A great accomplishment in golf is "shooting one's age" -- e.g., a 75-year old shooting 75. Seem to me that an equally difficult feat might be running one's age in the 400 meters. I wonder how many people have done it? There must be a few 60-year olds who can break 60, 70-year olds who can break 70, etc. . . . has anyone here done it?
Yeah, I can run a 38 second 400;(
I've only ever heard of shooting your age for 9 holes, not 18. Who has shot their age for 18?! Probably a handful of people, I'd guess, assuming we restrict our attention to full courses, not pitch and putt par threes. I'd guess running your age in a 400 would be at least as difficult. Mr. Whitlock can probably do it. Maybe he'll respond. I poked around a little. Charles Allie ran 52 as a 55 year old back in 03. So it's been done. I wonder who the youngest person to achieve this feat. The USATF record for 50 year old is 51. So it might be Charles.
I must say that before I did the search, I thought that maybe no one had done it. Now that I'm in my mid-forties, I realize how frackin good the masters' records are.
Wild: Just saw the thread about him. Was that what prompted the question?
Male runners begin running their age for 400 meters about age 55. An example of some indoor times that I am aware of that were run by Canadian Earl Fee. These times may have been bettered by Mr. Fee or others since they were run.
age 70--61.31
age 75--66.28
age 80--71.23
I just came from doing it...I had to slow down,actually, so I wouldn't go under 23 seconds.
One thing is certain: no one under the age of 51 has done it. There are about a dozen in the M50 who have run 51, so likely a few of those have done so.
It then gets easier as you age: two dozen or so M55 at or under 55, then loads of guys in their 60's and 70's. In your 80's it starts getting hard again, only about two dozen there.
I'm shooting for my late 50's/60 (53 now)
It's on my list of things to do. I'll have to wait five years or so.
I've often wished there were some kind of recognition for running a mile (or 1500, esp. for women) in one's age. For instance, running 5:00.00 or faster on your 50th birthday; then you'd go up six seconds per year, and a half-second for each additional month.
I know Coghlan went sub-four at 40+, so he'd certainly qualify; and I don't think any 39-year-olds have gone 3:54 (except for 1500, of course), so maybe he's the youngest male to do it.
I'd guess that multiple 60-year-olds have broken 6:00.00; but it would be nice for people to get that recognition.
As to the oldest qualifier--maybe Larry Lewis? IIRC he was running (multiple) miles faster than 8:00 in road races, when he was 100+ years old.
I don't think I'll ever qualify for this, because I can't run at all--unless I can learn to walk faster, or live to 120, I think a mile under my age is unlikely. But maybe walking a marathon? I'd hope to be able to walk 26.22 in less than six hours at age 60...
BTW "shooting your age" in gold does indeed refer to a full 18-hole course, though probably one of the easier layouts--still at least 6,000 yards, though.
I always thought that that was one thing I would be able to do at my current age. In my mid 40's I could still run 56-57 without concentrating on speedwork. Pretty easy to keep it up and emphasize more speed 10 years later right???? Wrong. 10 years later I can't get under 70.
Mytho wrote:
then loads of guys in their 60's and 70's. In your 80's it starts getting hard again, only about two dozen there.
I'm not sure that "loads" of guys can run under their age in their 60s or 70s, in fact, I think it's pretty rare.
I mean comparatively. #50 all-time is 58 sec for M60, 61 for M65, 65 for M70, etc.http://www.mastersathletics.net/fileadmin/html/Rankings/All_Time/400metresmen.htm
Mr. Me wrote:
Mytho wrote:then loads of guys in their 60's and 70's. In your 80's it starts getting hard again, only about two dozen there.
I'm not sure that "loads" of guys can run under their age in their 60s or 70s, in fact, I think it's pretty rare.
I am 51 and can run maybe 55 or 56. Doubt I can hang on to that for 5 more years.
But I have run under 5 minutes for a mile at age 51. That is worth something, I guess.
Australians.
Colin Buyers(60) 57.35
(65) 58.90
Hugh Coogan (70) 60.77
Wally Stubbings (75) 73.00
Any women run their age for a 400m?
In response to myself:It looks like it is possible that a woman may have done so.From WMA it looks like this woman was close, and doesn't rule out the possibility of someone else doing so at age 68 or 69.
W 65 68.21 Diane Palmason CAN
Interesting question. I feel like it is very unfair for those under 40 years of age however.
I guess if it makes the oldies on this board feel better about themselves that's a good thing, but this is even worse than age grading. It's like age grading but gives the oldies a head start. *shudders*
No, it's not really like that.
At least I just see it as a weird piece of trivia.