John Hinton of North Carolina ran another great 1500 at Duke over the weekend, clocking 3:58.13 just three days after turning 46 on May 1. This mark beats the listed single-age record of 3:58.3 by Britain’s Peter Molloy in 1995. John already holds the M45 American record of 3:56.39 (still listed as “p” for pending), which he clocked a year ago at the same track in Durham, North Carolina. Ironically, while USATF lists John’s 3:56.39 as pending, World Masters Athletics has no doubts — calling his time a world age-group record. Go figure.

Here are the race results from Duke:

Section 1
1 Patrick Morgan Unattached 3:50.91
2 Tamas Kovacs High Point 3:52.13
3 Geoff King Unattached 3:52.41
4 Cory Nanni Duke 3:52.85
5 Travis Wray Lynchburg 3:52.98
6 Josh Lund Duke 3:53.20
7 Josh Houser Appalachian St 3:53.84
8 Bobby Moldovan Unattached 3:54.41
9 Geary Gubbins Duke 3:54.50
10 Greg Dame Unattached 3:55.06
11 John Hinton Carrboro AC 3:58.13
12 Tradelle Ward Duke 4:04.15
13 Johnny Baez Unattached 4:06.88

Meanwhile on the Left Coast, M45 star Pete Magill also ran a 15 against collegians, clocking 4:02.01 at the Steve Scott Invitational in Irvine, California.

Men 1500 Meter Run
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Stadium: M 3:44.18 1989 Tregg Scott, ASU TC
NCAA Qual: * 3:47.80
Name Year School Finals
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Section 2
1 Sergio Gonzalez CS San Marco 3:54.56
2 Paul Limpf Eastern Wash 3:54.84
3 John Mering Unattached 3:54.99
4 Bryan Lopez UC Irvine 3:56.83
5 Matt Kiesz Cal Tech 3:57.01
6 Aman Bhatia UC Irvine 3:57.43
7 Travis Kuhlman Long Beach S 3:57.52
8 Colin Szehner Sacramento S 3:59.03
9 Guillermo Cazares Concordia 3:59.17
10 Chris Ogle Paupa New Gu 3:59.28
11 Luis Castaneda Unattached 3:59.50
12 Peter Magill Fluffy Bunny 4:02.01
13 Eddie Venegas So Cal RR 4:03.63
14 Steven DeCastro Long Beach S 4:04.14
15 Tawei Ma CSU Northrid 4:14.21
16 Gustavo Hernandez CSU Northrid 4:18.03
17 Fedly Bonneau Unattached 4:18.53

Pete, also, 46, described his condition at Irvine in a letsrun.com postring:

Ran a 1500 today, and God did I ever NOT feel like a 1500 runner. I felt slow and weak and in need of a whole slew of gears that I simply didn’t have … or didn’t have anywhere other than in my memories. But it was a beautiful day down in Irvine for the meet. And the young runners look even younger and healthier this year than ever (it’s a joy of middle-age to feel one’s spirit uplifted just by observing the fitness of youth in all its glory).

Heck, I feel young just watching U and John run! Stay strong.