German Fernandez: Time Warper

[dj]

The T&FN High School Records show German Fernandez as an interesting time traveller. He appears to have taken 8 days to run 35.57 seconds!

3k 7:59.83 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/20/08
2M 8:34.40 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/28/08

[kuha]

Re: German Fernandez: Time Warper

The T&FN High School Records show German Fernandez as an interesting time traveller. He appears to have taken 8 days to run 35.57 seconds!

3k 7:59.83 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/20/08
2M 8:34.40 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/28/08

And that reminds me of the last few miles of my one marathon....

[malmo]

It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes.

[rasb]

It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes.

Too much hot , spicy and delicious Mexican food can do that to a guy ...

Which is why Canadians invented beer, of course.

[gh]

Re: German Fernandez: Time Warper

The T&FN High School Records show German Fernandez as an interesting time traveller. He appears to have taken 8 days to run 35.57 seconds!

3k 7:59.83 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/20/08
2M 8:34.40 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/28/08

Borrring! Now if it had read

3k 7:59.83 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/28/08
2M 8:34.40 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/20/08

indicating he had warped the time-space continuum and gone backwards in time, then we'd have a headline!

[bhall]

I think he got stuck in a black hole like the Romulans did when chasing Spock in the last Star Trek!

[DrJay]

Re: German Fernandez: Time Warper

The T&FN High School Records show German Fernandez as an interesting time traveller. He appears to have taken 8 days to run 35.57 seconds!

3k 7:59.83 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/20/08
2M 8:34.40 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/28/08

Borrring! Now if it had read

3k 7:59.83 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/28/08
2M 8:34.40 Fernandez Greensboro, North Carolina 6/20/08

indicating he had warped the time-space continuum and gone backwards in time, then we'd have a headline!

That concept frightened Marvin Barnes once, when he was with the St. Louis Spirits of the old ABA:

"On the bright side, he did give us some laughs. Most notable was when Barnes said one of the most hilarious things I have ever heard from an athlete. When he was in the ABA, he apparently still hadn't grasped the concept of time zones. The team had a flight scheduled to leave Louisville at 8:00 am and arrive in St Louis at 7:59 am. This totally freaked Marvin out, and he said that he did not want to board the flight because 'I ain't goin' on no time machine.' "

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/ck/84319

[gh]

was that before or after he became Marvin "Tire Iron" Barnes?

(the preceding story, by the way, is a Bob Costas staple, since he witnessed it firsthand)

[Davidokun]

According to this article, the tire iron incident occurred in 1972.

He entered the ABA in 1974.