

Putin suks. Cheating is Cheating

Little known fact Reyes Estevez ran 3:30.57 in 1999, 25 years later he runs a 2:16 Marathon, It is good to see former World Class runners staying in shape in retirement

Actually, it's pretty shocking that Kiptoo is the first person to set an age record in super shoes of anyone over 47, of which he is only 48. Perhaps it's possible that the older runners are as masters, the less likely they are to get the gains from super shoes that younger runners get. Perhaps related to the reduction in resilience of the tendons (Achilles) and the significant loss of strength in key muscles (soleus) seen with aging. Still, it looks like Kiptoo has the potential to re-write the age WR list for who knows how many years to come. It is interesting, as well, that none of the runners on that list are of East African background. That right there suggests to me that those records could be threatened in years to come.

Hugh’s ran 2:28 at 59. And 2:30 at 62. You really want to say the shoes didn’t help him run faster? We have only had the new shoes for a half dozen years and the age group phenoms don’t come around that often. Guy like Piet van alphen are athletes that show up every 50 years. Eventually things will line up and some dude will smash a bunch of those records. But it might take another decade or two.

You make an important point about muscle strength and the need to maintain this when you age, especially after the age of 40, and the fact that Reyes Estevez is actually stronger at age 48 than he was in his prime, indicates that he is in fact spending a lot of time in the gym, probably actually lifting heavy weights.

I saw on Instagram that he (Reyes E.), trains like a triathlete and we all know that triathletes maintain better muscular strength over time compared with simple marathon runners many of whom are just basically heart lung machines.

The problem with many distance runners that I've observed is that when they get to the master stage their body types become skinny fat syndrome types of bodies, for those who are still slim, and then with the loss of testosterone and the lack of weight training - exacerbates this trend and ultimately proves negative in maintaining good body composition.

Everything is linked, because if your body becomes weak in the core you will no longer be able to run at a decent pace over any distance.

The answer to the above as Reyes Estevez has proved, is weight training or other forms of strength training, good nutrition, paying attention to good protein intake.

There are men who commit sexual assaults. You are a man. We must assume you commit sexaul assault.

We simply have to give people the benefit of the doubt until they fail a test.

No one said squeaky clean, except you.

I don’t like it when people like you tell lies. Ghost often refers to runners as being “squeaky clean.” You are not very bright.

Tommy Hughes ran 2.30.02 at 60 so it seems very very likely.

Anyone have age group results from Valencia? The race website only has men and women's results overall. Great for finding the top 100 or 200 but after that hard to follow.

Intuitively, if you don't have the same "pop in the hop" intrinsically, so to speak, I wouldn't expect to get the same magnitude of energy storage and regeneration from the shoe of someone younger that is otherwise of similar body structure and performance capability, as a general rule. Just a hypothesis.