The difference between 2:50 and 2:30 is pretty big; with 2:30, you can win some small, local city marathons.Very few people can make a decent living running; this sub 4 minute mile guy (3:59) that I was talking to couldn't make much money as a professional runner so he's doing something else. Part of the reason is because races don't involve as much money as the NBA, MLB, NHL, and other major sports.
No bull son wrote:
rsbones wrote:So what time improvement do you expect for a "hobbyjogger" who goes from 60mpw to 100mpw? If 100 hobbyjoggers did so, wouldn't so many of them be injured that their overall results would be terribly worse? This is the way logical people, like most in the medical profession, are going to look at things. Is the hobbyjogger in front of them likely to benefit from 100mpw and likely staying injured or going back to 60mpw and maybe not reaching his unreasonable personal goals, but at least staying healthy enough to finish the race?
Could be the difference between breaking 2:50 in a marathon and breaking 2:30 in a marathon. Plus it's fun to run higher mileage and just to run more in general - ever consider that?