Are you proud of your PR's?

I'd say yes for my times

800: 1:48

1500:3:39

1 mile: 4:00

5k: 13:43

10k: 29:36

Bench Press: 200

And yes I make $150k a year.

sdsdds wrote:

proud, but never satisfied

Concise, to the point, and almost too true. This sums it up for me (sub 16 & 9:18 in college, and 4:53 in HS, now I am building miles for a marathon)

Proud, but even at 32 I am hungry for more.

400- 54 high school

800- 2:03 college

1500- 4:10

Mile- 4:24

3k- 9:03

5k- 15:12

10k- 31:31

Half- 69

Mara- 3:10 died a horrible death, prolly won't try again cause I hated it.

Took several years of on again off again running and started to get serious again last year. Got the 5k back down to 16:26. Anyone think that I can get under 15 at this age if I stay serious?

2:05 - no

4:10 - yes

9:14 - sort of, i always thought sub-10:00 in two mile was really fast until i did it.

16:13 - sort of... too close to sub-16:00 to be totally satisfied and i got hurt right after running that indoors

27:38 8k - nope

those were all in college and now i'm working on my post-college, real life set of PRs.

Well mostly faster than site co-founder, and faster than FP willy in several events. PRs nothing to write home about, but better than some, not as good as a lot here. Did what I did and enjoyed it.

400 - 56 many times, mayb 55 in a relay split but not official

800 - 2:03 (struggled with that event)

mile - 4:26 (road and track)

5K - 15:11 (15:34 on the track)

10K - 31:45 (32:11 on the track)

10 mile 53:39

Marathon 2:29

In short no. Felt I never quit put it all together, still time but it gets less likely each passing year that I'll do what I feel I should. That said I had at one point around the age of 22 sort of excepted that I simply didn't have the talent or durability to ever break 15 for 5k so in that frame these look better

400m- 58- well at least it was under 60

800m- 2:01- would like sub 2 but not a killer can live without it.

1500m- 3:56- hey its sub 4 so I'm ok with it, simply don't think I could run sub 3:50.

mile 4:13, would really like to crack 4:10.

3k- 8:08- would really like to crack 8:00.

5k-13:56- I'd like 13:45 but actually pretty happy with this

10k- 29:32- road in the summer. Ready to run sub 29 a few times and never got on the line on a fast course or with competition in those stretches.

half- 1:04:14- injury kept me from running to many of these well in good form.

Marathon-2:14:56- slower course. Happy with the run on the day but not the time itself.

I guess I'm proud of them now in some sense, my PR's are years behind me though. I think most runners will always feel they could have gone faster "if this" or "if that". At the time I was definitely not proud of them and wanted to be much faster.

mgm wrote:

If you can't be proud of your PR's based on how they stack up against what others have done with more/less talent, then you've missed what our sport is all about - the struggle, the seconds, the sweat.

If you're proud of your PRs, you're an underachiever.

...Woah. Sprinters are here? wrote:

[quote]5 Foot Nothin, 100 and Nothin wrote:

Holy crap. Source of regret? I'd -love- to have that 100 time.. But I understand it's different when you actually run it.

Scott Evil hit the nail on the head, being so close to "elite" leaves a very (lasting) poor taste in my mouth. The circumstances that prevented possible continued progression add an additional layer of angst, but usually in stories such as this a big part of the story is unfortunate circumstances.

For me, I fear I'll never get over the "some dreams just don't come true" perspective. It was the fear of that response that pushed me to pursue my dreams in the first place. For it to continue to haunt me afterwards is extraordinarily frustrating.

And of course sprinters show up here from time to time.

thanks, troll

wooky wrote:

mgm wrote:

If you can't be proud of your PR's based on how they stack up against what others have done with more/less talent, then you've missed what our sport is all about - the struggle, the seconds, the sweat.

Sorry, I'm not going to be proud of something I'm terrible at, no matter how hard I've worked at it.

For discussion, here are my PRs:

5k: 15:41

10: 32:50

Marathon: 2:40:57.

That sucks. It's horrible. I tried my best at running for many, many years and I just wasn't any good at it. That is NOTHING to be pround of. In fact, I'm embarrassed to even post those times. Nothing says, "my life is a failure" more than those pathetic PRs.

I'm ashamed of my running results and you CANNOT make me otherwise.

I am proud of my PRs, I think it's important to be proud of your accomplishments. I worked hard to get them and I'm going to keep working hard to better them. What I don't want to feel is satisfaction, there is where you get comfortable and you no longer have that drive or "eye of the tiger".

My favorite Bowerman quote is:

"I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential."

Champrunner wrote:

I'd say yes for my times

800: 1:48

1500:3:39

1 mile: 4:00

5k: 13:43

10k: 29:36

Bench Press: 200

And yes I make $150k a year.

swag.

As a 14 year old I know I can do better. Not necessarily proud of them.

800: 2:19

1600: 5:01.23

3200: 11:13.47

5000: 19:33 (during a 5 mile tempo)

10000: 40:42

I'm going to train my butt off this summer for XC.

I have run the following times.

800m - 1:57

1500m - 4:04

1 Mile - 4:26

1200m DMR Split: 3:06 (looking to go sub 3 next indoor).

3000m - 9:01 (practice)

3200m - 9:35

5k - 15:38 (XC) 2012

15:48 2010 (Outdoor)

8k - 26:09 2011 XC

10k - 33:39 2013

I\\\'m not satisfied with my times. I keep getting injured and having to get back into shape. I have one more summer to get it right and do the best I can for my senior year. We shall see what happens.

Hopefully sub 25:30 8k

Sub 15:00 5k

Sub 4:20 mile

I'm not all that satisfied with my PRs, but I think they are respectable? As for being proud, it depends on the audience. I know that my PRs are probably better than 98% of all other runners. And in the end, isn't it about how you compare to others who do this running thing?!

2:05.7 - 800m

4:37.7 - 1600m

9:20.6 - 3000m

16:01 - 5K, (15:36 pt to pt), really wanted a legitimate sub 16 5K...my great disappointment.

33:39 - 10K

56:22 - 10m

1:15:54 - 1/2M

2:44:25 - Marathon

1500-4:02 (yes)

3000- 8:42 (no)

5000 - 14:58 (yes)

8k xc - 25:46 (yes)

10000- 31:35 (yes)

half - 1:13:40 (no) - but done on a post-collegiate comeback, so whatevs

full - 2:31:40 (yes) - painful enough that I can't not be

Proud of my "old man" times - 17:45 5k on road at 54; 17:52 in 83f on the track at 55; 23:48 for a hilly 4 mile race run virtually solo at nearly 56 last week.

Raced for 40 years, and had age-graded bests at everything from 1500m to half-marathon in the last couple of years, which is pretty satisfying, even if it is down to some fortunate genes.

Small Town wrote:

My favorite Bowerman quote is:

"I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential."

not my favorite quote. it´s so easy to scoff at others. a good runner is not necessarily a good performer in all demanding areas of life.

happy with an all out workout as 40+ master on a nasty, hilly 4.8 mile-course and 250 metres in height uphill/downhill in 26:45.

Am I proud? Interesting way to put it. I'd say I'm satisfied. I am proud of the fact that with the limited talent I have (had), I probably got about as much out of myself that I was gonna get considering all the other factors of life going on during that time. Yes, I'm proud I ran, continue to love the sport, am encouraged by others who are striving to do their best, etc. But, I don't think I could say "proud" of my times. Had things been different, I "could" have gotten better times. But, they weren't. So I am satisfied.