Arab mathematician wrote:break it up wrote:What makes you think I'm under 40, don't call me punk, if you can't break 6 now it's because you overtrained your whole life, and I didn't say Steve Spence was no good, just he was far from the best Steve.
When all you young punks are 40 years old get back to me. I'm 45 and have always ran at least 5-9 miles at least 4 times every week and could only dream now of breaking 6:00 which is what I did when I was 12 and never ran a step before that. And I ran 70-120 miles a week year round from age 16 to 38.
He's a very fit man for his age, I'm guessing 50 years old now. And running for himself is a low priority. To me its at least as impressive as a streak like Ron Hills running at least 2 miles every day for like 40 years without a day off.
Let's see, anything more, nope that about covers it.
Then again... if you've met Steve personally this wouldn't be a huge surprise for you. The dude has talent (just look at his history), and he loves the sport!
kmaclam wrote:
Am guessing the only folks on here who are not blown away by all this are those nubiles who are way too young to have the perspective it takes to appreciate the feat. I train my arse off & even with a cadre of physiotherapists, I couldn't break 5:00 in my fifties. (Have run under 5:10 but that's a long way from 4:55!)
Should we have a thread dedicated to each and every runner who goes faster than 88% age grade? The "streak" might be impressive, but it's not that hard to peak for a mile race once a year, especially if you don't have to go all out.
Arete wrote:
His time of 4:55 at age 53 age grades to 4:11 and 88%.
It's pretty much what one would expect for someone of his ability. More interesting for me is the years of the streak and when he first ran under 5:00--I guess at age 14.
That sounds like a great idea. More interesting than all the other non running garbage on the message board.
A Typical LRC Idiot wrote:Arete wrote:Should we have a thread dedicated to each and every runner who goes faster than 88% age grade?
His time of 4:55 at age 53 age grades to 4:11 and 88%.
It's pretty much what one would expect for someone of his ability. More interesting for me is the years of the streak and when he first ran under 5:00--I guess at age 14.
You're right. With all of these other 40 year streaks of sub 5 in the mile going I don't see why this guy gets a thread started about him. I mean look, the dude only ran 2:12 and won a medal at World's at the marathon. Let's talk about the sub 2:12 guys that have continued to break masters records and stay healthy enough into their mid 50's to run in the 90% age graded range.
A Typical LRC Idiot wrote:Arete wrote:Should we have a thread dedicated to each and every runner who goes faster than 88% age grade? The "streak" might be impressive, but it's not that hard to peak for a mile race once a year, especially if you don't have to go all out.
His time of 4:55 at age 53 age grades to 4:11 and 88%.
It's pretty much what one would expect for someone of his ability. More interesting for me is the years of the streak and when he first ran under 5:00--I guess at age 14.
The fact he was once a world medalist makes this streak less impressive, not more. During his prime, he was running at a much higher level than 88% age grade. And "sub-5" should have been much easier when he was in his 30s or even early 40s.
Typical Streaker wrote:A Typical LRC Idiot wrote:You're right. With all of these other 40 year streaks of sub 5 in the mile going I don't see why this guy gets a thread started about him. I mean look, the dude only ran 2:12 and won a medal at World's at the marathon. Let's talk about the sub 2:12 guys that have continued to break masters records and stay healthy enough into their mid 50's to run in the 90% age graded range.Arete wrote:Should we have a thread dedicated to each and every runner who goes faster than 88% age grade? The "streak" might be impressive, but it's not that hard to peak for a mile race once a year, especially if you don't have to go all out.
His time of 4:55 at age 53 age grades to 4:11 and 88%.
It's pretty much what one would expect for someone of his ability. More interesting for me is the years of the streak and when he first ran under 5:00--I guess at age 14.
Oh wait... there aren't any :( Steve appears to be one of a kind with his ability to keep going after being a HS state champ, NCAA champ, USA National champ, and a World's medalist. He even set multiple American Master's records once he hit his early 40's and 13 years later after achieving all that he is still running sub 5 miles.