My masters moles are working OT. From Alan Sigmon: “The Spanish Federation’s Web page . . . reports that Jesús Borrego Llamas has broken the M45 world indoor record for 3000 with a time of 8:34.58 at Seville on Feb. 11. The RFEA listed Klaus Goldammer’s 8:36.64 of 1999 as the old record, but Craig Fram (USA) ran 8:35.40 at Boston on Feb. 14, 2004.” From sprint champ Kettrell Berry comes news that Robert Thomas Jr. broke Dr. Ray Blackwell’s M40 American indoor record for 400 meters Friday at the Hoosier Hills Invitational at the University of Indiana in Bloomington.

Robert ran 49.60 at Bloomington, nipping Dr. B’s 49.62 from 2001. Robert also ran a 22.48 for 200 in Indy. (The indoor WR is 48.9 by Italy’s Enrico Saraceni in 2006.) A month earlier, possibly in his M40 debut, Robert ran 50.91 at a meet in Charleston, Illinois.
Jesús’ 3000 record also comes early in his new age group. At San Sebastian in 2005, Jesus was the M40 world champion at 1500 meters (3:58.35). The new 3K record is also detailed on a Spanish site, which included an interview with him.
Here’s a rough Google translation of the news report:

Jesús Borrego record of the world of 3,000 of Veterans
By: Aurora Perez

According to we had advanced in our interview with Jesus Borrego of the present month of February, went a to begin to break records everywhere carried out by the special runner of Herrera. Then, the news from Seville that arrives to us the Sevillian veteran has fulfilled his promise and is had given a wonderful record of the world of 3.000m in track covered in the M-45 category of veterans.
The mark of 8:34.58 is two seconds better than the previous record. Jesus has said to us that in his legs he even has better marks, since the race had it to make single he during 14 returns without no aid, to be surpassed in the end.
The record was made in the autonomic championship of track Covered with Andalusia, in the track of Seville where the next week is going away to dispute the Championship of Absolute Spain. Their times of step were of 2.51 for first thousands and the 2,49 in the second to complete those 8:34.58.
Surely with aid, that mark had been sensibly smaller. Jesus already was recently absolute champion of short Andalusia of cross. In any case has opened the prohibition of record and our veteran will next try to make the one of 1.500m in Oviedo during the championships of Spain de Veteranos in Oviedo.

Here’s a rough translation of the interview:
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Herrera has a special runner Year 2006 finished with the opening of a new railway section of high speed in Andalusia. One of its stations responds to the name of Genil-Herrera Bridge and at that high speed the one of a runner will be added of own Jesus name that aspire to beat its record and those of all that that is by the way.
By Aurora Perez
But its rapidity does not try to limit itself single demarcation of Andalusia, nor so at least to the one of Spain. Their borders look for to be ampler than those of the new train, they want to arrive at Europe and the entire world. Throughout the 2007 therefore, new fast sections will be opened and been of 800, 1500 and 3,000 meters. Let us hope that works arrive at good aim, and are not problems, nor take place failures by the way.
We spoke with the machinist who comments to us as the tasks go of preparation and the terms that are to go away fulfilling.
Jesus, you are running, duatleta, triathlete… since when?
I began to run to the 19 years, and gained races, perhaps but, it had not followed, it would have retired to me. It did not have any guide and it injured much to me. I believe that I do not have reached more because I injure myself with facility. For that reason I began to do duatlón, cripple bici and thus I have been doing less kilometers running, I did my first duatlón for eight years and with 44 years I was international absolute. It felt the father to me of all. It did a very great illusion, because although to me she had gained me the position, selected a to me to weigh of the age and they trusted me. Now I do also duatlón of mountain. In my town there is much level. Also I did two years triatlón and I was Veteran champion of Spain, but swimming does not occur me well and I did not have motivation to follow. They said to me that to improve it would have to do more kilometers swimming, and single it did three. I do not have the technique from small and now already the bones are very hard. In duatlón I have elite level, that I do not have in triatlón.
Speaking of injuries, you are now without problems?
As it said to you very I am given to injure to me. With 40 years I passed two or three years very bad, it injured much to me perhaps to force. It oppressed to me. Sanchez Vargas says to me that the normal thing is that they hurt several things, not a single one, the annoyances you always take them. Now I have a Neuroma de Morton and as of 40 minutes of running a begins to hurt. I am hoping to do a resonance to me. To train in bici benefits to me because it decompresses the nerve to me.
Your work allows you to train well?

