John MF Trautmann!! 4:12.33 at age 46!! Sick.

Unreal, amazing stuff!!

awesome run John!!

Good. God.

Trautmann is BACK!

And, with super speedy wheels.

Wow.

He had good college and post college open careers.

But his high school and masters careers have been spectacular

Impressed wrote:

Wow.

He had good college and post college open careers.

But his high school and masters careers have been spectacular

Masters career??

Sick?

Was it also insane?

Did he just throw down this time, or did he also manage to take down some people?

Umwhat..... wrote:

Impressed wrote:

Wow.

He had good college and post college open careers.

But his high school and masters careers have been spectacular

Masters career??

Is the concept of a masters running career beyond your intellectual grasp?

I was a coach when Trautmann competed in high school. I've never seen a New York runner with his wheels. I've seen Josh McDougal and Lopez Lemong several times, and each of them would have had their hands full with Trautmann as he had great closing speed. I always thought it was a shame that injuries curtailed his career as I've always believed at his best he was Kennedy's equal. It's great to see him run well again.

The concept of career is lost on millennials.

FYI, Trautmann's time bettered the WR for a U-50 and age 46 athlete. American Brad Barton held the mark at 4:16.83 from 2013.

It's also better than the 1500 record's equivalent of 3:57.91 (Tony Young).

His indoor mark is also better than the age 46 and U-50 outdoor WR of 4:16.09 by Tony Young (United States 12.04.62).

Tratumann does have some if he's going go get the outdoor 1500 mark. Spain's Jesus Borrego holds that at 3:52.43.,

Note: Tony Young (who posts every week on hte masters training thread) ran 4:13.25 at age 46 at Dempsey's 306m track. Amazing that John dropped 6 seconds in a week!

Absolutely amazing!!! What an accomplishment!!!

Victor E Lapp wrote:

Note: Tony Young (who posts every week on hte masters training thread) ran 4:13.25 at age 46 at Dempsey's 306m track. Amazing that John dropped 6 seconds in a week!

I think it helped that he was on a faster track and wasn't all alone as he was last week at NBIGP. Still super-impressive, obviously!

Jonathan Gault wrote:

Victor E Lapp wrote:

Note: Tony Young (who posts every week on hte masters training thread) ran 4:13.25 at age 46 at Dempsey's 306m track. Amazing that John dropped 6 seconds in a week!

I think it helped that he was on a faster track and wasn't all alone as he was last week at NBIGP. Still super-impressive, obviously!

I think JT is ready to kick some Vyacheslav Shabunin tail!

I think it helped that he was on a faster track and wasn't all alone as he was last week at NBIGP. Still super-impressive, obviously![/quote]

This - BU is definitely faster than Reggie, I think Willis' 3:51 would have been 3:48-9@BU

Considering Traut spent 15 years doing nothing but trading bonds, eating donuts, and putting on 60 or 70 pounds of fat,... has a permanently fused big-toe joint that has altered his stride,... didn't start to train seriously till the last few years,... and didn't start to train *really* seriously till the last few months, when he lost his job,...

You seriously have to wonder just how freaking fast this guy might run, if he wants to keep going for a while.

Could he be the first 50-year-old to run 4 minutes?! It might not be quite as insane as it sounds. (What he's already done seems completely impossible.)

sp2 wrote:

Considering Traut spent 15 years doing nothing but trading bonds, eating donuts, and putting on 60 or 70 pounds of fat,... has a permanently fused big-toe joint that has altered his stride,... didn't start to train seriously till the last few years,... and didn't start to train *really* seriously till the last few months, when he lost his job,...

Jealous much?

It sure is amazing what one can accomplish with modern pharmaceutical$, right bros?