Y ask: Tony Young, 41, of Redmond, Wash. -- competing against runners his own age for once -- smashed the listed American M40 outdoor record for 3,000 meters Saturday at the Hayward Masters Classic in Eugene, Oregon.
Results from: http://www.geocities.com/twolaps/hc03/hc03sat.html M40 3000 Meter Run ======================================================================= Name Age Team Finals Points ======================================================================= 1 1844 Young, Tony M41 CNW 8:23.78 2 116 Magill, Peter M42 Team Runners Hig 8:48.39 3 1969 Adams, Brad M40 ARC 10:09.16 4 1999 Guzman, Gil M43 RBA 10:19.32 This was no surprise, given his recent miling. And Young ran 3000 indoors this past February in 8:22.99 -- plus 8:22.51 in March. Tony broke the listed American outdoor M40 record of 8:43.7 by New Mexico's Web Loudat in 1987. Not finished for the weekend, Tony joined with three other miling stud muffins to demolish the listed world record for the 4x1500 relay. The Mighty Micros team of Pete Magill (42), Angel Roman (41), Kevin Paulk (42) and Young clocked 16:24.12 to crush the listed WR for M40 of 16:41.1 by the British National Veterans (Peter Molloy, 48, 4:11.0; Glen Grant, 43, 4:06.6; Dave Bedwell, 43, 4:12.6; Dave Wilcock, 43, 4:10.9) in 1996. See relay results at: http://www.geocities.com/twolaps/hc03/hc03full.html Dave Clingan, the Mighty Micros maestro, writes: "They all ran well, but the most stunning performance was by Angel Roman, who severely pulled a hamstring muscle with about 150m to go in the second leg of the relay. Somehow, after hobbling several strides, and despite obvious pain, he still managed to get the baton to Kevin Paulk and keep the relay alive (with a split time of 4:11!)" Ken Stone http://www.masterstrack.com