Work in the field, the olive groves, vareando the olive. I rise to six and average, he is very hard, sometimes there is still no light or he is cloudy and they illuminate the lights to us of the tractors. To two of afternoon I finish. Soon training in the evening. I do not lie down the siesta, if very I am tired I lie down before, to ten or the eleven at night. Sometimes I ask myself where it leaves the force to me. Now I point everything and it seems impossible to me to make things that that thought it could not do.
How do you plan the training?
I train myself, already you know, to this age trains much by sensations. To have a trainer would be positive but must to you know very well. I plan at the most one week, today for example not yet that I will do tomorrow. I have guidelines nothing else but. It is necessary to look for a balance, the days that group of people I do not leave with bici. In any case the best training is the rest, and I rest every four days, that day I leave thus with bici and running nonpassage of 80km more or less. Of all forms if a day I cannot train not I oppress. Unemployment and soon I go like one moto. This to run does not have to be a martyrdom. In addition sometimes the work tires much. It is necessary to recover.
How you take the season?
I have been from August competing in duatlón and popular races practically all Sundays during four months, soon a rest of about twenty days and the covered track and cross are my objectives. Háblanos of your impressions like veteran. At the outset it thought that the one of the veteran ones was an one step back, did not feel veteran to me. It thought that it was going to be less motivated, but now I am very well, as if it was twenty years old, with much illusion. It is like one family, after the competitions you take yourself you cotoot… enjoys much. I believe that I maintain level of the twenty years but training better now than before. I began to compete in the competitions of veterans to the 42 years in the Track Covered in Oviedo and soon in the Championship of Europe of San Sebastián, in Track also Covered.
The end of 1500m of M-40 of San Sebastián us it was to many recorded in the retina. How lived you from within?
He was impressive. I am fast of end and I never give nothing by lost. It went as Penti when leaving laughs it. Fíjate if the end were hard, that when I saw the recording in a supper that they gave me in the City council of Herrera, I thought to see if in the repetition the German wins to me! Very the race was fought, but I am very sufridor, never shot the towel, thanks to that I won. I express myself to the maximum. That championship was very pretty. After running I went a the old part to celebrate it with the friends who were come to see me. Also I gained 3.000m obstacles, to prove something new. It is a very hard test but I I am skillful jumping. I injured a month slightly and means before but I could recover in time.
You are a born winner, how you follow the course?
It is learned but when nondesire, when you are second, third or quarter, that it does motivate more to you. In any case I not me climb, congratulate to the rivals and until the next one. Although by all means I prefer to always win are athletes who matter to you less than they win to you, one of they are Antonio Martinez Heredia. I have competed much with and I do not concern so much to have left second if he is the one that wins.
Habitually you train single or accompanied? Contáis in your town with good facilities?
The series I make them single, are personal and I mold them according to the day. The runnings I make them accompanied. In the entrenos I like to innovate, to investigate of that form me oppression less, to me becomes bearable but. As far as facilities, in our town we have much luck, there are very good facilities. Much is taken care of the sport, the mayor and the councilman worries about it. We have covered swimming pool, track of athletics, velodrome, artificial turf, fronton, voley-beach. At night the centers ignite and people make sport. Meeting of athletics of Andalusia becomes east year in Herrera. In addition we have until station of the BIRD. It is a very small town, but much people who come buy a house here and it remains. The truth is that we have of everything. It also has much liking to the horses. There is a picadero, and until a music conservatory.
You personally have you help for the competitions and the trips?
I do not have any sponsorship, would have to do curriculum but I am very vague. In any case story with my club the A.D.S (Association of Sportsmen of Seville) and also with the mayor that help me much. Perhaps we can verte run in that meeting.
Piensas that some test for veterans will be able to be done? 1.500 for example?
Let us hope. I will try that she becomes…
How you see your future of runner?
I will run whenever she can. If you have taken it like a work, if you have dedicated much to it I understand that one thinks about leaving it, but I think that people as Martin Fiz or the Sanchez Vargas has much merit, follow running and the ring does not fall to participate to them in races, although no longer they have nothing to demonstrate. I enjoy much the sport, for my is a form of life. The positive march goes to me. And I have to say that one of the things of which I feel prouder, in all along that I take running, is that I took off to smoke. And to finalize.
Your immediate future?
I finish entering the category of M-45 and have very many illusion in trying the record of the world of Covered Track and Free Air. I consider for the Track Cover to compete in the Championship of Andalusia, in Oviedo, where it will be the Championship of Spain of Veterans and in Helsinki where the European of Veterans will be celebrated. I am wishing to begin to compete. We warned the travellers who this runner of discharge speed will carry out shutdowns in the stations previously indicated. It is requested to be kind, because the shutdowns will be very brief.