New World record for backwards 800-Meter Run!

[Trackshark]

OXFORD, Ohio - Brian Godsey (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East), an alumnus of the Miami University men's cross country and track & field teams, broke the world record in the backwards 800m, Tuesday evening, at George L. Rider Track on the campus of Miami University. Godsey completed the distance in 2:50.45, topping the previous standard of 2:57.35, held by Stefano Morselli of Italy.

http://muredhawks.collegesports.com/gen ... 04aab.html

[EPelle]

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What will someone come up with next -- backwards 800m wheelchair race?

[tafnut]

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that's disgusting - that's what I run it forward in!

[Trackshark]

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I tell you what, I can juggle with the best of them. I wasn't too bad of a 400 meter runner either. I wonder what the world record is for juggling three tennis balls around 400 meters in lane 4. My desire to come back and train again has just been elevated...

[Mel]

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"What will someone come up with next"

cartwheels, somersaulting, crawling, hand-walking, one-legged hopping, 2-legged hopping, (hopping frontwards and backwards, 2 different events)

[gh]

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google for "joggling" and other things and I'm sure you'll find what you want. We saw guy set WR in the 200 at Pre a year or three ago. (fortunately, they ton't have wind-aid rules)

[EPelle]

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Pretty snazzy personal site: http://www.tomborish.com/about/

[No Name]

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I wonder what his "forward" time is.

[kuha]

Re: New World record for backwards 800-Meter Run!

Finally, some really IMPORTANT news! Can we get a full list of the age-group records for this event?

[EPelle]

Re: New World record for backwards 800-Meter Run!

Next up: Co-ed kissing 400m dash. First pair around the track with lips locked the entire distance wins a free entry into the carnival and their names entered into the Hall of Craze.

[Asterix]

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"world record"? Shouldn't it just be a world best since I have yet to hear of the IAAF recognizing backwards 800m as an accepted event.

And furthermore, aren't all world records or bests supposed to be supported by a passed doping test before being accepted? Surely someone who thinks it's a good idea to see how fast they can run backwards must be on something.

[EPelle]

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Alas, my first real laugh of the day.

[Jefferson Buffalo]

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>Next up: Co-ed kissing 400m dash.<


And after that co-ed . . . what? they don't allow that sort of thing on this board?

Never mind.

[DentyCracker]

Re: New World record for backwards 800-Meter Run!

>"world record"? Shouldn't it just be a world best since I have yet to hear
>of the IAAF recognizing backwards 800m as an accepted event.

And
>furthermore, aren't all world records or bests supposed to be supported by a
>passed doping test before being accepted? Surely someone who thinks it's a
>good idea to see how fast they can run backwards must be on something.

ROTFLMAO
See, I can always come to this site for a bright spot.

[Mel]

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"First pair around the track with lips locked the entire distance"

right and why stop there? oh and a few more: piggybacking, and running on lips.