What a bad@ss. Is this the world record for a mile while wearing specs?
What a bad@ss. Is this the world record for a mile while wearing specs?
Craig Masback ran 3:52
Rexing did it in trainers
Manzano did it in a t-shirt
And now,
Awad has done it in glasses
Sydney Wooderson actually set the WR while wearing glasses..
Masback wrote:
Craig Masback ran 3:52
pics for proof of glasses please
Technically wrote:
Sydney Wooderson actually set the WR while wearing glasses..
Wooderson only ran 4:06. His glasses were, admittedly, huge. Probably cost him two seconds a lap.
More!
Steve Scott ran much faster with (sun) glasses.
Masback wrote:
Craig Masback ran 3:52
Thick old-time glasses and curly hair. Noice.
Awad arguably is in this heritage, with his hairiness and Ivy-League background.
Hey man, if you gotta wear them you gotta wear them! If there were no contact lenses technology, be sure us near-sighted runners would find a way to become one with the glasses.
I think you can easily subtract 12 seconds from Woodersons time.
I imagine there are a few fo' by fo'fo'ty relay teams in glasses?
You ask me why
I'm such a hairy guy...
https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.dpn/44192_04262014_pennrelaysanalyn216f.jpg
While not the fastest, the late Paul Cummings ran 3:37.6 , 3:56 mile
13:19
27:43
1:01.x half a WR at the time and 2:11
all over 30+ years ago.
I had forgotten how good he was and what range?
asdfasd wrote:
Technically wrote:Sydney Wooderson actually set the WR while wearing glasses..
Wooderson only ran 4:06. His glasses were, admittedly, huge. Probably cost him two seconds a lap.
More!
The point was that it was in fact also the WR, period.
I think they were actually tiny spectacles.
asdfasd wrote:
Masback wrote:Craig Masback ran 3:52
pics for proof of glasses please
Video of race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyss8ym2bq0This made me laugh.
GOAT beard competition. Awad Vs Lear Vs Blankenship
Sssaowo wrote:
GOAT beard competition. Awad Vs Lear Vs Blankenship
With that striped Univ. of Pennsylvania singlet, he reminds of Waldo of the "See if you can spot Waldo" game. Props to Awad.
here you go wrote:
asdfasd wrote:pics for proof of glasses please
Video of race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyss8ym2bq0
that's a lot of fast white guys
The race where Awad needed binoculars to see the field was his best.
Ovett may have won but Frank Clement had the best beard
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Rest in Peace Adrian Lehmann - 2:11 Swiss marathoner. Dies of heart attack.