tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11188695.post114773945383048808..comments2023-11-03T05:46:16.883-05:00Comments on Simon Says...Run: TRIVIAChadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11188695.post-1147807074678007742006-05-16T14:17:00.000-05:002006-05-16T14:17:00.000-05:002:08:33.6 was the official time apparently. It's i...2:08:33.6 was the official time apparently. It's interesting because now they don't list the split seconds for marathon records. See <A HREF="http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/ageGroup=N/season=0/gender=M/discipline=MAR/legal=A/index.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, for example.<BR/><BR/>"qejmdtyg" for verification!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11188695.post-1147801466613604882006-05-16T12:44:00.000-05:002006-05-16T12:44:00.000-05:00Evan,I googled marathon "world record progression"...Evan,<BR/><BR/>I googled marathon "world record progression" and that sent me <A HREF="http://www.athletix.org/Statistics/wrMarathonmen.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11188695.post-1147799820793425062006-05-16T12:17:00.000-05:002006-05-16T12:17:00.000-05:00A comment worth 1/60th of the original. Where did ...A comment worth 1/60th of the original. Where did you get the 2:08:34 figure for Clayton? I'd always thought it was 2:08:33.<BR/><BR/>I'd guess that Midwest Events got the figure from Beardsley's website. Strange that he would allow a typo like that on his website, since his autobiography talks about 2:09:36.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11188695.post-1147796542333164982006-05-16T11:22:00.000-05:002006-05-16T11:22:00.000-05:00Susan, at least he doesn't look like this.Susan, at least he doesn't look like <A HREF="http://miningiron.blogspot.com/2006/04/living-life.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11188695.post-1147783146138089922006-05-16T07:39:00.000-05:002006-05-16T07:39:00.000-05:00Yeah, the time is wrong. Duncan, thanks for the l...Yeah, the time is wrong. Duncan, thanks for the links. What makes this even more weird is that the Grandma's Marathon website has a course record page with 2:09:37. They say 2:09:36 in their guest bio. So even they can't get it right.<BR/><BR/>From what I can tell, if Beardsley had run 2:08:37 in June of 1981 he'd have been 3 seconds off the WR.<BR/><BR/>2:08'18" Rob de Castella, AUS, 06 Dec 1981, Fukuoka <BR/>2:09'36" Derek Clayton, AUS, 03 Dec 1967, Fukuoka <BR/>2:08'34" Derek Clayton, AUS, 30 May 1969, Antwerp <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I sent a couple of emails out this morning to the editor of this magazine and to Dick's website. We'll see what happens. Maybe the average runner couldn't care less, but to me it seems like a big mistake.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11188695.post-1147742898880873712006-05-15T20:28:00.000-05:002006-05-15T20:28:00.000-05:00I'm perplexed on this. The Grandmas CR is 2:09:36...I'm perplexed on this. The Grandmas CR is 2:09:36, set by Beardsley, but his own website lists the 2:08:37 number.<BR/><BR/>Check the differences out:<BR/><BR/>http://dickbeardsley.com/Running.htm<BR/><BR/>http://www.grandmasmarathon.com/activities/guest_speakers.phpDuncan Larkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04855179236172793367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11188695.post-1147742777299553972006-05-15T20:26:00.000-05:002006-05-15T20:26:00.000-05:00The time? Should be 2:09.The time? Should be 2:09.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279497885714621045noreply@blogger.com