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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Fun Fact #1 - 60 Minutes

Since Brad's "1-hour Track Run" is coming up this weekend, I thought I'd post something related. I came across an article that explains the history behind the "hour run" (didn't realize that this was a semi-common metric)... anyone planning on breaking any records this weekend?!?

1hr Track Records (World):

Men - 21,285m [Haile Gebrselassie (Eth); Ostrava, Czech Republic (06/27/2007)]
Women - 18, 517m [Dire Tune (Eth); Ostrava, Czech Republic (06/12/2008)]

1hr Track Records (US):
Men - 20,547m [Bill Rodgers; Boston, MA (09/09/1977)]
Women - 17,273m [Nancy Conz; Amherst, MA (06/25/1981)]

4 comments:

  1. Thank you Brad for the real records! Will post the rules of the TITUS VAN RIJN INVITATIONAL ONE-HOUR DISTANCE CLASSIC in tomorrow's post!

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  2. meghan...is it saying something about massachusettians (new word, by the way), that they are crazy enough to run ridiculously fast around a track for 1 hr?

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  3. hahaha... yesssss... ok... here's my theory:

    in Boston, there's a Starbucks or a Dunkin Donuts or some type of coffee place every block

    caffeine = run crazy fast & blocks = circlish tracks!!! -> the winning formula!!!

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  4. other theory... wasn't "shutter island" off the coast of MA?!?

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