I am thinking of those runners who stayed with the same event and ran their fastest times when they were over the age of 32.
I am thinking of those runners who stayed with the same event and ran their fastest times when they were over the age of 32.
eamonn coughlan, kelly holmes, johnney grey, mj...
Carlos Lopez - 10K WR at 37 and 2:09 marathon at 38
George Young
Didn't break 4 in the mile till he was well into his 30's from what i've heard.
I believe Henry Marsh ran AR in steeple and broke 4 in the mile for the 1st time at age 35.
i love ny wrote:
I believe Henry Marsh ran AR in steeple and broke 4 in the mile for the 1st time at age 35.
Marsh broke 4:00 in the mile in 1985 when he was 31, the same year he set the AR in the steeplechase for the 4th time (1977, 1980, 1984, 1985)
Lorraine Moeller and Carlos Lopes.
marijuologist wrote:
Carlos Lopez - 10K WR at 37 and 2:09 marathon at 38
2:07:12.
Better get back to smoking the ole peace pipe.
Also, it is Lopes, not Lopez, and he never held the 10K record, as Mamede beat him in the same race.
deek had to be in his 30's when he ran 2:07:51 at Boston in 86 or 87.
nj wrote:
deek had to be in his 30's when he ran 2:07:51 at Boston in 86 or 87.
He had to be 29 when he ran 2:07:51.
Living in the Past
easy one.. wrote:
Living in the Past
Who the heck is living in the past?
berhane adere at the age of 37( HER REALAGE) she won 2003 WC 10,000
Despite all the naysayers I continued to improve and break records well into my late 30s.
edddie wrote:
eamonn coughlan, kelly holmes, johnney grey, mj...
Coghlan ran his fastest mile at 30, Johnny Gray ran his fastest 800m at 25. Johnson 200m at 28, 400m at 31. None of them set personal bests after the age of 32.
Here in New England are a few:
Gary Nixon, starting running in his 30's, ran a 5k 14:35 at 38. 51:30 hilly 10 miler same year, course record.
Bill Borelan (sp?) at 68 just ran a 23:40 4 miler.
How about New Zealand's Jack Foster, who didn't even begin running until age 32. He made the Olympic marathon twice: Munich in 72 where he finished 8th, and Montreal four years later where he finished 17th at age 44 (The Olympics at 44!).
He ran a 2:11:18 marathon at age 41.
At one time, he ran 80 laps on the track and got the world record for 20 miles, and NZ records at 15 miles, 25k, and 30k. He also finished 4th at Fukuoka in 1970 in his late 30's with a 2:12:17 marathon.
Carlos Lopes (pronounced like Lopez with a lispy "es" at the end--which may be why some spelled it wrong) also gets my vote as the best old guy ever, but I would put Jack Foster second, and Belgium's Gaston Roelants third (Roelants was also great when he was young too).
Howz about Coleen De Reuck for best older female?
Fernando Mamede was 33 when he set the world record in the 10k in 27:13 in 1984.
Hammou Boutayeb of Morocco was 34 when he ran the 10k in 27:25 in Oslo in 1990.
Nikolay Sviridov was 35 when he was ranked number one in the 10k by T&FN in 1973 for winning the European Cup.
John Campbell of New Zealand ran the marathon in 2:11:04 at the age of 41.
Miruts Yifter was 37 (or possibly 41) when he won two gold medals at the Olympics in Moscow in 1980. In 1977, he ran 13:13.82 in Dusseldorf to beat Marty Liquori.
407th wrote:
easy one.. wrote:Living in the Past
Who the heck is living in the past?
This is an inside joke. I ruffled some feathers when I made the case that Ryun's coach burned him out. Also, not too many runners who started at Oregon as true freshmen under Bill Dellinger managed to improve past the age of 25. That's what overtraining at a young age will do to you.
Now, some of the guys who transferred to Oregon like Matt Centrowitz and Art Boileau did quite well after college. But that might be because they avoided coming under Dellinger until they were a little older than 18. There are some exceptions, of course, like Ken Martin who was a steeplechaser but ended up running 2:09 for the marathon.