KYTrackXC.com

With some new/old results from Joe Buechler, he has moved up to #3 in KY history in the 3200m. I will not mention what he said about the 2012 St. X times now that his is back in front of Beavin and Sheryak.

ky.milesplit.com/rankings/all/outdoor/hs/m/3200m

ky.milesplit.com/athletes/65082-joseph-buechler

It's a little known fact that Joe ran his #3 performance through 2 feet of snow (yes, a freakish Spring blizzard hit Atlanta that year), and while carrying 3 fallen teammates on his back.

@jonathan

I didn't know Joe Bologna ran that fast. I thought he just slung pizza!

And as Joe makes sure everybody knows...he ran a full 2 miles back in the day, none of this 3200 crap. He probably could have gone 8:30 on a modern surfaced track with our fancy light weight spikes too haha

@runner524
That's correct, but it's not Joe's fault that 2 miles is a man's distance, whereas only boys run 3200m. My understanding is that Joe eschews even converting his mile and 2 mile PRs into metric distances.

Oh, just to shed some light on the shoe thing. Like his contemporaries, Joe ran those great performances in sandals and a robe. Thankfully, I was lucky enough to find a picture of Joe training back in the day, so you can see what it was like.