agc5k wrote:
Never. But what should be noted, is that Lagat started training seriously after finishing HS, so if he takes 1-2 weeks off after indoor and 5 off after 5th Avenue Mile, he runs 45-46 weeks a year. In base he tops off at 70, spends a good chunk of time at 50-60.
So lets say he runs 2500 miles a year since turning 30, and when he was younger he did a little less mileage so lets say 2000 miles a year then. So 11 times 2000 equal 22,000 miles, plus the 10 times 2500 equals 25,000 miles. Plus some running as a kid when he wasn't serious, and he's anywhere from 50-60 thousand lifetime miles. That is a lot of miles. And they're quality miles. Not slow. So that's how he has a huge aerobic base without high mileage.
Um, he ran 3:26 a long time before he accumulated all those fancy math problem #'s of "lifetime miles."
The lifetime miles thing is a myth. Webb ran 3:53 after a very small amount of "lifetime miles" (and was probably in 3:50 shape or better when he was still 18 during his frosh year at Michigan). Oh right, he swam as a youngster, therefore, he fits the theory too. My bad, *EVERY*one fits the "lifetime miles" mold/theory.
Is that you Trackhead?