running store employee says he doesn't have time to train for marathon but runs over 100 mpw

Intrigued .

Do tell more -especially the name of this running store .

You mad, bro?

Sounds like he doesn't want to race a marathon at a level below the shorter distances.

Same reason you don't see Rudisha running a 1500 or Bolt running a 400.

Jimmy21 wrote:

I went to buy new running shoes and got to talking to the worker about his running. He said hes running over 100mpw, he also said he runs sub 14 5k and ran a 1:06 half marathon. I asked him what his best marathon is and he said hes never done one because he doesn't have time to train for one. I said, you run 100mpw, aren't you already trained? He said "I know I could easily finish one, but I would have a time goal that I wouldn't be able to achieve without total dedication and I don't have time for that. I'd have to get more sleep, change my diet, do weight training."

It kind of blew me away. How much do things like that effect times at that kind of level? Do I just not understand because I am nowhere near that level?

Tell us the store so we can all harass him.

Jimmy21 wrote:

I went to buy new running shoes and got to talking to the worker about his running. He said hes running over 100mpw, he also said he runs sub 14 5k and ran a 1:06 half marathon. I asked him what his best marathon is and he said hes never done one because he doesn't have time to train for one. I said, you run 100mpw, aren't you already trained? He said "I know I could easily finish one, but I would have a time goal that I wouldn't be able to achieve without total dedication and I don't have time for that. I'd have to get more sleep, change my diet, do weight training."

It kind of blew me away. How much do things like that effect times at that kind of level? Do I just not understand because I am nowhere near that level?

It seems odd that he would think training for a marathon would require weight training, but training for shorter distances would not. Unless he was simply telling you he was not currently interested in seriously competing...

It sounds as though you're going to a hobby jogger store if the guys there are only running 100mpw. Most serious runners can hit 100 without even doing doubles. Why would you even waste time talking to some guy who only runs that much? Would you ask a guy at Walmart for a wine recommendation just because you saw him stocking the wine shelves?

He's just making excuses. He's scared of the distance. He knows he can't hack the suffering it takes to run a good race. He's also scared of running a bad time that isn't to his standards for fear of how he might appear to others. Really sad!!!

Some dumb as$ hobby jogger came into my store and just assumed anyone running 100 mpw only cares about the marathon. In fact he didn't even know how far a marathon was and didn't know there aren't 5k marathons and 10k marathons. I told the guy I'm interested in shorter distances so I don't want to train for one right now. He was pretty insistent that I could do pretty good at a "10k marathon though". For the love of god, its the middle of xc season and I'm 19, competing for every body admitted state university. I wanted to go to a good school like Middle Tennessee or Campbell, which are the top schools with my major, but they only give scholarships to Kenyans it seems.

Jimmy, if you aren't running 120 to 160 a week, you STINK.

If he is running over 100 miles per week he's essentially running a marathon everyday assuming he runs 5 or 6 days a week.

He's giving you a line.

My next question.... Why do you give a damn?

Makes perfect sense. My teammates and I ran 100 mpw to prep for 3 mile and 5k racing. Never ran a continuous segment longer than 45 minutes but still averaged around 15 miles per day. Would run lots of fartlek and long intervals. Easy running days were 45 min segments split up by water breaks. Never would have even considered a marathon or half marathon. 10k race or continuous run over one hour would have scared me to death.

Jimmy donuts wrote:

Makes perfect sense. My teammates and I ran 100 mpw to prep for 3 mile and 5k racing. Never ran a continuous segment longer than 45 minutes but still averaged around 15 miles per day. Would run lots of fartlek and long intervals. Easy running days were 45 min segments split up by water breaks. Never would have even considered a marathon or half marathon. 10k race or continuous run over one hour would have scared me to death.

York High School...