Anyway, we're more stylish now than they were 40 years ago... so nah, nah... who wins, eh? We do!
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Are we there, yet?
Definitely! Take a look at this video from the 1971 Boston Marathon. BTW the woman interviewed at the beginning is Nina Kusick who won Boston in 1972, the first year women were allowed to run officially. That link to her is her entry in the Distance Running Hall of Fame. I like her comment about allowing women officials. If you watch closely you can see me with full beard about 2:15-2:17 into the video.
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
Hip Redux
Love it!
Yes, I saw you! You look just the same, but your hair color has changed a bit. :-) What a wonderful video. With the classical music in the background, it gave me shivers... Just amazing about Nina Kusick and so sad that she was treated this way... She, and others like her, did a lot for me. I'm grateful.
Former Bad Ass
Nice, George!
Damaris
Cool video, George.
The differences seem more related to the level of training runners today are willing to do and the different reasons that draw people to running and the correspondingly different goals.
Bingo. Work hard / train smart / results will follow. Approaching your potential doesn't just happen. 1st you must want it and then be able / willing to put in the work.
Youth Has No Age. ~ Picasso / 1st road race: Charleston Distance Run 15 Miler - 1974 / profile
The problem is that hard training isn't very fun.
Definitely! Take a look at this video from the 1971 Boston Marathon.
I was three flippin' years old. You have been running as long as I have been alive!
For posterity; wcrunner at the 1971 Boston Marathon.
I see it that not everyone wants to race for the same reasons as others, so some don't want or need to train hard and just want to finish and run the event rather than BQ.
Running and training to approach your potential is not easy. But when you follow your heart what some might consider hard is more like the joy of movement.
Yes, it is hard... but I like it :>
The joy, a good portion of it, for me is not just in moving my body at my age but in the struggle to set challenging goals and to be the best *I* can be to achieve those goals. That really hasn't changed over the years, that's just how I'm built. I understand this isn't what motivates everyone, I can only account for myself.
There is a ton of truth to that. A full metric ton.
No more marathons
And to add a non-scientific study of one to the mix:
In 1981 at the age of 30 I weighed 155 pounds and ran a 3:01:31 marathon - not nearly good enough to BQ
32 years later (older) and weighing 175 pounds (fatter) I ran a 3:47:30 marathon.
So, older and fatter = slower. Yep - some real rocket science there.
Oh, BTW - that 3:47:30 is a BQ -7:30
Boston 2014 - a 33 year journey
Lordy, I hope there are tapes.
He's a leaker!
That is just too awesome.
Slow and steady never wins anything.