Hobie Call (who?) claims he can go sub 2 hours in the marathon

According to his website, he holds the world record for the mile...the lunge mile.

I think he's a tool, but he seems to enjoy what he's doing. More power to him, I guess.

LOL!!! What a headcase. This guy reminds me of a senior on my HS track team when I was a freshman that said "I can run 44 for the 400 meter". Too bad this guy doesn't know that even if he was 2:13 shape a year ago, which I doubt, 2:13 (5:04 pace) and 1:59:XX (4:34 pace) is like saying I can go from running 1:59 in the 800 to running 1:45ish...And you wonder why those mud joggers don't get respect..lol

Obviously delusional about sub-2, but 2:16 is pretty freakin' good.

It was at Top of Utah. The course profile is basically a vertical line.

Granted, it's at altitude, but I'm pretty sure it's no longer an acceptable qualifier for the OT. (Also, Call dropped out of the 2007 OT marathon.)

dropped out of the OT marathon after running up in 2nd place from miles 2 to 8!

not a competitor fan wrote:

It was at Top of Utah. The course profile is basically a vertical line.

Granted, it's at altitude, but I'm pretty sure it's no longer an acceptable qualifier for the OT. (Also, Call dropped out of the 2007 OT marathon.)

So what are his best legit times at the marathon or other distance races?

Reality check223 wrote:

who knows, maybe he can or maybe he can't.

but what does he need $80,000 for? He needs to stop begging and make his own money. I mean, for a year and a half, he'd need less than $20,000. Maybe less than $15,000 depending on where he lives.

This is an amount he could save up with his current job by the end of 2012.

Geb works full time and ran 2:03:59. I'm sure if Call got down that far then he could get some money.

Reality check223 wrote:

who knows, maybe he can or maybe he can't.

I know. He can't.

Sir Lance-alot wrote:

not a competitor fan wrote:

It was at Top of Utah. The course profile is basically a vertical line.

Granted, it's at altitude, but I'm pretty sure it's no longer an acceptable qualifier for the OT. (Also, Call dropped out of the 2007 OT marathon.)

So what are his best legit times at the marathon or other distance races?

It says his best marathon is 2:23:06 back in '07 and his best half if 1:04. I have not seen the course profiles on either of those and I am not sure if it's a net downhill or not. Sure he is a pretty good athlete, but he should step back down to earth and realize that 1:59:xx in the marathon is not something that he will achieve.

It starks me as odd that one can be a 2:16 marathoner, qualify for the OT's yet still seriously think they can run 4 minutes faster than any other human has in the marathon.

This guy has some pretty good talent and has put in some pretty huge amounts of training - he must have to get that 2:16, what more does he think he can do?

Branchy Is a Cool Dude wrote:

This guy has some pretty good talent and has put in some pretty huge amounts of training - he must have to get that 2:16, what more does he think he can do?

Maybe he did it off of soccer training.

So what are his best legit times at the marathon or other distance races?[/quote]

I checked out athlinks and found a 29:40 10k and a 2:23 both in salt lake.