Lane 8 world record at 400 meters being set as I video the men’s 70-74 age group.
Germany’s Guido Muller is the oldest man ever (repeat, ever) to run 400 meters under one minute.
It’s sort of like Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile barrier in 1954.
There is so much I have to share from the WMA Master’s World Championships. Each day, you can expect more from the week-long trip to Lahti, Finland.
Watch him do it here in front of my very eyes two days ago:
Click here to see Forbes list of the top 20 athletic achievements from the past 150 years. Forbes voted Roger Bannister’s feat number one. Lance Armstrong was voted second.
Welcome to Lane 8. Hope you had a GREAT experience at the 2009 Master’s World Championships, in Lahti Finland.
I believe, “If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough”.
My name is jeff noel, I’m an American from Orlando, Florida. My wife and I have been married for 26 years and we have a nine-year old son.
Our son has three teddy bears (exactly the same). He told me I had permission to bring the one with the torn ear.
My impossible goal is to make it to Lane 8. You know, the worst lane and the one the slowest runner gets.
My son asked me, “Dad, you want the worst lane, and you would even feel great about finishing last”?
“That’s right, son, even if I’m last, I would feel great”!, I respond back, smiling.
After a short pause, I add, “Lane 8 in the finals, at the World Championships. Although you are last, you’d still be in the top eight in the entire world”.
That would be impossible for an ordinary person like me.