Pertile, 41 years old - 4th World Champs Marathon

Man, what kind of life does that lead to if you're just stocking shelves at a supermarket in your late 30's? Hope 4th in the WC's was worth the sacrifice to him. I suppose that's his business, and not mine though. Great run for such an old guy, nonetheless.

Maybe he was stocking shelves to train, to come 4th....

He looks like a dopper to me...?????

Pertile clearly knows how to run in the heat and is well adapted to it, and used that advantage to perfection. If he hadn't pushed the pace he might not have finished top 10.

I think the thing where he ran 5 meters in front of the pack is about heat dissipation. Nobody in front of him blocking the breeze, maybe even nobody's body heat nearby.

What I can't figure out is why the Kalenjin Ugandans all survived what killed the Kalenjin Kenyans. Maybe it's hotter in Uganda.

Interesting. Thanks.

Not the best of circumstances wrote:

Man, what kind of life does that lead to if you're just stocking shelves at a supermarket in your late 30's? Hope 4th in the WC's was worth the sacrifice to him. I suppose that's his business, and not mine though. Great run for such an old guy, nonetheless.

I gotta be honest, I like the idea of living like that. I'm thinking about quitting my job and moving to the west coast and getting a crappy job like that and living like a bum and just concentrating on running and hiking and being outside all the time. I'm 43 and I've done a lot of cool things but I hate my job and want to concentrate on things that make me happy.

also a well known doper

In much of the world, a job is a means to an end and not much more. And in the developed world outside the US "menial" jobs pay well enough to live decently. He probably doesn't have a bad life and it likely will get better in the wake of the race.

Not saying that he'sa doper, but a colour fact: he missed 8 whereabouts from Italian Olympic Commitee, IIRC.

Not the best of circumstances wrote:

Man, what kind of life does that lead to if you're just stocking shelves at a supermarket in your late 30's? Hope 4th in the WC's was worth the sacrifice to him. I suppose that's his business, and not mine though. Great run for such an old guy, nonetheless.

At least he doesn´t have an unmanly office cubicle job

Evidence of doping? Had he doped he might have ran 13:30/28:00 but he never got near those times, despite trying as hard as he could on the track.

His modest track pbs (14:11/28:54) are indeed indicative that he most likely never doped. Remember Cathal Lombard who bravely admitted EPO use and improved from 29:45 to 27:30?

Ghost in Khon Khaen, Thailand

If Ghost is posting in support of him then I suspect him os doping.

Truth teller! wrote:

At least he doesn´t have an unmanly office cubicle job

Truth told. I can feel pretty tough and masculine around fellow pvssy office men, but when I'm around blue collar guys my only recourse is to tell myself that at least I'm smarter, make more money and probably have a healthier liver.

Ghost,

any chance you can keep posting athlete profiles, pr's, training methods and occupations of various sub-elite level runners as you have in the past? I look forward to reading those types of posts. Thanks.

Daniel A Gore wrote:

Truth teller! wrote:

At least he doesn´t have an unmanly office cubicle job

Truth told. I can feel pretty tough and masculine around fellow pvssy office men, but when I'm around blue collar guys my only recourse is to tell myself that at least I'm smarter, make more money and probably have a healthier liver.

The 4000€ I make every month as a construction worker is enough for me, and I don´t have to pay for a gym membership. I get paid to lift heavy things.

What a great run by Pertile.

Meucci commented after the race that he had to make an unfortunate pit stop at around 30km.

He told "La Gazzetta dello Sport" that he lost about one minute in the process.

Pertile has a big fan club in Padova, Italy. When he runs races in Italy, his fan club and family, consisting of about 30 people always follow him to races.

Sadly most of his fans could not follow him to Beijing because they just have modest working class jobs in Italy paying 1200 to 1600 Euros per month. Italy is in recession these days and people are lucky to have even modest jobs.

Italian marathon and distance runners pay a lot of attention to strength training and do at least two sessions in the gym per week, incorporating work on all parts of the body, with focus on the quads for the legs, because strong quads are an insurance against muscle fatigue and loss of form.

Italian coaches are always at the top of theWorld when it comes to technique.

This is a replication of what they do in Serie A (Italian Professional Soccer).

Ghost in Khon Khaen

Isn't it funny how the Italians come up all the time. No doubt Canova will pop up to tell us how stocking shelves helps to build your 'aerobic house'.

Or farming like Kimetto. I'm going to prescribe 10x ploughing a straight line for 1km with a 1 minute recovery to plant some seeds.

Or, on the Farah thread, he discovered intervals in his mid-20s. Who would have thought? I bet, up until that point, no-one had suggested to him that, if he put some effort in, he could get a lot better.

Corrupt wogs wrote:

I'm going to prescribe 10x ploughing a straight line for 1km with a 1 minute recovery to plant some seeds.

I think you are being an idiot but I laughed at this. ^