+154 You didn't realize that the man who ran the all-time fastest marathon was over 35 years old at the time, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's impossible, seeing as he (Geoffrey Mutai) is only 30 right now.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Gebrselassie This guy held the record in 2010, which was when this post was written. And he was 35 in 2008 when he broke it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And that's just the age on his shady rural African birth certificate, which for distance runners they usually guess low. Some people think he's another five years older than that.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Impressive knowledge for someone who apparently doesn't even have running listed as an interest on his profile, but yes I was indeed talking about Geb, not Mutai. (Also, Patrick Makau is technically the WR holder. Mutai's didn't officially count since Boston is a point-to-point course.)

by Anonymous 12 years ago