Pete Magill snares M50 AR for 5000; Daprano sets W75 mile WR
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Pete in 2008 race.
Roald details his latest records and shares links to YouTube videos:
With just 3 weeks to my 8th and final Olympic Trials – The 2012 UK Olympic Trials in Birmingham – I had my first competition today as a 50 year old.
I threw in Clermont, Florida, at the National Training Center. I took just 4 throws but 3 of them broke and set new World Age Group Records. The first 2 WRs were set with the 700g javelin: first 71.72m and then 76.15m / 249ft 10″ thereby adding over 5 meters to the previous World Record which stood at 71.01m for the last for 5 years. I then took just one throw with 800 gram javelin that measured 67.10m beating Larry Stuart’s 24 year old World Record mark of 65.76m with a 800g.
Currently I am ranked 5th in the UK but my goal for the Trials now is to significantly raise my World Record on the day and medal.
As always I captured today’s throws on video and posted them immediately on You-Tube.
* Interestingly today – June 2nd – just happens to be the 5 year anniversary of my very first You-Tube video – some 2 millions hits ago!!!
Videos:
76.15m / 700g: M50 WR
youtube.com/user/Roald62?feature=mhee
71.72m / 700g: M50 WR
youtube.com/watch?v=Fgrfa4dx2Jg
67.10m / 800g: M50 WR
youtube.com/watch?v=ZBxgaAc6NWM
Previous World and National Record:
M50 World Record 71.01m / 700g Luis Nogueira, ESP 51 September 12th, 2007 Riccione
M50 World Record 65.76m / 800g Larry Stuart USA 50 April 30th, 1988
M50 British Record 65.90m / 700g Keith Beard, NED November, 13th 2011
16 Responses
Well done Pete!
Matt
Mr. Magill is from another planet! I wonder if he will compete in the SCA Masters meet on June 16 at Cal Tech? Or, is he beyond such competition? I am a 50+ runner who is still struggling to find his groove and go under 20:00 in the 5K. I was thinking of entering the SCA Masters championship, but if runners at or near the level of Mr. Magill are going to be there, I really have to rethink if I belong on the same track as these great runners.
Stephen – You definitely belong on that track! Here’s the wonderful thing about our sport: whether we run faster or slower, we all have almost the exact same race experience – minus the triviality of time or finish place. But seriously, it hurts in all the same ways no matter where we finish. We all tell the same basic stories. Hate the same laps. Make the same race mistakes. Have the same exhilaration at achieving goals long in the making. And as masters athletes, most of us treasure the camaraderie of the journey far more than the momentary positive feedback of our time or place.
That said, I won’t be at the SCA Masters meet. I’ve got a race this coming Saturday AM (road 5K), then am fulfilling a promise by running in a masters mile that same night in Portland, OR. After that, I’ll want a few down weeks before racing again – and it’ll probably be a longer race on the roads (e.g.–Semena Nautica 15K in Santa Barbara, July 4) that meshes with a more low-insensity, high-volume summer program … Got to get ready for cross country in the fall!
So go run. And good luck. And remember that we don’t have a sport without one another. We celebrate one another’s presence at events because that IS our sport. Fast or slow has very little to do with it.
Great job Pete! I’m jealous because I can’t seem to stay healthy long enough to get through a full season. Maybe I should move up to the distance races too. Not!!
Pete – Thanks for being a great statesman for the sport on top of being a great runner. There’s only one reason I don’t want to meet you – you’re in my age group! Stay healthy!
Even though your accomplishments at 50 has been the ever, I have a feeling that we have not yet seen the best of this great athlete.
Congratulations!
Good job Pete. And you looked good doing it.
Pete,
Great job keeping more or less in racing form. I find it more difficult to predict when my good races will occur as I get older, but the training tips I’ve gotten from you and others have helped stack the odds a little more in my favor.
Was that a freudian slip in your last sentence – “insensity” seems like a combination of intensity and insanity.
Cheers!
Pete, it just keeps getting better! Congratulations…we can hardly wait to see what you do next!
show off……..congrats 🙂
Nice job Pete on a great race. Also, I think your comments above reflect how most of us feel regarding our sport! Very well said.
Congrats Pete and also your own comments on what Masters running represents makes me proud to a part of the fabric
“whether we run faster or slower, we all have almost the exact same race experience…”
Well said, Sir, and so true! Fast and eloquent!!
Pete, Pete, Pete — it has a nice sound to it. Let’s see, your latest effort was 4:51.9 per mile over 3.10685 miles/5000 meters.
I think you’re doing well, Pete. Some of us are half as good as you are, and some (like me) can’t run a lick any longer.
Keep on rolling, Pete.
Pete Taylor
Mr. Magill, Thanks for your comment and for reminding me what this sport is really about. Spoken like a true runner, gentleman, and scholar. Good luck in the mile up in Portland. It is going to be a great race.
The WR of Martin Rees of 14min53’2 looks like is up for grabs.4min27’9 should be in your sights now.
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