So I was running through podcasts and came upon this gem where Nick Symmonds says he plans on running a marathon in 2018:
http://www.finalsurge.com/blog/article/podcast-25-nick-symmonds
What do you think he can really do? Timewise?
I'm thinking a 2:45.
He'll probably be pacing Paris Hilton. 6 hours?
If he trains for a whole year,loses the muscle and does his "pushups", 2:24-2:28
Considering he time trialed at a sub 4 recently. I suspect this guy will drop a 2:15-2:17
RejectRunner wrote:
If he trains for a whole year,loses the muscle and does his "pushups", 2:24-2:28
I'm sorry, I don't follow. Are "pushups" code for something?
He's probably capable of that time, but do you think he'll run it that seriously? I'm thinking publicity stunt speed.
I think he'll match his 1500m PR.
jCo wrote:
I think he'll match his 1500m PR.
3:36:04? I'd give him more credit than that.
He ran 3:34.55 in Monaco.
I predict a DNF from him. Nick Symmonds is the definition of a softy and I wouldnt be suprised if he purposely chokes on his run gum forcing him to drop out. He's probably just doing it so if he does somehow finish, he can drink all the beer he wants afterwards and get wasted out of his mind. This guy is a joke and looks like he's straight out of a P90 X infomercial. Nick Symmonds saying he will run a marathon is like my goldfish telling me he's gonna climb up a tree. It's just not gonna happen and plus goldfish don't talk.
DickSymmonds wrote:
I predict a DNF from him. Nick Symmonds is the definition of a softy and I wouldnt be suprised if he purposely chokes on his run gum forcing him to drop out. He's probably just doing it so if he does somehow finish, he can drink all the beer he wants afterwards and get wasted out of his mind. This guy is a joke and looks like he's straight out of a P90 X infomercial. Nick Symmonds saying he will run a marathon is like my goldfish telling me he's gonna climb up a tree. It's just not gonna happen and plus goldfish don't talk.
You mad bro?
I say about 2:30 if Lance the poser could do it, a runner like Nick is no problem.
Lance was nowhere near 2:30
pretzel man wrote:
DickSymmonds wrote:I predict a DNF from him. Nick Symmonds is the definition of a softy and I wouldnt be suprised if he purposely chokes on his run gum forcing him to drop out. He's probably just doing it so if he does somehow finish, he can drink all the beer he wants afterwards and get wasted out of his mind. This guy is a joke and looks like he's straight out of a P90 X infomercial. Nick Symmonds saying he will run a marathon is like my goldfish telling me he's gonna climb up a tree. It's just not gonna happen and plus goldfish don't talk.
You mad bro?
I say about 2:30 if Lance the poser could do it, a runner like Nick is no problem.
Depends on how serious he takes it. He could get a check from a big race and pace the 3:00 or 3:30 group or whatever. Or he could take his current fitness and add in a few long runs/marathon workouts and hit 2:25-2:35 range.
If you look at some of his logs he does a lot of intervals like 8 x 1k averaging 3:00. Remember he ran 33:00 as a tempo run at club xc last year and ran some cross back in college.
If he takes the training seriously, and builds up to real marathon mileage and long runs he probably gets injured somewhere before the race.
If he somehow doesn't get injured while doing the right training, I'd say 2:20.
Farflung wrote:
Lance was nowhere near 2:30
pretzel man wrote:You mad bro?
I say about 2:30 if Lance the poser could do it, a runner like Nick is no problem.
Thanks for the help Fartflung I know what Lance ran , I ran along side him and his gang at Boston
He's an 800m runner. Be lucky to be under 2:50 on a good day, 3 hours + if he bonks. He might be world class in the 800, but adding 25.7 miles levels the playing field. Will he be running as a man?
If he ran it right now, maybe a little under 3 hours. Give him some time to train for it and I think mid-2:40s.
At least 2:17 with some serious training. Anyone saying 2;30 or above is crazy. This guy just ran a sub-4 mile by himself in practice.
Nick just needs to do the Yasso 800 Marathon Predictor Workout.
10 x 800 meter repeats. Whatever you average for the 800 meter reps in minutes:seconds can be converted to your hours:minutes marathon time.
I'm guessing that Nick could do a 10 x 800 meter workout in about 2 minutes per rep so a World Record is very likely.
DNF