Peter Snell planning masters comeback in M65 group

[SQUACKEE]

Re: Peter Snell planning masters comeback in M65 group

thanks for the info nut!

there is so many ways to look at a 65 yr old x-super star. a 3 min half would be great in the big picture. if peter has even a small flame left of that burning competive fire and can train who knows what he can do. 3:00-2:15??????

[tafnut]

Re: Peter Snell planning masters comeback in M65 group

M65 800 METER RUN
World Record: 2:14.33 Earl Fee (CAN) 07/18/95
American Record: 2:21.14 Sidney Howard (NJ) 08/07/04

top 5 USA this year:
2:24.61 SID HOWARD (492)
2:26.29 MACK STEWART (442)
2:31.08 LEE WALTON (265*)
2:32.15 HOWARD WEISSER (265*)
2:34.39 DAN MCCORMACK (442)

I would say 2:30 would be a big success.

[SQUACKEE]

Re: Peter Snell planning masters comeback in M65 group

who can guess what he will run?

ill say 2:19 assuming he can train and is serious.

[slowcoach]

Re: Peter Snell planning masters comeback in M65 group

I don't want to know.

I don't want to hear that "some" 65 yr old can run faster at 800m than I can for 400m (probably).

[Django]

Re: Peter Snell planning masters comeback in M65 group

I thought he'd competed in a Masters event in an indoor meet in NYC about 10 or 15 years ago. If I recall, he won a mile in just under 5 minutes.
Nevertheless, it'd be great to see him competeing again!

[big mac]

Re: Peter Snell planning masters comeback in M65 group

Awesome news. I doubt he would compete if he would embarrass himself, so he should do well.

Probably going to be more spectators there than at the Commonwelath games trials in Christchurch.

[TrackCEO]

He's just some old New Zealand ex-pat. Apparently hasn't competed since 1965. He's planning to compete at a Kiwi meet in February.

Details on my blog:
http://masterstrack.com/blog/archives/000484.html

Ken