She has a bit of a wide girth now but losing 10 pounds would make her that much lighter on her feet. She is obviously a phenomenal athlete with world class endurance. After 6 months of marathon-specific training could she break 2:50?
She has a bit of a wide girth now but losing 10 pounds would make her that much lighter on her feet. She is obviously a phenomenal athlete with world class endurance. After 6 months of marathon-specific training could she break 2:50?
Not a chance, maybe 3:30 like wozniaki who is a bit leaner and crosstrained
No
Coach wrote:
Not a chance, maybe 3:30 like wozniaki who is a bit leaner and crosstrained
This ^
Best guess - 3:55
Serena fan wrote:
She has a bit of a wide girth now but losing 10 pounds would make her that much lighter on her feet. She is obviously a phenomenal athlete with world class endurance. After 6 months of marathon-specific training could she break 2:50?
She is 5'10" and listed at 155lbs. My guess is that she is heavier than that (lotsa muscle, some extra mass, too).
Most charts list about 5'10" 135 lbs for a sub-3:00 female marathon runner. That is 20lbs less than her listed weight and 25-30lbs less than her likely actual weight.
I will say "no" to your OP, but "yes" that SW could potentially run 2:50 on the proper training plan and diet.
Not EVEN close.
Why would she want to? Marathons are for losers that can't do anything else, and Serena obviously can do something else. And how badly would her power tennis game suffer if she started to train like a misfit marathoner?
thejeff wrote:
Serena fan wrote:She has a bit of a wide girth now but losing 10 pounds would make her that much lighter on her feet. She is obviously a phenomenal athlete with world class endurance. After 6 months of marathon-specific training could she break 2:50?
She is 5'10" and listed at 155lbs. My guess is that she is heavier than that (lotsa muscle, some extra mass, too).
Most charts list about 5'10" 135 lbs for a sub-3:00 female marathon runner. That is 20lbs less than her listed weight and 25-30lbs less than her likely actual weight.
I will say "no" to your OP, but "yes" that SW could potentially run 2:50 on the proper training plan and diet.
"Most charts"??
WTF charts are you talking about?
Please provide references.
Wozniaki is also 5'10" and weighs under 130 pounds. She crosstrained when she ran 3:26. Serena is way too broad to get under 2:50 even if she trained. How many fit guys with that frame run under 3?
You don't use Stillman -5%?
thejeff wrote:
You don't use Stillman -5%?
Sorry, -10% for a marathon runner.
She could lose 10 pounds from each breast and still not scare sub 3 hours.
At the Australian open, they said she was unquestionably the best athlete in the world. Straight from the announcers mouth.
Why would they lie? Of course the best athlete in the world can break 2:50! What a question.
heard it from sportscasters wrote:
At the Australian open, they said she was unquestionably the best athlete in the world. Straight from the announcers mouth.
Why would they lie? Of course the best athlete in the world can break 2:50! What a question.
Sadly Americans have changed the meaning of the word 'athlete' to mean simply 'sportsperson' with no reference to actual athleticism.
The english language wrote:
heard it from sportscasters wrote:At the Australian open, they said she was unquestionably the best athlete in the world. Straight from the announcers mouth.
Why would they lie? Of course the best athlete in the world can break 2:50! What a question.
Sadly Americans have changed the meaning of the word 'athlete' to mean simply 'sportsperson' with no reference to actual athleticism.
Are you saying SW is NOT athletic?
Why would the best athlete in the world necessarily (to the previous poster) be able to break 2:50? Can Ashton Eaton break 2:30?
Short answer on Serena:
In 6 months? Absolutely not. I'd be surprised if she could do it at all, but there is no way she could get there in 6 months.
She is a phenomenal athlete, but her skills don't remotely overlap with marathoning.
Maybe Serena could run a decent 400. There's no way she'd ever be a 2:50 marathoner no matter how much she trained.
No. Never.Ever
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observer of nutjobs wrote:
The english language wrote:Sadly Americans have changed the meaning of the word 'athlete' to mean simply 'sportsperson' with no reference to actual athleticism.
Are you saying SW is NOT athletic?
SW is athletic of course but she's primarily a great tennis player. Even in tennis there have been better athletes like Steffi Graf.
She will never run a marathon in less than 5 hours.