I'm all for great stories and I don't want to negative but you have got to wonder what he's thinking. The man is 48 years old. I guess he's been practicing...
If you did not supply the link, I would not have believed it.
This is truly strange, as I was thinking he was talking about Masters. But if he can really run 51 seconds at nearly age 50, that is superhuman. Guess we should look for Carl Lewis and Nehemiah to be next.
In the era of Johnny Gill, Edwin certainly has the proper credentials to try this, and certainly deserves a hell of a lot more publicity. It will definitely raise the public awareness of track up until the day he gets out there and runs 55 seconds right before the trials.
This is from T-man's post. From this article it seems like he's very realistic about what he can still do. I think it will be great to see him run again. The Master's records are toast!
PARIS Aug. 31 ?
Hurdling great Edwin Moses is returning to the track 14 years after his retirement with the goal of qualifying for next year's U.S. Olympic Trials.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter hurdles, winner of 122 consecutive races over almost a decade, made the announcement on Sunday, his 48th birthday and the 20th anniversary of his last world-record run 47.02 seconds in Koblenz, Germany.
It still is the second-best mark ever.
Moses called it "a limited comeback" and expressed no illusions of returning to world-class form to challenge Felix Sanchez, the New York-born world champion who competes for the Dominican Republic.
"He would make me look the way I used to make other people look," Moses said. "I'll probably become a world record-holder for the 46-to-50 age group, which will be fun. But I don't expect to be running against young boys who are young enough to be my son. That's totally unrealistic and that's not what it's about."
He also discounted his chances of making the U.S. team for next year's Athens Olympics.
"My goal is the Olympic Trials standard. I'm totally realistic about what I think I can do," Moses said. "Athens to me is something that is not even realistic to think about. I'm not going to sit here and say I'm trying to go to Athens and look like a jerk. To run 48 or 49 seconds at my age would be very, very difficult, to be honest with you. Fifty seconds to me is reasonable."
The announcement was made with great fanfare, on the final day of the World Championships, at one of the finest hotels in Paris, the Hotel George V Four Seasons, just off the Champs-Elysees. He wants to reach 50.5 seconds, the "B" qualifying standard for the 400 hurdles in the United States.
To do so, he plans to run mainly in age-group races and exhibitions.
"I will be running against seniors, people in my age group," he said. "But I just think I will be better than the average 48-year-old and I'll be able to beat some 18- and 19-year-olds without a doubt. ... Even if I don't do it, I will be one of the most physically fit people my age on the planet."
Moses said back pain forced his retirement at age 34 in 1988, following his bronze medal finish at the Seoul Olympics. But he said through therapy and chiropractic care the pain has vanished.
Moses has been a major influence in sports since his retirement as a runner. He is a member of the International Olympic Committee's ethics commission and is a past member of the IOC athletes commission and medical commission, where he helped pioneer drug testing. He is chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, which works to help underprivileged children around the world.
Moses said he was returning to racing as a challenge and as motivation to others.
"In my country, in a lot of the Western countries, 60 percent of the kids are overweight. They do no physical activity because gymnasiums in the school systems have been shut down. Sixty percent of the adults in the United States are overweight."
"I think I have the power mentally," he said. "The question is going to be physically will it be able to happen. The mind drives the body in athletic. You can be the strongest guy in the 100 meters and come in dead last."
Just for reference: the age-50 WR's for the flat 400 and 400 hurdles are 51.39 and 58.1.
