Hunt's 4:02 Indoor Mile and 2:24 Marathon were both in High School.
Hunt's 4:02 Indoor Mile and 2:24 Marathon were both in High School.
My high school teammate, or was a year earlier, ran a 2:28 at the then Melbourne Florida Marathon in 1972. I think the year earlier he ran sub 3 maybe sub 2:50. I made it in 3:15 at age 17 in 71. We weren't afraid to try and do it back then. Still running today.
douglas burke wrote:
Stopcecil! wrote:
A girl that doesn't listen to any sort of authority, and does activities that could irreparably damage her body. All at age 15. This girl is going places with that mindset.
Irreparably damage her body? What a bunch of baloney, I ran marathons at age 13, 4 a year at age 14, 15 and 16, no damage, Heck Thom Hunt I believe ran a 2:24 Marathon in High School AND a 4:02 indoor mile and he was a top runner long after he finished college, if you run a marathon at that age you will be sore and achy for 3-4 days and sleep more than usual for a couple of days than be back to normal.
This is a big exception to the rule. For most at that age they never run well again. Sore and achy for 3-4 days. Try 3-4 weeks.
She's late to the party IMHO. ;-)
Nikolas Toocheck, an AMERICAN kid (not Kenyan, mind you), ran seven marathons on seven continents between age 9 and 11.
https://runningwithmiles.boardingarea.com/youngest-marathoner-finish-7-marathons-7-continents/
Dumb or fun? wrote:
In the 1970s I ran a double marathon at age 15 during HS pre-season track. I did the first marathon in 3:51 and the second one in 5:15, wobbly with heat trouble at the end. I finished around 5PM on Saturday. On Monday afternoon, the track coach made the whole team do a mile time trial. I said, "Coach, I ran 52 miles on Saturday. " He didn't believe me and made me run. I typically ran around 4:50 at the time and ran 5:05 that day, beaten by JV guys. (Very upset.) I think kids that age recover much, much faster than adults do and than adults think kids do.
Two years later I ran my first regular marathon race with several teammates. I ran 2:55 and was beaten by a 12-year-old who ran 2:47. A pair of twin boys who were later low-9:00 HS 2-milers ran a good marathon around that time at about age 13-14. A lot of cross country/track kids did marathons then. It wasn't considered a big deal. I now medal at USA and world masters champs and win or place in my age group at marathon majors. Running marathons as a kid doesn't have to hurt later running. It's okay if they train enough and run sensibly.
You make a good point about recovery. I the 9 y.o. in the article, and what they didn't say (or see), is that when I finished, my family drove home (~3 hrs), and then I went outside to go ride my bike for a while.
"The daughter of endurance athletes—her mother, a music teacher, once ran the Vermont City Marathon"
Best part of the article. Apparently running one marathon, presumably 10-15 years ago, makes Mom an "Endurance Athlete"
Wowwwdude wrote:
"The daughter of endurance athletes—her mother, a music teacher, once ran the Vermont City Marathon"
Best part of the article. Apparently running one marathon, presumably 10-15 years ago, makes Mom an "Endurance Athlete"
Your wife calls me an “endurance athlete”.