In_Ithaca wrote:
Disclaimer: Havent read through the whole thread.
Those of you that are saying, this isn't that hard of a workout compared to his fitness. Anybody could do this if you scaled it to their prs... etc.
Just want to say, nah man. After a 3k pr, no chance I, or runners i knew, could of done the equivalent workout. This stuff is crazy. If you don't think they are up to something beyond clean living and hard work youre nuts.
That being said, its sure exciting. Made me come back to the forums after who knows how long away.
Bruce,
You were amazing back in the day. I remember reading of you on these very boards. Glad to see you back.
For those of you who don't know of him (from Wikipedia):
"In secondary school competition, Bruce Hyde was a 4:20 miler. As a team member for Cornell University Track & Field Team, he achieved a 4:00 equivalent and fourth-place showing at the 2004 USA Indoor Meet with a 8:03 and then a 3:42. He won the Heptagonal title, the NCAA Regional title, and All-American honors at the NCAAs, where he finished just behind Ryan Hall.
After 2004, Bruce Hyde took a hiatus from competitive running. Early in 2006, comeback rumors circulated.[6] The official comeback did occur in 2008, when Hyde ran a 3:55.76 full mile at the Cornell Opener in late March. In fact, it was later revealed in 2008 that a puckish Hyde had, indeed, staged a covert comeback in 2006. He ran under the pseudonym Bruce Denton. Hyde ran 2:00.71.[7] The 2008 effort was complicated. Track statisticians debated whether it should count as an Ivy League record. At issue was whether the fact that Hyde was in his 8th year at Cornell should disqualify his standing. Shifting focus later that year, Hyde entered the World Series of Poker."