my dad ran a 4:06 before the 4 minute barrier was broke. he was timing me in miles at age 8. I was very scientific about it by 8th grade. had a plan for all my splits and when to kick. I could hit my splits within a second. I *really* enjoyed the mile, but my dad forced me to race longer distances. I wasn't very good at longer distances or cross countyr, because i hated them. in 9th, i had to do the dreaded 2 mile and 1 mile. I got in several arguments with my coaches about why did I have to run longer races just because no one could beat me on the team in a 2 mile. I wanted to race *only* the mile. And I never ran track again, because of tennis. i have a lot of memories of mile racing. once in cross country we ran five, one mile intervals and the coach gave us each a time to hit...and told us this was a test of our pacing skills. I was like 4th-5th best on my team, but when it can to pacing...I had this internal clock. I hit each mile on the nose...the coaching was laughing harder each time.
I remeber in HS they asked me to run the mile because of how fast I ran it in football practice, I had just finished B-ball and hadnt really trained for the mile. At the first meet of the season, I took second. . . . . to last. I mean me and that last guy were just running as hard as we could to NOT be the last one to cross the finish line. I won, that other guy was a loser Then they thought I should run the 3 mile. . . . well needless to say after that I quit track all together, and just ran when chased or chasing someone. Such as football and basketball.
1 mile - 5:25 3 mile - 17:35 8 mile - Ran like Hell!!!!! Mayde Creek High School Cross Country Rules!!!
I think I met this guy at UH... when we had a little Clutchcity hoop it up outing. He didn't know it was a cc.net thing though. The guy was pretty good in hoops, reminded me a of a white Mario Elie type. I think he said his name was hatershaker... blonde hair a little under 6ft?
100m - 11.6 200m - 24.1 400m - forget I was never good enough to run individual events I did participated in a few relays though.
My legs are for endurance, not speed. So, I've finished (that's a darn good word for me) a few marathons and triathlons. Thats all. RR
That's him. He was always badass, and made me a much better player as well. I remember him coming up to SWT my sophomore year. We went to the rec to play, and it was like no time had lapsed.
You guys with good times in high school, don't give up: http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0514/p18s02-lihc.html Ageless athletes Many older people are participating in track and field after an absence of 30 to 50 years, and they're breaking records as they go By Gregory M. Lamb | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Seventy-nine-year-old John McManus sat in his warm-ups in the stands at the Reggie Lewis field house at Roxbury Community College, chatting with friends and cheering on the athletes at the USA Track & Field (USATF) Indoor Masters National Championships. But Mr. McManus, who had traveled to Boston for the event from his home in Woodside, N.Y., wasn't there just to watch. Over the course of the three-day meet in March he competed in four events. "I don't think there's anything like track in the whole world," he says. "It keeps me young and happy. And I think my wife is happy because I'm not sitting in a chair watching TV all day." . . . Going strong in his second century Unique is certainly the word. Some people would not expect to see a 101-year-old walking a golf course under his own power. But Everett Hosack from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, who's that age and the oldest athlete in USATF history, does something more strenuous. At Boston he competed in the 60-yard dash and shot put. "I laid off [track and field] for 50 years from the time I was 30 to 80," Mr. Hosack says. Now he goes running every day at 4 p.m. - "if there isn't snow on the track." Last year he competed in the prestigious Penn Relays, and in April he demonstrated his shot-putting prowess on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Hosack also has a dry wit. Asked what he likes most about competing, he replies, "I usually walk away with a gold medal." When told what an inspiration he is, he answers, "That's what most people say."
