markschultz25 wrote:
Mary Cain will have that record in 3 years
Lol
Jenny Simpson 9:18.35 2-mile, American Record
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True story: I actually personally co-paced Regina Jacobs to a 9:11 2-mile. Back in (I think 2001 or 2002) I was at an all-comers meet in Los Gatos, California. I had earlier run a one-mile race in about 4:15ish. Regina's coach came up to me and asked me if I'd help pace her to try to run a 9:22 2-mile. He said that 9:23 was the AR and he wanted her to break it - at an all-comers meet(!!) I said sure. Me and some other guy (probably her male training partner) traded off laps. I ran the first lap, and we went through in about 66 or 67... way too fast for a 9:22. I figured I'd blown it. But she kept clicking them off in 67 or 68. Anyway, long story short. She ran a 9:11. Not just the AR, but the WR... but completely unofficial and off the record. A few weeks later, she went to Europe and ran a 9:18 (or something like that). A couple years later, she was busted for being doped by Balco, and many of her performances wiped from the books. ...true story.
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Pahk da cah wrote:
I saw it in person. It was thrilling. The whole meet was thrilling, even to my date who wasn't really into track (just a hobby jogger) but she was screaming and cheering at all the races. Jenny was right on pace the first few laps but then fell off. We were wondering whether the record would fall as she was almost 4 seconds under. Then the last two laps she unleashed that kick and it was killer. That is why Jenny is world class and what a world class runner needs - a kick. She made up over 8 seconds in two laps. It was really something to see.
A nice feature was having the "jumbotron" or whatever it's called (a new feature at the Reggie this year) show the record pace time for each lap that they needed to hit as the race progressed. It really added to the excitement and brought the crowd into it that much more.
B Mart was gutsy as hell, Lagat and Willis were great, Centro cruised and made it look easy. What a great meet and my date thought it was outstanding. I think she's a keeper.
Fake.
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Zak wrote:
Fake.
You are a Jealous BItch.
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