Misc My race against the all-time marathon records.

**Rain Man** · 06-13-2009, 03:56 PM

Tomorrow I'll be chasing history.

I'll run my first half-marathon tomorrow, and will be chasing the legends of old. I'll post in a poll the historical records of the marathon, as each five-minute segment was passed (2:30, 2:25, etc.) How do think I'll compete?

(Technically, the guys in the poll were running full marathons while I'll be running a half-marathon, but there are only four letters' difference.)

As a little background information, I did my first casual 13.1 mile run a couple of weeks ago, and my Nike/Ipod told me I ran it in 2:27:33. It's not certain how accurate it is at determining distance, though it looked like it was pretty close.

Hydrae · 06-13-2009, 04:00 PM

Quote:

(Technically, the guys in the poll were running full marathons while I'll be running a half-marathon, but there are only four letters' difference.)

Don't forget the dash

keg in kc · 06-13-2009, 04:01 PM

I was going to post a witty reply, but...I got nuthin.

Good luck, run hard but stay safe and healthy.

**Baby Lee** · 06-13-2009, 04:09 PM

Just double your stride, full-marathon WIN!!!

Zebedee DuBois · 06-13-2009, 04:17 PM

Half empty / half full.

Half hearted

Half assed

Half wit

Halves and the half nots

Half life

There's a joke in there somewhere.

**Rain Man** · 06-13-2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Hydrae

Don't forget the dash

Good point. Four letters and a punctuation mark.

stlchiefs · 06-13-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

As a little background information, I did my first casual 13.1 mile run a couple of weeks ago, and my Nike/Ipod told me I ran it in 2:27:33. It's not certain how accurate it is at determining distance, though it looked like it was pretty close.

Have you calibrated your Nike+? How accurate has it been in the past. I need full disclosure before I will vote in your poll.

**Rain Man** · 06-13-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by stlchiefs

Have you calibrated your Nike+? How accurate has it been in the past. I need full disclosure before I will vote in your poll.

I haven't calibrated it, but I mapped out my 13.1 mile route and it showed it at 13.0 miles, so it must be pretty close at that distance. At shorter distances I've noticed that it can vary a bit (up to 10 or even 15 percent) in terms of not being able to tell when I have a faster or slower pace.

JuicesFlowing · 06-13-2009, 04:31 PM

I admire you for your effort, no matter what time you end with.

**Rain Man** · 06-13-2009, 04:32 PM

Thanks. I'm quite excited about it. The only other formal run I've ever done was a 5K about 12 years ago, so this is a great leap forward for me.

**Skip Towne** · 06-13-2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Thanks. I'm quite excited about it. The only other formal run I've ever done was a 5K about 12 years ago, so this is a great leap forward for me.

Congrats, Kevin. No way I could do that. But I'm old.

**DaFace** · 06-13-2009, 04:42 PM

Good luck! You still racing against Joe?

**Rain Man** · 06-13-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Good luck! You still racing against Joe?

Nah. He was sick this week, so he said he's not going to run. So...I won! I beat Joe!

Joe's premise is that I have to finish to win, but my thinking is that I win as long as I finish at least one foot of the race.

(Joe is a coworker who's actually a real marathoner.)

**Bowser** · 06-13-2009, 04:50 PM

Good luck!

Personally, if I have to go 13.whatever miles, I'm driving.

RJ · 06-13-2009, 05:43 PM

You should start now.

The early bird gets the worm.

View Poll Results: Click the fastest marathoner that Rain Man will beat in his half-marathon.
Rain Man won't finish. He's jogging's version of Brodie Croyle.	1	5.56%
Rain Man will finish, but he won't beat any of the guys below.	6	33.33%
1896 - Spiridon Louis (Greece) - 2:58:50	0	0%
1909 - Robert Fowler (USA) - 2:52:45	0	0%
1909 – James Clark (USA) – 2:46:52	1	5.56%
1909 – Harry (Frederic) Barrett (UK) – 2:42:31	2	11.11%
1913 – Harry Green (UK) – 2:38:16	0	0%
1920 – Hannes Kolehmainen (Finland) – 2:32:35	0	0%
1925 – Albert Michelson (USA) – 2:29:01	3	16.67%
1952 – James Peters (UK) – 2:20:42	1	5.56%
1953 – James Peters (UK) – 2:18:40	1	5.56%
1963 – Leonard Edelen (USA) – 2:14:28	0	0%
1967 – Derek Clayton (Australia) – 2:09:36	0	0%
2003 – Paul Tergat (Kenya) – 2:04:55	0	0%
2008 (current records) - Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) - 2:03:59	0	0%
Rain Man will beat all of these guys.	2	11.11%
Rain Man's on steroids. This won't count.	1	5.56%
Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll

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06-13-2009, 05:43 PM	#15
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