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Poster: longjack
Subject: RE: Do you believe the rest of the SI article about Rupp & Farah? 8 x 1200 at 4,551 Ft Altitude in 3:09/2min rest?
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wuzthere wrote:

The Kenyan 5k and 10k guys do 8 to 10 x 1k starting at 2.30 something and finishing at 2.20 something. The rest period is in the 1 to 2 min range based on time of year. And that is on golf course. And the altitude is much higher than 4,500ft.

Keep in mind the workout that Rupp did, is pretty much the world record pace for 10k. The WR pace is 3:09.27 per 1200m. So if a human being can run the same eight 1200's with no rest and still throw in another 400m, why can't these guys do it with two mins rest.

The 200m workout is balooney. Lots of 800 and 1500 guys can do it. I find it hard to believe these guys did it though. When I ran 1.50 point, I could do 8 of them at the 25 point with 45 to 60secs rest, all depended how fast I jogged the 100m rest. I knew 1.46 guys who could do 8 of them at 24 point off of short rest. I know a 1.44 800 guy who ran 8x300 at 37 with the same 100 rest. Nick Symmonds tried to do the workout with him in Belgium. He only made it to number three or four. To run 15 200m at 25 with 100m rest, would indicate 1.45 at worst for 800m, really more like 1.44 would be expected. Those guys must have walked a 100m rest in 2mins for them to do this workout.


good post.

your analysis and experience seems sound, but i think you are not considering properly the range that these guys currently have.

rupp has run 149 and can probably go 148 maybe a bit better by now. now combine that with the 26:4x 10000m ability.
and you do realize farah and rupp are now capable of 350 to 352 miles don't you? you saw farah fall down and run 357 indoors right? you saw rupp run with wheating and centro in the pac10 1500 right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLTwP5KGWL8

shit, as a high schooler and not world ranked, i could run 3 x 200m at 25 mid with jog across the track recovery. that said too, the fun only begins on the third repeat and it gets tough there on out.

so yes, the vote here is rupp and farah can do the workout, just like "any" 148/333/1253/2645 runner can do.
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