Which Bolder Boulder result is more impressive?

I'll go with Libby since she's closer to my age but both are really impressive.

What ages are covered by the M10 division? If it is a 10-14 kind of age group, I'm less impressed. But always a chance that the kid Kip'd the course.

It's a one-year age group, Tyler is 10.

Yeah, the Bolder Boulder is so massive that every year has its own category.

Tyler has been ripping it up, running 17:30's for 5k's nearly every weekend. On this course, that's a pretty impressive time. It will be fun to watch him develop.

That woman's time is amazing too. A lot of great performances out there today. Don't forget Doug Bell, who ran 36:42 as a 60yo.

Too hard to say, both are very impressive.

What does the 10 year old kids time equate to at sea level?

Why is a 10 year old road racing every weekend?

why not? please provide evidence against this other than "uh, i um heard it's bad, uh, for their bones & whatever."

Yes, lot's of world class runners were road racing at 10. I stand corrected.

UsedToBeKnowItAll wrote:

It will be fun to watch him develop.

Wouldn't count on that. This isn't basketball. No elementary aged phenom makes it to being a high school or college star runner in the US, let alone a pro and Olympian. Just doesn't happen, it's unheard of, and there are reasons for that. This kid is running well because he has an ideal build and physiology for it right now and is in a running family. We've seen this type of thing pretty regularly. He'll lose interest in doing hard runs and being "that weird kid who doesn't play team sports" in a few years.

i hope he does not read this but this is true.There are many things down the road he will face.like at 15 he might still run the same it a hard road with many exts to take.Still very good run.

I think a 10 year old running 5:48/mi is more impressive.

Man, I couldn't shake the kid! I just ran a 2:29 marathon about a month ago. So just finishing up my break and a few pounds overweight as well, but still consider myself a pretty solid runner. I might understand a kid being able to hang on in a shorter race. But a 10K, and a very tough course at that! I believe you could almost figure 1:00-1:30 on a sea level course. It was funny my 160 pound frame running stride for stride with his 90? pound frame. It will be interesting to see how these kids develop. I can see it going any direction, and his sister ran a great race as well. (oh yeah, and I did hold him off :) Lot of other great times as well! I've lived here about 4 years and it's amazing how competitive road racing is in this state, and especially the depth in all age ranges.

every road racing adolescent wrote:

UsedToBeKnowItAll wrote:

It will be fun to watch him develop.

Wouldn't count on that. This isn't basketball. No elementary aged phenom makes it to being a high school or college star runner in the US, let alone a pro and Olympian. Just doesn't happen, it's unheard of, and there are reasons for that. This kid is running well because he has an ideal build and physiology for it right now and is in a running family. We've seen this type of thing pretty regularly. He'll lose interest in doing hard runs and being "that weird kid who doesn't play team sports" in a few years.

His parents' are pretty low key about his running and don't have the Tiger Woods syndrome that would be ultimately destructive. Who knows what the kid will do. If he switches to swimming or whatever he'll probably be successful in that, too.

every road racing adolescent wrote:

UsedToBeKnowItAll wrote:

It will be fun to watch him develop.

Wouldn't count on that. This isn't basketball. No elementary aged phenom makes it to being a high school or college star runner in the US, let alone a pro and Olympian. Just doesn't happen, it's unheard of, and there are reasons for that. This kid is running well because he has an ideal build and physiology for it right now and is in a running family. We've seen this type of thing pretty regularly. He'll lose interest in doing hard runs and being "that weird kid who doesn't play team sports" in a few years.

You might want to do some research before you make make statements like "Just doesn't happen, it's unheard of".

Better statements would be "a lot", "many" or even "most".

McDougal

Torres

Phifer

Perkins

Verbicas

Kaster

Flanagan

Hasay

Donohue

Lawerance

Blood

Shereaf

'''just to name a couple--they all ran road races as a child.

Even if the parents are low key (whatever, they direct his training and pay for his entry into races), he's still immersed in a sport to a degree that basically none of his peers are.

TrackCoach wrote:

You might want to do some research before you make make statements like "Just doesn't happen, it's unheard of".

Better statements would be "a lot", "many" or even "most".

McDougal

Torres

Phifer

Perkins

Verbicas

Kaster

Flanagan

Hasay

Donohue

Lawerance

Blood

Shereaf

'''just to name a couple--they all ran road races as a child.

With phenomenal results? Running road races is one thing, turning in noteworthy results before they became teenagers is something else. Shit, you're not even familiar enough with them to not butcher the fuck out of those names. And the first name you list is a prime example of the performance ceiling that's been referenced here.

every road racing adolescent wrote:

UsedToBeKnowItAll wrote:

It will be fun to watch him develop.

Wouldn't count on that. This isn't basketball. No elementary aged phenom makes it to being a high school or college star runner in the US, let alone a pro and Olympian. Just doesn't happen, it's unheard of, and there are reasons for that. This kid is running well because he has an ideal build and physiology for it right now and is in a running family. We've seen this type of thing pretty regularly. He'll lose interest in doing hard runs and being "that weird kid who doesn't play team sports" in a few years.

Except that he lives in a tiny Colorado Mtn town near Steamboat Springs...an area much more well known for "alternative" sports (i.e. skiing, xc skiing, snowboarding, showshoeing, running, cycling), than the traditional so-called "team sports" that you refer to. In this area, the weird kids are the one's who play football, basketball, etc.