I was having a discussion about this just the other day. The consensus was that breaking 4 minutes in the mile is tougher, but I disagreed.
Running your age in the 400m might be one of toughest things to do period! I guess I’ll have to wait and see. I probably won’t be able to try this until I’m 70.
The 400m. You can't even attempt his until your 40s. Both have been done, and some of these masters runners are pretty fast, but definitely the 400m is tougher.
Yo Bobby!...
man...
the 400. the window of time is very short. maybe 48-52 is webbs best shot
depends on your age...
breaking 45 at 45 is much better than 62 when you're 63. as for sub 80 when you're 80, well, who knows? I'll be glad to be able to just run at that age.
BUT CONSIDER THIS:
what would you rather BE ABLE to do (or have done at some point)?
by the way, go register your fantasy team if you haven't already, Mr. Powers.
I am 20. I would rather run the quarter mile in 20 seconds.
World Records
400 METERS
DIV. MARK NAME (COUNTRY) AGE MEET DATE
M40 47.86 Eric Roeske(NED) 41 8-21-02
M45 50.20 Fred Sowerby(USA) 45 8-12-94
M50 51.39 Fred Sowerby(USA) 50 8-27-99
M55 52.24 Charles Allie(USA) 55 7-12-03
M60 53.88 Ralph Romain(TRI) 63 7-22-95
M65 57.52 Berthold Neumann(GER) 65 7-22-96
M70 61.01 Ralph Romain(TRI) 70 7-12-03
M75 65.34 Wilhelm Selzer(GER) 75 8-21-02
M80 72.85 Mike Johnston(AUS) 80 4- 1-02
M85 87.11 Herbert Liedtke(SWE) 85 8-19-01
M90 98.69 Friederich E Mahlo(GER) 90 8-21-02
M95 2:38.64 Erwin Jaskulski(AUT) 98 9-24-00
M100 3:40.97 Erwin Jaskulski(AUT) 100 3-13-03
That was my point too. You really can't even attempt this until age 43. Has anybody accomplished both? If not, Dick you could be the first to do both.
JR,
what up?
------bobbypowers Yo BOBBy!
bobbypowers wrote:
You really can't even attempt this until age 43.
Nonsense. I attempted it the first time I ran the race. Just that my odds were pretty long. Then again, they're not really any better at age 43, believe me.
48-52 is Webb's best shot? He split a 47 in high school! He could run a 46 mid if he wanted to, maybe even faster...Any thoughts?
Yes, no doubt Webb could perhaps run a 46 mid NOW, but how about when he is 46 years old?
Rexing did this when he was 12 years old
IN TRAINERS!!!!
Rexing tried this when he was 12, but ran half his age. while carrying a 100 lb bag of rice on his back.
Of course he had rice on his back. He had to carry it to starving immigrants in Red China.
Good point...I failed to realize Webb might have a hard time running his peak times at mid-late 40's...Interesting...I guess there's a lot of different kinds of studs in the world...We have the world record setters, the young speed demons, and the old timer "still got it in 'em" folk.