Talent is not important as most people think it is

Good job bro, nice thread.

People who say that talent is everything are local 5K back of the packers, and they just can't find enough excuses why they're running so slow.

I found this sentence SO true. This is just like the low mileage advocates who can't be bothered to run high mileage and ended up trashing Letsrun to 'force' people to follow their dumb ideas.

Talent is everything. Most guys just never work hard enough to actually uncover it. It's impossible to judge the talent of a freshman because half of them still can't even tie their shoes.

Get away from this forum bro, way too much negativity. Nowadays it's just brainless idiots who made up of 90% of the Letsrun population. All the threads are politics, drug talk and other random shit. That's why none of the elites come here anymore - one big PR, and the forum has epo threads spring up like mushrooms after rain.

Talent is an excuse slower people use to describe people faster than them.

Why are you aiming for 2:20 and 2:15 rather than 2:05?

If i stay consistent for the next few years you could even set a WR!

Go for it bro!

I would encourage you work harder in English class, since you have no talent as a writer.

If you want to go sub 2 hours you better go barefoot and paleo.

obviously you know nothing. I know kids who run all 4 years of high school and take running seriously that dont break 17:30 for 5k.. and I know guys who on their second year of running seriously are sub 16.

A girl on my team ran for 1 year and then ran 17:30 for the 5k.

A guy on my team ran for 2 years and ran 16:20 and never took it seriously and then the next year was 15:45.

A guy on my team ran 17:40 after no summer training and not taking running seriously and could split a 1:02 400 at the end of a difficult workout.. and he is not a skinny guy, he plays baseball mainly.

I ran 6:25 my first year of track and through work over the summer was able to get down to 18:50 for 5k and then 17:45 the next year.. so obviously you can get better, but it took me 3 years of running to get down to 17:45 while other kids can run that on year one.

Talent accounts for a lot.. and you have talent... your first timed mile you probably went out in like 1:05 and died hard, you also probably hadn't trained at all, all things considered you probably could have been 5:45 without any training, that's talent, sir.

Improvability is genetically linked, too, you know...

The guy that runs 13:35 off 30 miles a week has talent.

The guy that runs 140 miles a week has talent. It takes a type of talent involving imperviousness to the stress of pounding out the miles.

Great article! Congrats to you. I started running recently and have people consistently put me down on my goals and tell me there's no way i can do certain things. I've already beat peoples expectations and my own already in the very short time of running. I've learned a few things along the way, and I'm constantly trying to learn more from others that have been practicing the sport for a while. Awesome job and keep at it.

Talented people think they're successful just because they work hard. Lazy people think they're not successful because they were short-changed on talent.

Is talent a big factor? ABSOLUTELY!

Hugely, enormously important.

"Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard."

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OP.

Great post.

What was your initial thread called? Or do you remember any phrases from it?

OR what name you posted under? I'd like to find it.

Email me if you don't feel like posting on here

robertjohnson@letsrun.com

Gary Glitter wrote:

Talented people think they're successful just because they work hard. Lazy people think they're not successful because they were short-changed on talent.

Is talent a big factor? ABSOLUTELY!

Hugely, enormously important.

EXACTLY. 100 percent agree with this.

On Air Personality wrote:

I would encourage you work harder in English class, since you have no talent as a writer.

Might want to proofread your posts suggesting others "work harder in English class" before hitting send.

There is physical talent and there is mental talent. One can be a good runner with either physical talent or mental talent. One can be a great runner with BOTH physical and mental talent.