Does everyone have an ideal racing weight? I'm 5'9" 142. Is this a good range to be in or as a distance runner should I try to get down to 135? How does ervryone else do it? Even when I'm at 80-100 mpw I don't seem to lose any weight. Maybe I eat too much? Do other runners starve themselves? I hate being hungry all the time but am willing to do whatever it takes.
U seriously considering starving yourself?
Not starving myself just cutting back. I have read many elites have to watch what they eat so they don't put on weight. Seems pretty normal to me. I'm just asking how do they do it?
"Dathan Ritzenhein, an American who is one of the world’s top runners, used a similar system. Mr. Ritzenhein, who broke the national record last year in a 5,000-meter-race and who, at ninth place, was the top American finisher in the marathon at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, said that it took him about 12 years of trial and error to learn his best racing weight. He discovered it last year, his best racing year ever: 121 or 122 pounds (he is 5 feet 8).
That weight is not a natural one for him, he said. If he were to stop training, he would weight about 127 or 128 pounds, and when he is training but not trying to control his weight, he is about 124 or 125. His goal is to try to be at his perfect racing weight a couple of weeks before a big event, losing about a pound a week in the preceding weeks to get there.
He has learned, he said, that if he tries to lose weight too fast or if he continues to lose weight up until his race day, he does not have the energy he needs for his best performance. And if he tries to lose weight too fast, his training suffers."
This quote ended up making the opposite point I wanted it to. Point is, don't do anything sudden, and you can find your best weight through trial and error. But if you get really negative feedback from your body, like feeling tired or sick a lot, stop it. Running isn't worth endangering your health.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Rest in Peace Adrian Lehmann - 2:11 Swiss marathoner. Dies of heart attack.