How fast were your parents?

my mom ran a 358 marathon and my dad was a soccer player that ran a 10km once...then couldn't walk for a week

My dad was 3 time 20K clydesdale USA champion and has done 21 marathons and 19 halfs.

my dad was pretty fast at track. started off as sprints then moved up. then he tried out for tennis and was one away from making the high school team. by then it was too late to try out for track that season. he ran on his own then and I think through college and young years of work, and then stopped for a bit when he had my sis and I and nows he's starting back up again.
my mom played basketball and was the captain of her volleyball team.

my uncles, aunts, and cousins are all amazing athletes.

many play varsity for teams like villanova, penn state, etc.
one scored 2000 points in a season and holds awards at villanova.
others are captains of varsity as sophmores.

my grandfather was a complete natural athlete so our family has tons of accomplishments.

my dad did track but sucked at it haha. and my mom was active in sports

my great-grandpa was a 3 time gold medalist in the olympic 100 meter where he ran 10.87 to set a new world record.

my dad played football & baseball. outside of college he jogged a little. but he wasn't that good at running.
my mom was a good runner, but she hated it. so the best 2 mile she ran was like 12:40. she also played basketball & volleyball.

My dad ran track in high school but he did middle distance and his fastest 800 was 2:03 I think. The 4x800 he was on his senior year still holds the school record.
My mom never played sports and her brothers and parents never did anything athletic.
My grandma on my dad's side played basketball in high school and her team took 3rd at state one year. That was back in the day where the girls basketball team only played using half a court. My grandpa also played basketball.

lol, my parents didnt do sports in school........my dad jogs now...

dad: in hs, he played baseball. his best 5k is low 19s and hes run like 5 marathons (3:20ish PR) and a few halfs.

mom: runs recreationally now. has done a few halfs (1:59 or something) and won state in high jump in hs. but played basketball in college.

My mom didn't play any sports, but in her younger days she walked everywhere.

My father didn't play any sports that I can recall, however he did run after his first heart attack (1973) and then continued to walk later in life. He also ran an XC race when he was in the RAF and came first.

My mom never did any sports, but she ran a 10k once when she was like 17. She doesn't know her time, but she said she got last out of like 1000 people. My dad ran track for a year after doing gaelic football and regular football in high school and he ran a 2:10 800. My uncle (not blood related though) ran a 3:00 marathon, a 35:00 10k and got a big belt buckle for running the western states 100 miler under 25 hours.

BagoXC25 wrote: and got a big belt buckle for running the western states 100 miler under 25 hours.

whoa! thats supper amazing. 100miles in a day. oh woww!

Ma was a walk on for her college team and wasn't bad.

Dad played football and basketball--he thought running without a purpose was stupid

My mom played field hockey in highschool... I think. She also did crew later on... and I guess she was decent because she did it in college @ Williams... but then again, idk if their crew team was any good? She used to jog...slowly, she was never fast... but now she has really bad arthritis and can't anymore.

My dad didn't do anything except play baseball in highschool...I think. Or maybe it was only middle school.

So basically I don't really have any fast genes. None of my grandparents ran...one grandfather played football...I think in college too...idk about the other.

xotrackkgirl wrote:

BagoXC25 wrote: and got a big belt buckle for running the western states 100 miler under 25 hours.

whoa! thats super amazing. 100miles in a day. oh woww!

A day is 24 hours. . . And that's like 14 minute miles.

My family HATES running. I am kind of the black sheep in that area

my dad played tennis in high school, he was pretty good at it too. i dont think my mom played any sports though.
my dad runs now, he has a low 17 5k and a 2:46 marathon (hes 49).

runner_dude wrote:

xotrackkgirl wrote:

BagoXC25 wrote: and got a big belt buckle for running the western states 100 miler under 25 hours.

whoa! thats super amazing. 100miles in a day. oh woww!

A day is 24 hours. . . And that's like 14 minute miles.

Good observation, I can tell you passed math class last year due to your talented calculator skills.

EDIT: oops, scratch the passing math class part, it's actually 15 minute miles

runner_dude wrote:

xotrackkgirl wrote:

BagoXC25 wrote: and got a big belt buckle for running the western states 100 miler under 25 hours.

whoa! thats super amazing. 100miles in a day. oh woww!

A day is 24 hours. . . And that's like 14 minute miles.

Yeah but even If they're slow it would still take alot out of ya to do 100.

my mom was decent at bball..my dad didnt run in highschool but started running when he was like 20 and had a 17:50ish 5k. then he stopped but now he runs again and his PR since he started running again is likee 19:01;)

runner_dude wrote:

xotrackkgirl wrote:

BagoXC25 wrote: and got a big belt buckle for running the western states 100 miler under 25 hours.

whoa! thats super amazing. 100miles in a day. oh woww!

A day is 24 hours. . . And that's like 14 minute miles.

don't get it twisted. 100 miles is beasty.

i just don't like karnazes who brags about it and gets all the attention.

AudienceOfOne wrote:

runner_dude wrote:

xotrackkgirl wrote:

BagoXC25 wrote: and got a big belt buckle for running the western states 100 miler under 25 hours.

whoa! thats super amazing. 100miles in a day. oh woww!

A day is 24 hours. . . And that's like 14 minute miles.

don't get it twisted. 100 miles is beasty.

i just don't like karnazes who brags about it and gets all the attention.

i doubt i could even stay awake for 24 hours even just sitting around watching tv, eating, and surfing the net. but still, dean is a clown and im pretty sure he got beat by a woman at badwater last week.

my mom was a thrower but they made them all do a time trial and told whoever was the fastest wouldnt have to do anything so my mom like did it really fast and ended up stuck in the mile. no way she was very fast tho because she was heavy.

RawBeginner wrote:

AudienceOfOne wrote:

runner_dude wrote:

xotrackkgirl wrote:

BagoXC25 wrote: and got a big belt buckle for running the western states 100 miler under 25 hours.

whoa! thats super amazing. 100miles in a day. oh woww!

A day is 24 hours. . . And that's like 14 minute miles.

don't get it twisted. 100 miles is beasty.

i just don't like karnazes who brags about it and gets all the attention.

i doubt i could even stay awake for 24 hours even just sitting around watching tv, eating, and surfing the net. but still, dean is a clown and im pretty sure he got beat by a woman at badwater last week.

wouldn't doubt it. but i'll bet she's wearing worse shoes, or drank more water, or w/e excuse karnazes can come up with to be able to say he won.

My Uncle and my Track coach ran together on the same track team.

I don't know any of their times, but I know my Uncle did the 300 and 600 in Winter and in spring, my track coach was the starting leg of the 4 * 4 while my Uncle was the anchor.

Also, my grandma ran track when she was in school. I know she did the 100 but I don't know her times either or what other events she did.

My dad runs on his free time and does a couple road races here and there, but never did track in school.