Thanks to a letsrun emailer, we just found about this:
http://www.kiiitv.com/category/194871/video?clipId=9749817&topVideoCatNo=194870&autoStart=true
Hunter Perez, age 11, ran an alleged new age 11 world record by more than 6 minutes of 1:23:56.
The video says the kid did a 16 week training program.
Anyone know where we can find the actual record? We don't see an age record listed here for the half-marathon:
Interesting to note, Mary Cain doesn't have the age 16 or 17 800/1500 records.
Carrie Garritson (female) holds the record for 11 year old at the marathon distance: 2:49. It is hard to believe that the prior 1/2-marathon record for 11 year olds was only at 1:30.
11 // 2:49:19 // Carrie Garritson // Fullerton, CA // City Of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 03/06/88
LetsRun.com wrote:
Hunter Perez, age 11, ran a new age 11 world record by more than 6 minutes of 1:23:56.
The announcer mentioned him being a future Olympian.
Will not happen!!
I predict he will not even be running by the time he is a HS senior.
You heard it here first!!
lane 8 wrote:
The announcer mentioned him being a future Olympian.
Will not happen!!
I predict he will not even be running by the time he is a HS senior.
You heard it here first!!
I was all ready to crown our next Galen Rupp, but now I feel so deflated. Haters gonna hate.
lane 8 wrote:
LetsRun.com wrote:Hunter Perez, age 11, ran a new age 11 world record by more than 6 minutes of 1:23:56.
The announcer mentioned him being a future Olympian.
Will not happen!!
I predict he will not even be running by the time he is a HS senior.
You heard it here first!!
didnt mary decker run a few minutes over 3 hours on the hilly palos verdes marathon course at age 10 or 11?
and she kept on running for decades, only getting caught for doping stopped her from competing 25+ years after she ran that marathon.
haile gebreselassie is still competing in his 40's after running a 2:48 marathon at age 14 on a hilly course at 9000 feet altitude.
running a marathon at a young age, does not mean you will be ruined forever running wise, that's a myth.
tom ansberry ran a 2:41 marathon at 12 or 13, was a top high school runner, then ran his best 10000 and 5000on the track 28:03 and 13:36 respectively at age 32-33
thom hunt ran a 2:24 marathon in high school the same year he ran the high school indoor mile record of 4:02, he was a top runner in xc, steeplechase, ran a 2:12 marathon in his mid 30's
oops hunt was NOT in his 30's when he ran that marathon, he was 28, he ran 13:26 for 5000 27:59 for 10000, 8:26 for steeple, 8:27 for 2 miles indoors.
point being running a marathon young did not ruin his future running.
douglas burke wrote:
lane 8 wrote:The announcer mentioned him being a future Olympian.
Will not happen!!
I predict he will not even be running by the time he is a HS senior.
You heard it here first!!
didnt mary decker run a few minutes over 3 hours on the hilly palos verdes marathon course at age 10 or 11?
and she kept on running for decades, only getting caught for doping stopped her from competing 25+ years after she ran that marathon.
haile gebreselassie is still competing in his 40's after running a 2:48 marathon at age 14 on a hilly course at 9000 feet altitude.
running a marathon at a young age, does not mean you will be ruined forever running wise, that's a myth.
Don't think it has anything to do with the distance but it does have to do with their motives. Are their parents pushing them or do they really love it? If it's the latter, they'll probably continue for a while. If it's the former, we'll probably never hear about them. We also don't know how puberty is going to impact him, and some people hit puberty, aren't very good anymore, get upset and stop. Beyond that, doing anything super competitively as a young kid can lead to burnout (which is why I stopped swimming at age 18, after ten years of super competitive swimming).
So if this young fellow really loves running, matures well, and is in an environment that nurtures his love for the sport rather than trying to grind everything out of him at a young age, he may well be world-class as an adult. But there's way too much to be able to tell ahead of time.
Geb was 18 and around 2:50 (albeit at altitude) in first marathon.
I ran a marathon at 18, and set all my PB's 200m-1500 in my 40's!
mcgato wrote:
http://arrs.net/SA_HMar.htm
Interesting to see that Alene Reta was already cheating at age "15".
Is there a widespread problem with overbearing parents in distance running? It seems on par with parents who push their kids too hard in curling. This isn't football.
I agree completely. I refuse to recognize this because it is so destructive to a young body.
Looks like Heather Welsh maybe also set a World Record for 11-year-olds. She ran a 1:31 and looks like the old record was 1:34.
LetsRun.com wrote:
Thanks to a letsrun emailer, we just found about this:
http://www.kiiitv.com/category/194871/video?clipId=9749817&topVideoCatNo=194870&autoStart=trueHunter Perez, age 11, ran an alleged new age 11 world record by more than 6 minutes of 1:23:56.
The video says the kid did a 16 week training program.
Anyone know where we can find the actual record? We don't see an age record listed here for the half-marathon:
http://age-records.125mb.com/Interesting to note, Mary Cain doesn't have the age 16 or 17 800/1500 records.
This site completely ignores Kenya and Ethiopia.
seious answer wrote:
Is there a widespread problem with overbearing parents in distance running? It seems on par with parents who push their kids too hard in curling. This isn't football.
They exist in every sport. Usually parents who did the sport growing up and can't let go, so they live vicariously. When I was a swimmer I had a teammate who hated swimming, but his parents loved it and wanted him to be good. They used to show up at every practice and video tape him and then when he got home they used to go over the tapes and tell him what he needed to improve. He quit by high school.
One of my friends who works at Brooks is tight with some guy who used to run the 800 at Oregon. He was a stud but he never actually liked the sport, it was always other people pressuring him to do it. So he never really trained hard and quit after college (despite being good enough to actually make something running).
MrGambinus wrote:
LetsRun.com wrote:Thanks to a letsrun emailer, we just found about this:
http://www.kiiitv.com/category/194871/video?clipId=9749817&topVideoCatNo=194870&autoStart=trueHunter Perez, age 11, ran an alleged new age 11 world record by more than 6 minutes of 1:23:56.
The video says the kid did a 16 week training program.
Anyone know where we can find the actual record? We don't see an age record listed here for the half-marathon:
http://age-records.125mb.com/Interesting to note, Mary Cain doesn't have the age 16 or 17 800/1500 records.
This site completely ignores Kenya and Ethiopia.
It apparently includes runners from only 48 countries.
MrGambinus wrote:
This site completely ignores Kenya and Ethiopia.
As it should. Way too much age cheating. Unless you want the list filled with 25 year olds who ran 12:53 5000 meter races at age "17".
I want to know the world records as they are in the books.
Sorry but NOT the record, not even the US record:
1:20:48 Bannon Corbett 11 N Bennington VT US Maple Leaf VT US 09/17/83
