Hinton nearly cracks 15 for 5000 meters at age 44
John Hinton of North Carolina ran 15:00.39 to win a munchkin-laden 5000 meters Friday at the Duke Invitational at Durham, N.C. Track photographer Cheryl Treworgy, a witness, writes: "With three laps to go, John was 10 seconds behind the leader with a pack hanging on to him.With two laps, he was still 10 seconds back with a second up on the next runner. With one lap to go he began his assault, caught the leader and put five seconds on him for a time of 15:00.39 to 15:05.98." Brian Pope holds the M40 American record in this event at 14:17.36.
Here's Cheryl's photo of John leading the pack at Duke:
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Comments
FYI - John Hinton is 44, and he's only a few weeks away from 45. So his 15:00.39 is even more impressive! I'd love to see him try for sub-15, but I think he'll be a little busy lowering the M45 WR in the 1500 by about 4 or 5 seconds in the coming months! ... That is, even Tony Young hasn't already lowered it that much (or more) himself!
Posted by: Pete Magill | April 9, 2007 3:20 PM
What a great run and against the college kids John!
Posted by: Steve Chantry | April 9, 2007 5:57 PM
Great shot too! Cheryl does nice work.
Posted by: KimW | April 10, 2007 4:59 AM
Great run John! Best of luck with your soon to be new age group. You're an inspiration to many and a class act! Thank heavens you've decided to skip the steeplechase.
Chris
Posted by: Chris Yorges | April 10, 2007 2:15 PM
John is as STRONG as ever! Great running this Spring! Funny to see the kids drafting on an old man, know the feeling!
Posted by: tony young | April 10, 2007 2:41 PM