Bison137
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11-07-20 12:38 AM - Post#316134
In response to bison75
True story. I once ran in a race with Bill Reifsnyder. Back in the 80s every little town had a 10k, and Reifsnyder ran (and of course won) a 10k in Troy, a little north of Williamsport. I was a back of the pack slogger, and I would guess he was showered and halfway home by the time I finished. Still, I thought it was pretty cool to have someone like that in a race I was running in.
Interesting. Believe it or not, there is a site that has historic records of all road races for certain runners. All of Reifsnyder's races, including one in Troy on August 18, 1985, are documented. He won that race in a time of 29:27. Not his best, but not too shabby. About 4:45 a mile for the 6.2 miles. No record of his margin of victory. He ran the Philly half marathon four weeks later in a time of 1:01:47.
https://more.arrs.run/runner/3822
A question for jkrun80: Looking at this performance list, I see Reifsnyder only ran one race in 1993 (in February), then didn't run for a year. Then had a couple of mediocre (by his standards) races, ending with a DNF - the last recorded race of his career. (He only had two DNF's in 16 years of extensive road racing.) I assume he was battling injuries or other physical issues at this stage of his career. Is that accurate?
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