Brits bounce Americans’ world indoor records in W50, W65 miles

No luck involved. Ros earned her WR.

Ros and sponsor.

Athletics Weekly reports that British stars Clare Elms and Ros Tabor took down the W50 and W65 indoor mile world records in one fell swoop Wednesday at the Vivo Barefoot Dream Mile. Competing on London’s Lee Valley track, Clare clocked 5:07.32 to beat the listed W50 WR of 5:08.65 by American Monica Joyce in 2010. Ros, who was was profiled by Runner’s World in 2006, ran 6:05.85, smashing the listed W65 WR of 6:16.26 by Marie Michelsohn in 2007. It also crunched the listed outdoor WR — 6:16.28 by Marie as well. On Howard Grubb’s updated age-graded conversion form, Clare’s time is equivalent to a kiddie mark of 4:15.4 and Ros’ mile is worth a stunning 4:09.2.

Clare is No. 49 in this London indoor mile, where she creamed W50 mile WR.

Clare is No. 49 in this London indoor mile, where she creamed W50 mile WR.

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February 6, 2015

5 Responses

  1. Tom Phillips - February 6, 2015

    Yay! Go Brits!

  2. Ken Stone - February 6, 2015

    Results posted here:
    http://masterstrack.com/wp-content/uploads/mile-results.pdf

  3. Mark Cleary - February 6, 2015

    The age graded conversion charts have never been close to realistic- non the less note worthy performances and congrats to the ladies !

  4. Mary Harada - February 7, 2015

    congratulations to the fast Brit women, hope to see them in Lyon.
    As for the “realism” of the age graded conversion charts, nothing new there – any time there are countless 99% + age grading one should be skeptical. While those who are setting those age-graded percentages are fine athletes and train hard – one should question the reality of the charts. I do not question the times being run -but I do question the age grading percentages.
    OTOH -they are useful for encouraging better training even if the age-grading marks are questionable. Keep things in perspective folks –

  5. kevin f forde - February 9, 2015

    Delighted to hear there’s an indoor track in London

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