Yesterday, we got a press release from the Vienna Marathon that talks about how Günther Weidlinger - the guy famous for his steeple fall at world's 2007 - will be making his marathon debut there on April 19th.
We put the release up in our news section:
http://www.letsrun.com/2009/viennamarathon0113.php
Earlier tonight, I was reading the article to see if it deserved mention on the homepage. I was stunned to learn how good Weidlinger is. Weidlinger has the Austrian records at everything from 1,500 to the half marathon INCLUDING THE STEEPLE.
His PRs reveal unreal range: 1,500 m (3:34.69 minutes), 3,000 m (Indoors: 7:44.19), 3,000 m steeple chase (8:10.83), 5,000 m (13:13.44), 10,000 m (27:36.46), 10 k road (28:10) and half marathon (61:42).
The Austrian record in the marathon is only 2:12:22 so he'll likely get that.
Can anyone else think of someone who has ever national record from 1,500 to the marathon including the steeple?
-Rojo.
PS. IF you want to cringe, the steeple fall video is here: