Without injuries, would any of the WR holders have hit a better all time peak and run even faster?
Without injuries, would any of the WR holders have hit a better all time peak and run even faster?
records would be the same. Injuries are often a blessing in disguise.
Burn-out!
so in other words, everybody starts training like cam levins pre-NOP?
dunno. not much faster. the WR holders are unlikely to be injury-prone runners. perhaps the threat of injury holds people back, although not any injury itself.
i've never been injured, but that's because i'm cautious of injury and i hold back to avoid it. if i knew i couldn't get injured, i would run more and run harder.
Would they be any different?
1500- I don't think El G ever had a real injury before that
3000- Same with D.Komen
5000/10000 - Same with K.Bekele
Bekele was the only one to have a long injury, but that was after his prime.
Optimus wrote:
3000- Same with D.Komen
He had malaria after and some injuries yes? What if he kept running, would he have bettered the 3k/5k/10k marks?
5000/10000 - Same with K.Bekele
Bekele was the only one to have a long injury, but that was after his prime.
How do you know it was after his prime? And what could he have done in the half marathon?
danny k wrote:
Optimus wrote:3000- Same with D.Komen
He had malaria after and some injuries yes? What if he kept running, would he have bettered the 3k/5k/10k marks?
5000/10000 - Same with K.Bekele
Bekele was the only one to have a long injury, but that was after his prime.
How do you know it was after his prime? And what could he have done in the half marathon?
Komen might have gotten injured/been sick. As far as I can tell none of the those really hurt his training for a long period of time though. I have no idea what he would have run if he kept running, but that wasn't the question.
Bekele tried to get his 10k WR in 2008 at Pre, but was short almost 9 seconds. He also didn't break 12:50 in the 5k after 2007. I don't know for sure that he was past his prime, but I highly doubt he could have lowered his WRs.
How many blowies would you have given is not for that damn gag reflex?