J-Lo: The Runner

[cnick]

Apparently she ran 4:49 for 1500 and 2:28 for 800 in junior high.

Amazing.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/389/5386369.html

[andoverxc]

that's crazy, she doesn't look very runner like.

[Renbircs]

that's crazy, she doesn't look very runner like.

I disagree. She has been pretty thin at times. I imagine she was a good deal smaller in junior high, also. I don't see any reason why she couldn't have been a runner. But that doesn't necessarily make the story true, of course.

[gesser]

I kinda believe this cause the times make sense and aren't so ludicrous that the story loses credibility.

4:49=like 5:13y and 5:11-5:12 1600m for girls?

So 2:28 and 5:12? Eh, I guess I could see that. 5:12 is a pretty decent time, especially with that butt.

[leighpeas]

I kinda believe this cause the times make sense and aren't so ludicrous that the story loses credibility.

4:49=like 5:13y and 5:11-5:12 1600m for girls?

So 2:28 and 5:12? Eh, I guess I could see that. 5:12 is a pretty decent time, especially with that butt.
Ya'll remember that thread about the role our butts played in running and evolution? Well there ya go.

[Kalaby]

It's plausible. Those are very good times for junior high runner, but they are still somewhat believable. I'm wondering if she competed in the NYC area age-group program at that time, because she would've been going up against superstars like Shola Lynch (same age as J-Lo - born in 1969) as well as her younger sister Nnenna (born in 1971) and also the Monicas - Scarborough and Ruiz (born in 1970 and 1971). I was running in those programs at that time (born in 1971) and I do not remember her, but that doesn't mean much.