Masters Milers Podcast Episode 4: Masters Middle Distance Legend Tony Young

My guest for episode 4 is Tony Young. Tony has been a standout runner for most of his life. He was state champion in the mile in HS, went on to be a highly competitive runner in college, but he truly excelled as a masters runner. From 2002-2009, Tony was a dominant performer in events ranging from the 800m to the 3000m and he set a number of age-group World and American records in those distances. He still holds the indoor 1500m and outdoor mile American records for the 45-49 age group. He also won countless masters championships during that same time period. I first became aware of Tony when I was on a team that tried unsuccessfully to break the Masters record in the outdoor 4 x 800m relay, which Tony holds along with John Hinton, Brian Pope and Kevin Paulk. Tony is also a regular contributor to the Masters Milers Facebook group, where his wisdom and humility are always evident in his posts. We had a fun conversation and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Show Links:

Runners World article about Tony: https://www.runnersworld.com/advanced/a20819975/tony-young/

Write up about the Masters Exhibition 3000m at the US Open Championships in 2003 discussed during the show: http://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/04_2003.pdf

Video of Tony’s outdoor mile WR for the M45 age group: https://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=139&do=videos&video_id=4462

Interview after running 4:13 indoor mile at age 46 (not ratified as a record due to oversized indoor track): https://uwinvite.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=8&do=videos&&video_id=8384

Interview after winning the Masters Exhibition 3000m at the 2008 US Olympic Trials: https://trials.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=50&do=videos&&video_id=5545

Tony running 1:55.7 for 800m indoors in the M45 age group (not ratified as a record due to oversized indoor track): https://huskyclassic.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=11&do=videos&&video_id=8609

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