Mile maniac O’Meara nears end of 2009 marathon of races
The last time we mentioned Sarasota’s David O’Meara, he was debriefing us on his 2008 road-mile odyssey — where he ran 22 races to get 20 under 5 minutes at age 45. What do you do for an encore? You shoot for 27 road miles under 5 minutes at age 46. Can’t wait until 2013, when he promises to run masters track. This article tells how he devised his latest mile challenge, saying: “Out of that (2008) success came both his third book, ‘Creating
Amazement,’ and a question: What next? His answer: The New England
Marathon. Run a mile in 27 different New England towns (including all
six state capitals) in July and August, hoping to average less than 5
minutes per mile, for an aggregate time of less than 2 hours, 11
minutes for a 26.2-mile marathon.” According to his list of completed races, he’s run sub-5 every time but once. His latest was Friday’s “Derby Mile” in Salem, Mass., where he clocked 4:51. Only four more to go. The journey ends August 30 in Boston.
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Ken, I’m amazed that you give Mr. O’meara so much ink for running a number of sub-five minute miles. He is a fine athlete, to be sure, but you should give a little more credit to Tony Young for his current year U.S. best M45 mile of 4:22. Given the rule of thumb of training at 7/8 pace, Mr Young probably does many sub-5 minute mile repetitions in his regular workouts, not to mention the number done by all his worthy competitors. Mr. Young also averages less than 5:00 per mile in his 5,000 meter run, and he is second-ranked to Peter Magill, who averages 4:46 per mile.
Ken, I’m amazed that you give Mr. O’meara so much ink for running a number of sub-five minute miles. He is a fine athlete, to be sure, but you should give a little more credit to Tony Young for his current year U.S. best M45 mile of 4:22. Given the rule of thumb of training at 7/8 pace, Mr Young probably does many sub-5 minute mile repetitions in his regular workouts, not to mention the number done by all his worthy competitors. Mr. Young also averages less than 5:00 per mile in his 5,000 meter run, and he is second-ranked to Peter Magill, who averages 4:46 per mile.
Ken, I’m amazed that you give Mr. O’meara so much ink for running a number of sub-five minute miles. He is a fine athlete, to be sure, but you should give a little more credit to Tony Young for his current year U.S. best M45 mile of 4:22. Given the rule of thumb of training at 7/8 pace, Mr Young probably does many sub-5 minute mile repetitions in his regular workouts, not to mention the number done by all his worthy competitors. Mr. Young also averages less than 5:00 per mile in his 5,000 meter run, and he is second-ranked to Peter Magill, who averages 4:46 per mile.
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