Bolt is 207 lb (94 kg) according to his own website.
Bolt is 207 lb (94 kg) according to his own website.
slightly off topic, but...
anyone have any educated guesses (or actual examples) of how many people have run sub 2 for 800m while over age 30 AND weighing over 180 pounds? i'm gonna try to do that this year and i feel like it is probably a fairly low amount since that is a pretty unusual combination variable.
the magic rat wrote:
slightly off topic, but...
anyone have any educated guesses (or actual examples) of how many people have run sub 2 for 800m while over age 30 AND weighing over 180 pounds? i'm gonna try to do that this year and i feel like it is probably a fairly low amount since that is a pretty unusual combination variable.
combination of variables...
Probably a pretty small number - I'll probably be joining you on that one (30/80kgs), but I have to break 2:05 first...
paul mcmullen!
yoyoceralhaha wrote:
paul mcmullen!
i thought about paul mcmullen. couple of things though, his USATF bio says he weighs 165, and did he keep racing any after 2001 when he was 28/29? Surely at any point at age 30 he could have added a little weight and jogged under 2min for 800m, but did he?
mwwwin wrote:
I'm not close to the best but 10 days ago I won the Clydesdale division at the Phoenix Marathon 10K - I'm 225lbs, 6' 2", 41 years old and ran 45:08 10K
Key to being a successful Clydesdale runner is keeping that weight just above 200lbs - just fitting the criteria.
Luke Beevor! 14:18 for 5000m and well north of 200lbs.
the magic rat wrote:
slightly off topic, but...
anyone have any educated guesses (or actual examples) of how many people have run sub 2 for 800m while over age 30 AND weighing over 180 pounds? i'm gonna try to do that this year and i feel like it is probably a fairly low amount since that is a pretty unusual combination variable.
Juantorena ran 1:45.xx at the 1984 Friendship games. He would have been 33. As tall and built as he was I'd guess he weighed at least 180 but I don't know for sure.
So now you have a goal.
asdfasdf wrote:
the magic rat wrote:slightly off topic, but...
anyone have any educated guesses (or actual examples) of how many people have run sub 2 for 800m while over age 30 AND weighing over 180 pounds? i'm gonna try to do that this year and i feel like it is probably a fairly low amount since that is a pretty unusual combination variable.
Juantorena ran 1:45.xx at the 1984 Friendship games. He would have been 33. As tall and built as he was I'd guess he weighed at least 180 but I don't know for sure.
So now you have a goal.
yeah looks like he's listed at 185 pounds...1:45 will be tough!
BigDude wrote:
mwwwin wrote:I'm not close to the best but 10 days ago I won the Clydesdale division at the Phoenix Marathon 10K - I'm 225lbs, 6' 2", 41 years old and ran 45:08 10K
Key to being a successful Clydesdale runner is keeping that weight just above 200lbs - just fitting the criteria.
Correct...if the standard 2 seconds faster per lb lost calculation is accurate, then I'm sub 40
mwwwin wrote:
BigDude wrote:Key to being a successful Clydesdale runner is keeping that weight just above 200lbs - just fitting the criteria.
Correct...if the standard 2 seconds faster per lb lost calculation is accurate, then I'm sub 40
this is what makes girls ano
fattypants wrote:
this is what makes girls ano
Dieting in order to stay just above 200 doesn't really compare to ano girls...lol
McMullen reportedly was over 200 lbs his first year or so @ E Mich and ran right around 4:00, maybe under (or 1500 eq)
A guy named Mike Henze from WI has run well under 3:00, probably closer to 2:40 in the marathon. He also represented the USA at the world championships for 24 hour running. Think he did about 150 miles. At or above 200 lbs if I'm not mistaken.
Possibly an out of shape Paul McMullen.
my buddy ran 4:48, 10:48,17:10 for 1600, 3200, 5k at 210lb.
i doubt its a record but i was impressed.
I've run mid 14's for 5k while weighing 175 pounds, so this thread has given me a new goal for my post collegiate running career: be the best clydesdale runner in the country
I've been wondering about this - not so much the "best" Clydesdale, but the biggest. I'm 6'7" and I weigh 250-255. I ran my first marathon at age 48 and posted a 4:15. I've run fourteen marathons since then, many hilly ones... I ran Boston 2 Big Sur in 2010 and posted a 4:25 at Boston and 4:26 six days later at Big Sur, which is much more difficult although both races are net-downhill. So I wouldn't presume to be best but I think I'm pretty unique and wonder if there are many people like me and at my age. I've run Mt. Washington twice and one 50k. I don't think I'm a Clydesdale - sort of a class even larger... a Percheron. I don't think I'm going to keep running marathons though. I've had some minor injuries but nothing too bad, so I think I'm best to drop back to half and 30k...
Buster Cherry wrote:
I've run mid 14's for 5k while weighing 175 pounds, so this thread has given me a new goal for my post collegiate running career: be the best clydesdale runner in the country
I ran 4:15, 15:07, 31:59 in the mile, 5k and 10k last year when I was 180 lbs. (6'3") last year. I've always thought about hitting the gym and jumping up to Clydesdale and trying to clean up. If there was more incentive I might actually give it a shot.