Guinness World Record: Baby Buggy Push - 06/23&24/79
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Hank Lawson starting the whole record attempt off with a 33 second split.
Joe Fabris (who cut across the track to get there in time) yells at Jim Thylin in the finishing seconds.
Jim Thylin has to run 30 seconds or better for the very last leg for the distance to count (he runs 29.0).
Check out the orange yarn acting as the finish line banner.
Joe Fabris finishing up with Loren Hill watching in the sand pit.
Joe Fabris finishing up (was that a false start by the outgoing guy?).
Spectators mostly were there during the daylight hours.
More spectators. Check out the tables along the fence in the outside lanes, this was for the split takers.
Last minute buggy tune ups before we get ready to start. Charlie Wedemeyer (lane 1) with his back to camera.
Hank Lawson (lane 5) getting a pep talk from the house owner he'll call home for the next 24 hours.
Lots of folks wearing the "Baby Buggy Push" shirt that was given to us (wish I still had mine).
Danny Grimes (white shirt) handing off to Mike McQueeney (yellow shirt) - that was a solid handoff.
Jay Marden (white shirt & yellow pants) closest to camera. Under the tent are Loren Hill, Jim Thylin,
Vance Eberly, Greg Jenkins and an unknown.
Joe Fabris getting ready to take the handoff from Brad Armstrong (our "Organizer").
Joe Fabris taking off.
Ready, set, Go!
Joe Fabris taking a handoff from Paul Sechrist with Jeff Nicklin, Joe Green watching and Steve Nelson taking the stroller.
Dan Cruz, doing one of his many 220's.
Jeff Nicklin, coming in for a handoff. Four days later he runs a 1:52.9 880 at the Los Gatos AC Meet.
A nice write-up in the Mercury News.
Why does Joe Fabris always get in the paper - is it because he becomes a sub-4:00 miler?
The proof that we made it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
And how the shirt looks in 2022.
Photo credits for #s 1-14 to Jim Thylin.