Nolan Shaheed tunes up for Boston with American record 1500

Nolan Shaheed, who snagged USATF Athlete of the Week in January for his M60 mile indoor record, ran one of his first outdoor meets of 2010 last night in Norwalk, California. The result? He ran the 1500 in 4:31.33 at the California Relays at Cerritos College, which beats the listed American record of 4:32.09 by Jim Sutton in July 1991. (The M60 world record is 4:27.65.) The results are here. (Click on Heat #2) He’ll be in Boston next week for masters indoor nationals, where he’s entered in the 4, 8, 15 and 3000. He’s one of the stars highlighted in this USATF press release. Nice job, Nolan. Get rested for nationals!

The near last will be first! Nolan took 14th in this heat.

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March 20, 2010

6 Responses

  1. Cornell Stephenson - March 20, 2010

    Great job, Noland! You have always been a friend an inspiration to me.

  2. christel donley - March 20, 2010

    Nolan, would you puleeze jog an 800 m for me.
    What are friends for?

    Seriously, you are amazing, getting older “becomes you”.

    Christel

  3. peter taylor - March 20, 2010

    Let’s see, if you run at a 2:25 pace per 800 meters you will end up with a time of 4:31.88 for 1500. That’s fast. The time reported here is slightly better than that: 4:31.33. And the runner in question is 60 years old? Really? Oh, wait, it’s Nolan Shaheed. When you tell me it’s Nolan I know it’s real. The man can motor, and he’s a great guy as well.

  4. kevin f - March 21, 2010

    Congrats Nolan,you are an inspiration to us all,see you in Boston

  5. Rich Burns - March 22, 2010

    All right Nolan! Hope this means that your foot is improving. Looking forward to watching you march the times down over the next few months!

  6. Tom Hartshorne - March 23, 2010

    Nolan is rewriting the wikipedia definition of the stop watch. We can’t help but stop and watch him race as each new record defies Einstein’s theory of relativity. . .only Nolan is not bending light but time. Beckham watch out!

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