World Master records
400 METERS
DIV. MARK NAME Â (COUNTRY) AGE MEET DATE
M40 48.10 Rolf Gisler (SWI) 41 7-22-95
M45 50.20 Fred Sowerby (USA) 45 8-12-94
M50 51.39 Fred Sowerby (USA) 50 8-27-99
M55 52.6 Ralph Romain (TRI) 58 7-22-90
M60 53.88 Ralph Romain (TRI) 63 7-22-95
M65 57.52 Berthold Neumann (GER) 65 7-22-96
M70 61.29 Wilhelm Selzer (GER) 70 8-15-97
M75 66.88 Lucas Nel (RSA) 76 8-7-99
M80 72.85 Mike Johnston (AUS) 80 4-1-02
M85 90.99 Herbert Liedtke (SWE) 85 7-13-01
M90 1:57.46 Toshio Kojima (JPN) 91 10-20-96
M95 2:38.64 Erwin Jaskulski (AUT) 98 9-24-00
LONG HURDLES (400m: 35-49,36"; 50-59,33"; 300m: 60+,30")
DIV. MARK NAME Â (COUNTRY) AGE MEET DATE
M40 52.7 Stan Druckrey (USA) 40 7-8-89
M45 55.18 Guido Mueller (GER) 47 8-1-86
M50 58.1 Jack Greenwood (USA) 50 7-3-76
M55 58.92 Guido Mueller (FRG) 56 7-16-95
M60 42.31 Guido Mueller (FRG) 60 8-1-99
M65 45.20 Jack Greenwood (USA) 65 7-25-91
M70 49.07 Earl Fee (CAN) 70 8-28-99
M75 55.33 Dan Bulkley (USA) 77 10-2-94
M80 62.61 Dan Bulkley (USA) 82 8-1-99
M85 89.11 Bob Boal (USA) 85 10-12-97
I CAN't , I HAVE TOO MANY BOYFRIENDS RIGHT NOW, I AM ENJOYING MY LIFE....!!
I think this is actually pretty sad, even if he is the world's greatest 48-year-old hurdler. I'm sorry Edwin doesn't have anything better to do at this point in his life.
We have a lot of fat kids in the US but 60% is a grossly exaggerated figure.
I think this is actually pretty sad, even if he is the world's greatest 48-year-old hurdler. I'm sorry Edwin doesn't have anything better to do at this point in his life.
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Fact pointer outer, I'm pretty sure I can assume that you are in your late teens or early 20's, thus have the knowledge & wisdom to know what's worthwhile in life to pursue when you turn 48 or 50. Maybe you can explain what's exactly wrong with Edwin's goals, or what might be a "better" goal for him to pursue? I'm sure you have a great answer, and Edwin himself is waiting for you to reply.
For what it's worth, I'm older than Edwin
Edwin Moses will comeback and run a fast 400 hurdles as much as Mary Slaney will comeback and run a fast marathon.
don't mention Moses and that *mujer* in the same breath/post.
moses is a great guy, i met him at the trials in sacramento. Sign me an authograph, very polite and humble. It was with a very hot asian girl. Edwin looked thin and health. GO EDWIN, I BELIEVE IN YOU, YOU CAN BREAK 51!!!
Edwin Moses was always the classiest of athletes, a true professional who mostly let his performances speak for themselves. More so than any other athlete, he made his event his life, including being one of the first to keep computer data on every aspect of his training. He sounds like he's still the same person who probably knows exactly what he is capable of. The publicity he will bring to the sport is good and, hey, if he can land a little extra money from and enlightened sponsor, I think he deserves a late-in-the-day payoff for his standing as a model for how to become a world-class performer.
Maybe we can talk Steve Scott, Craig Virgin, Mark Nenow, Alberto Salazar, Jim Spivey and a few others into coming out of retirement. Even in their late 40's or early 50's, I'm betting they could do better than some of our current crop did at Worlds.
that much exaggeration is not good for you...........asshole.
you get out there and run--middle-aged prick.
Weed and whores for everybody.
jorge suporrter wrote:that much exaggeration is not good for you...........asshole.
you get out there and run--middle-aged prick.
Geez...get a grip. Where's your sense of humor?
Zat0pek wrote:
Maybe we can talk Steve Scott, Craig Virgin, Mark Nenow, Alberto Salazar, Jim Spivey and a few others into coming out of retirement. Even in their late 40's or early 50's, I'm betting they could do better than some of our current crop did at Worlds.
Excellent point, zat!!