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I never noticed Robin is athletic..

posted 11 years ago by cathy-creswell
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Since his passing, the news has stated he was a runner in high school, and ran the mile under 2 minutes. Not bad for a man who is 5' 7"!! He would have made a great wrestler or gymnast. He shows some good physical ability here in this movie, if one keeps an eye on it. he was trim and muscular in his youth.

[–] mok311frk 11 years ago

There is no way he ran a mile in under 2 minutes.

[–] caseyrook 10 years ago

I heard he was overweight and played soccer...

[–] MyDarkMeatofSteel 10 years ago

ran the mile under 2 minutes

Bhwahahahahaha! This is how one becomes immortal

[–] cathy-creswell 10 years ago

My bad!! It was the 880 he ran just under 2 minutes. see link:

http://running.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/14535/robin-williams-runner/

[–] MyDarkMeatofSteel 10 years ago

I'm shocked you replied. Way to keep in touch with your threads.

Yeah, unless your name is Barry Allen, a 2 minute mile is impossible.

[–] tyrexden 9 years ago

He could've done it, if he was in his Popeye attire.

[–] Destinata 9 years ago

My bad!! It was the 880 he ran just under 2 minutes.

Mistakes happen. Although to look at this thread, you'd think everyone else had never made a mistake.....

When evil is viewed as good, righteousness is viewed as evil.

[–] lioninoil 9 years ago

Mistakes happen.

... when you allow them to happen.

"You're innocent when you dream" -- Tom Waits, "You Dream" 

[–] baileythedog 9 years ago

Since his passing, the news has stated he was a runner in high school, and ran the mile under 2 minutes. Not bad for a man who is 5' 7"!! He would have made a great wrestler or gymnast. He shows some good physical ability here in this movie, if one keeps an eye on it. he was trim and muscular in his youth.

No one could run a mile under 2 minutes. As a high school runner, he probably could run a sub 5-minute mile, that's not uncommon and certainly would have been reasonable during his era. If he was very good on his team and competing at state, he could maybe run sub-4 minute mile. But no human on earth can run a 2 minute mile.

He also was a wrestler. So yes, very athletic. If you watched Mork and Mindy you can see how obviously athletic he was in various scenes.

[–] hurricanehorton 9 years ago

He might have run a 2-minute mile.

I mean he was strong to the finish, cos he ate his spinach.

[–] nicotinequeen63 9 years ago

He played Garp very believably and Garp was a wrestler...also, I remember seeing various pictures of Robin Williams jogging and bicycling his way through San Francisco.