Rob gets the ultimate accolade!

Rob gets the ultimate accolade!

Our speedgolf legend, Rob Hogan sent me a mail there with the subject “my life is complete” :-).  You know you have hit the top when you see this in your email:

 

For anyone that doesn’t know who Bernard Lagat is, he is an absolute legend of the track – right up there with the greatest of all time, and a hugely popular cult figure in the running community.   As an example, he set the awesome Kenyan 1500m record (3:26!) 13 years ago and it still stands to this day!  If I were you Rob I’d frame it and put it on your mantelpiece right center on your Gaylord Focker wall of fame – this is the bigtime right there!  

Some more stats from Rob’s latest fan below:

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Kenya
1999UniversiadePalma de MallorcaSpain1st1500 m3:40.99
2000Olympic GamesSydneyAustralia3rd1500 m3:32.44
2001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisboaPortugal6th3000 m7:45.52
2001World ChampionshipsEdmontonCanada2nd1500 m3:31.10
2002World CupMadridSpain1st1500 m3:31.20
2002African ChampionshipsRadèsTunisia1st1500 m3:38.11
2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirminghamUnited Kingdom2nd1500 m3:42.62
2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapestHungary1st3000 m7:56.34
2004Olympic GamesAthensGreece2nd1500 m3:34.30
Representing  United States
2007World ChampionshipsOsakaJapan1st1500 m3:34.77
20071st5000 m13:45.87
2008Olympic GamesBeijingChina9th5000 m13:26.89
2009World ChampionshipsBerlinGermany3rd1500 m3:36.20
20092nd5000 m13:17.33
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDohaQatar1st3000 m7:37.97
2010Continental CupSplitCroatia1st3000 m7:54.75
20101st5000 m13:58.23
2011World ChampionshipsDaeguSouth Korea2nd5000 m13:23.64
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbulTurkey1st3000 m7:41.44
2012Olympic GamesLondonUnited Kingdom4th5000 m13:42.99
2013World ChampionshipsMoscowRussia6th5000 m13:29.24
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopotPoland2nd3000 m7:55.22
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