Heavy Elite Runner

I don't know where USATF got those numbers, but he weighs about 145 and has never in his life weighed 175.

Broe definitely doesn't weigh 175. But not all those weights are accurate. For instance, he's listed at 165, which is about 20 pounds below his racing weight.

Broe would have to be six-foot-four and a half to hide all that weight if he were tipping 175 on the scales. Track weights and heights are often screwed up--don't ask why. Shannon Butler was listed as 6-0, #170 in the 1991 NCAAs, and he's 5-10 and a buck-forty to forty-five at best.

Maybe they're just trying to drum up some sympathy for their undersponsored athletes. Doesn't this look like the picture of a missing kid on a milk carton?

You know who is heavy though is Paul McMullen. I forget how much he is said to weigh, but he is believed to be the heaviest sub4 guy ever.

Rod Dixon was a stud at the mile through the marathon. He tipped the scales at 175 and enjoyed a six pack of stout every night.

A prime example of a hound dog facial expression

Dixon? What about John Walker? He was just over 180 when he broke 3:50. No exaggeration. Peter Snell was 5-10 178. Something in the Kiwi diet back in the day? Beer and ...?

I read an article that talked about what he called a weight "problem". He went to a nutritionist, lost about 20 pounds and was running faster. I believe this was around USATF nationals time in 2001... The gist of the article was that if he allowed himself to get big, he got slow.