Symmonds "runs" near 10 min/mile pace?

Well, if it isn't a typo, maybe he's just a conservative estimator. Nate Jenkins came to a running camp I worked at once, ran a loop that's about 6 and 2/3s of a mile with us, and logged it as "5mi really slow."

Youll also note that it was the day after a 600m time trial. Maybe he was just jogging that slowly. The next day is 730s

grizz wrote:

Well, if it isn't a typo, maybe he's just a conservative estimator. Nate Jenkins came to a running camp I worked at once, ran a loop that's about 6 and 2/3s of a mile with us, and logged it as "5mi really slow."

So essentially Badger Miles? You run for say 45 minutes at an estimated 7min/mile, whereas you might actually be running 6:00 or faster.

SMNRunner wrote:

So essentially Badger Miles? You run for say 45 minutes at an estimated 7min/mile, whereas you might actually be running 6:00 or faster.

Sure. I should point out I have no special insight here. I was just guessing. Lots of people don't measure routes exactly. If it wasn't a typo, maybe Symmonds was running on some muddy trails or something and just put down a conservative guess. I don't think there's much sense reading into it overmuch.

It is probably not a typo, as it is the only sample of the item on his website

However, it could be just a conservative guess of speed, miles, or probably both, in the context of a recovery jog, as you say

Anyway, 65 minutes is quite long for an 800 meter runner recovering from a 600 time trial

If the 7.something was 7.99 miles, it was closer to 8:00/mile pace.

look at the date he did this too...the Trials were days away...3 straight 800s

negativened wrote:

If the 7.something was 7.99 miles, it was closer to 8:00/mile pace.

Exactly. OP not very good at math. Even it it was 7.25, then it was under 9:00 pace (which is still extremely slow, but as others noted, very likely it was more miles than that and he was just underestimating)

But oh, what the hell, to make a point, let's call it 15:00 minute miles. This is how good track myths begin.

We will now be hearing for years how Nick Symmonds trains at 15:00 per mile pace. Trackhead is somewhere jumping for joy, and all LSD folks are having a collective orgasm.

So essentially Badger Miles?

I think they're beaver miles.

15:00 miles: I never knew elite distance runners incorporated walking into their training program

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15:00 miles: I never knew elite distance runners incorporated walking into their training program

Yes, most of them do. It is their secret. Bekele has been known to go 13:30 per mile. Speed work is overrated.

you think with all his promotion someone would throw him a gps watch.

meh. he's a bigger dude. his workouts are probably muscularly and neurologically very taxing since he runs the 8.

some days the body just needs to go sloowwwww man. think of a sprinter's cool down.

Norredine Morceli was known to do 60 min runs at 10min pace.

Waster of time wrote:

So essentially Badger Miles?

I think they're beaver miles.

More like bearcat miles.

Just wanted to point out his 3:36 1500.

So he is not a speed 800 runner but a strength/endurance 800 runner.

This is just one day he was puttin' around.

Big event upcoming.

This is so typical of today's runners. Let's assume that his training will improve if he adds the use of some technological ghizmo.

#YOBRO wrote:

you think with all his promotion someone would throw him a gps watch.

Er... wrote:

This is so typical of today's runners. Let's assume that his training will improve if he adds the use of some technological ghizmo.

#YOBRO wrote:

you think with all his promotion someone would throw him a gps watch.

Perhaps it won´t "improve", but at least he will know how long he runs. Nothing wrong about that, is it?