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      • Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/14/2018 12:46PM
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      • Dyestat has the details on the run as Tyler Andrews ran 2:46:06.8 short of the 2:43:38 absolute world record.

        http://www.dyestat.com/gprofil..._id=525924

        We did a podcast with Andrews before the race on his rags (18+ minute 5k runner in high school) to riches career.

        He wrote us and said, "As you may have seen, we just missed the overall WR as I finished in 2'46'06 (though that is under the 50K Track World/American records and I got an en-route OTQ (2'18'42). We were on pace through about 37-38km but I didn't have the strength to solo out the last 12K. I had fantastic pacing from Rajpaul Pannu and Chris Frias from the HOKA Aggies and all the support of my friends and family and HOKA staff out there, but just couldn't close it down. It did get quite warm by the end, but no excuses. I left it all on the track - wasn't going to happen yesterday for me. "

        If you want to listen to podcast:

        https://www.letsrun.com/news/20...ld-record/
    • got er done
      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/14/2018 3:46PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
      • got er done
      • Congrats to this cat! Got the OTQ, to boot. Nice work.
    • runmn
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      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/14/2018 5:44PM - in reply to
      • runmn
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      • he's actually a pretty good bub lol. but that head band over the ears is kinda filthy haha.
    • head band?
      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/14/2018 5:47PM - in reply to runmn
      • head band?
      • runmn wrote:

        he's actually a pretty good bub lol. but that head band over the ears is kinda filthy haha.

        A headband can hold a wireless earpiece in place. Maybe he likes listening to tunes while he runs?
    • broken arrow
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      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/14/2018 6:01PM - in reply to got er done
      • broken arrow
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      • Awesome performance .......5:20 per mile pace for 31 miles.
    • Wow wow ouch
      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/14/2018 7:20PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
      • Wow wow ouch
      • LetsRun.com wrote:

        Dyestat has the details on the run as Tyler Andrews ran 2:46:06.8 short of the 2:43:38 absolute world record.

        http://www.dyestat.com/gprofil..._id=525924

        We did a podcast with Andrews before the race on his rags (18+ minute 5k runner in high school) to riches career.

        He wrote us and said, "As you may have seen, we just missed the overall WR as I finished in 2'46'06 (though that is under the 50K Track World/American records and I got an en-route OTQ (2'18'42). We were on pace through about 37-38km but I didn't have the strength to solo out the last 12K. I had fantastic pacing from Rajpaul Pannu and Chris Frias from the HOKA Aggies and all the support of my friends and family and HOKA staff out there, but just couldn't close it down. It did get quite warm by the end, but no excuses. I left it all on the track - wasn't going to happen yesterday for me. "

        If you want to listen to podcast:

        https://www.letsrun.com/news/20...ld-record/

        Tyler's "50K Track World and American Record" is equivalent to a 2:18:16 marathon, 1:05:47 half-marathon, 29:39 10K and

        14:09 for 5K.

        Wow.
    • PasaTiempo
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      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/15/2018 10:54AM - in reply to Wow wow ouch
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      • except that thousands of people have achieved the times you quote and literally a few have ever run as fast as Tyler over 50km so I can't see the equivalent.
    • double talk
      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/15/2018 11:48AM - in reply to PasaTiempo
      • double talk
      • not many people run 50ks.....
    • Dromano19
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      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/15/2018 4:38PM - in reply to double talk
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      • double talk wrote:

        not many people run 50ks.....

        What's your time?
    • NERunner053
      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/15/2018 6:08PM - in reply to Dromano19
      • NERunner053
      • But is he American born?
    • Donald from Mar a Lago
      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/15/2018 6:32PM - in reply to NERunner053
      • Donald from Mar a Lago
      • NERunner053 wrote:

        But is he American born?

        We need to see his birth certificate.
    • STRIVE time
      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/15/2018 7:10PM - in reply to
      • STRIVE time
      • come on wrote:

        Why does he wear that headband over his ears? Another of his oddities. Weird guy.

        He is weird and also not known as a friendly guy to those in the DC area. I was disappointed to see Letsrun giving him so much hype (though can't blame them since they don't know better).
    • SalmonRice
      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/15/2018 11:15PM - in reply to STRIVE time
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      • STRIVE time wrote:

        come on wrote:

        Why does he wear that headband over his ears? Another of his oddities. Weird guy.

        He is weird and also not known as a friendly guy to those in the DC area. I was disappointed to see Letsrun giving him so much hype (though can't blame them since they don't know better).

        Letsrun is obsessed with any talented American runner who was born in the country and is 100% white. Most here believe a great white hero will come one day to prove white people can run fast. They need this because they need to self insert as this hero so their own mediocre career feels like less of a failure.
    • nothing special
      • RE: Tyler Andrews Breaks Track 50km World Record, Comes Up Short on 50k All Surfaces World Record 4/16/2018 12:11AM - in reply to SalmonRice
      • nothing special
      • He can do a no pressure time trial with pacers on a track or run at a set speed on a treadmill, but he flops in major competition. He overtrains, is too thin, and cooks his goose before races that count. Hoka is sponsoring the wrong person. There’s plenty of sub 2:15 guys who could take down these records if given the same support.