Irish Masters Track and Field Times?

YFlyer

I was just looking at the 1500m times on http://www.irishmastersathletics.com/index.asp?pageid=109583

For the over 35s, it has Billy Flaherty with a time of 4.32.90. While for the over 40s, it has Eamonn Coughlan with a time of 3.51.38.

Does anybody know why the over 35s time is so?

Likewise for the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m times

ecoli

YFlyer wrote: »

I was just looking at the 1500m times on http://www.irishmastersathletics.com/index.asp?pageid=109583

For the over 35s, it has Billy Flaherty with a time of 4.32.90. While for the over 40s, it has Eamonn Coughlan with a time of 3.51.38.

Does anybody know why the over 35s time is so?

Likewise for the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m times

Eamonn only returned to running after the age of 40 and became the first man ever to run a sub 4 mile over the age of 40 (1994 in USA indoor as a 41 year old).

It is an interesting fact. Some people take a few years out after retirement only to return later in there forties etc. They can be forced to end senior career due to injury etc only to later return to competition

YFlyer

Thanks Ecoli

It does seem to be a huge difference in time between the two age groups.

ecoli

Think there are a few missing from that list anyway i know of one or two which have definitely been broken in recent times

meathcountysec

Also, male masters at O35 only came into being relatively recently.

RoyMcC

meathcountysec wrote: »

Also, male masters at O35 only came into being relatively recently.

Spot on Mr Secretary - I believe that the M35s have only been sporadically contested. Aren't IAAF talking about reversing that decision and maybe scrapping the equally mad W35?

liamo123

meathcountysec wrote: »

Also, male masters at O35 only came into being relatively recently.

By any chance do u know how Dunshaughlin's Tommy Maher got on....

YFlyer

Just reading about the times Gerry Ryan is running. Very impressive indeed.

meathcountysec

liamo123 wrote: »

By any chance do u know how Dunshaughlin's Tommy Maher got on....

As if by magic......


http://www.dunshaughlinac.com/news-details.asp?id=250

dna_leri

ecoli wrote: »

It is an interesting fact. Some people take a few years out after retirement only to return later in there forties etc. They can be forced to end senior career due to injury etc only to later return to competition

Also some "real" athletes look down on the masters category and would not take part in Irish masters events as it is beneath them. Therefore the record keepers would not know that they are eligible and their results in non-masters events are not logged.

However the records are wrong and if the O-40 time is better than the O-35 time, then the O-40 time should stand for both age categories. So Couglan should actually be the O-35 record holder as he was obviously O-35 at the time the record was broken.

meathcountysec

RoyMcC wrote: »

Spot on Mr Secretary - I believe that the M35s have only been sporadically contested. Aren't IAAF talking about reversing that decision and maybe scrapping the equally mad W35?

Male and female O35 have now gone for non-stadia events e.g. road races

Pherekydes

YFlyer wrote: »

For the over 35s, it has Billy Flaherty with a time of 4.32.90.

Mark Carroll was 35 when he ran 3:41

3:41.22 Mark Carroll 15 Jan 72 Waltham MA 9 Jun 07

InsaneBolt

Marcus O Sullivan 3:36.56 Berlin 26/8/97

Hard Worker

InsaneBolt wrote: »

Marcus O Sullivan 3:36.56 Berlin 26/8/97

Just a note: you cannot just claim a masters record. Just because you have run what you deem to be a masters record, doesn't make it one. You must submit all the details to the Records Secretary, Irish Master Athletes Association. It will then be mentioned at the following committee meeting of the Association and ratified if applicable. I recently saw it claimed that AN Other had run a new Irish masters record. This was only two days after the event.
Marcus' time above was run before there was an over 35 category. However, Marcus holds the World O/40 record for 3000 metres.