This is motivational stuff.
I am a fellow fat boy. 41 yr old, 5’6” and 173 lbs. Ran 1:26 for half marathon in March 2020. Trained through the race as the goal was Boston, maybe I could run sub 1:25 on a good day with taper.
This gives me some motivation to lose some weight and try to get to sub 1:22 some day. Feels great to read about other fellow big guys running really fast times.
anotherfatguy wrote:
Solid result mate. Similar position. 26BMI (5’8” and 170lb). Ran 1:16:24 half in March 2020 right before COVID after a fall 2019 of 2:49:04 on solid training. Def need to lose some lbs to get those times down but love my beer and carbs. I know another 10 to 15lbs down would definitely improve my times so if you’re committed then get after it because you certainly have the talent. Well done.
Thanks, good to hear from someone in the same boat! Very impressive times yourself.
It's great to have the discussion for me, especially with how much time I spend training. I think this will finally motivate me to get serious about my intake.
Another Steve Way in the making, please keep us updated!
Here are my experiences which could be instructive for you. I'm 10yrs older than you and not as fast but it's close enough. I'm 5'9" and I did pay for professional coaching at all phases of my running "career" sited below.
38yrs old: Functioning alcoholic. 185lbs (27 BMI) 70 drinks per week/20-30 mpw/ate anything. HM 1:30:09
41yrs old: Sober. 170lbs (25 BMI)/ 25-35 mpw/ ate anything HM 1:26:xx (I don't remember)
42yrs old: Sober. 155lbs (23 BMI)/30-40 mpw/ ate primarily plant based and thoughtfully HM 1:23:37
N.B. HM at 38yrs was NYC HM (the old course) and HM's at 41/42 were Philly so a little faster probably less than 30s though. All were run in March/ comparable weather.
You will see improvement not just from being lighter but if you do clean up your lifestyle you will be able to train harder, sleep better, recover better and def in my case be happier. Good luck to you.
This is inspiring to hear. I’m 6’3” and go between 230lbs and 215. 36 y/o.
I ran 19:58 in a 5k last year at 225lbs.
I’ve run 3:16 in Chicago at 220lbs on race day. I think if could drop to the 190s I’d break 3 hours
I’m inspired by this to train harder.
Thanks!
I am 5'2'' and 135 and I can't hit those times (1:39, 3:24). I'd kill to get 1:30 or better and 3:20 or better.
To go 1:16:44 and probably 2:55 in the full is impressive.
I'm guessing you will drop about 15 seconds off your half marathon time for every pound you lose. So if you drop 20 pounds, your time will drop 5 minutes. If you drop 32 pounds, your time will drop 8 minutes.
CopperRunner wrote:
I think if you could lean down to the 165-170 range you could be fighting for an Olympic trials spot.
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You are a good runner and could probably drop 2-4 more minutes but Olympic Trials is a whole different level.
Another way to look at this. If all the olympic trials qualifiers were forced to gradually increase there BMI to 27.3 over 6 months, could they still run OPs times?
Yes. Without question. 5'10" and 190 is pretty impressive but certainly not earth shattering and certainly not suggestive of olympic trials qualifying especially given a pretty long, high volume training history. If that 1:16 was on 20 miles a week or off the couch at that weight/height that would be a different story. I would agree with other posters that 1:10-1:12 is probably in the cards if 30 or so pounds is lost after a training cycle or two.
...or phrased another way, what's Ryan Hall capable of running now?
fellow fatty, here. when i’ve looked at this in the past, the closest rule of thumb i saw was 1 lb = 2s/mile. was about dead on for me.
congrats from another bigger runner. Ill check your videos out
Yep - another chubby comrade here. I'll be following
Big Guy Running wrote:
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We're going to find out, slim this train down and then chug along....
Actually, might do you some good to not chug.
colorunner123 wrote:
I'm guessing you will drop about 15 seconds off your half marathon time for every pound you lose. So if you drop 20 pounds, your time will drop 5 minutes. If you drop 32 pounds, your time will drop 8 minutes.
I don't think it works like that. The first 10 pounds, maybe 5 minutes. Then in smaller and smaller increments as the weight makes less and less of difference.
tycobb wrote:
You are a good runner and could probably drop 2-4 more minutes but Olympic Trials is a whole different level.
Agreed. Too many people treat weight loss and time improvement as a physics problem. It is not; it is a physiological problem. Assuming a constant 1-2 sec/mile/lb for a drastic change in body mass is foolish.
I agree that 2-4 minute improvement would be likely, and anything approaching an OTQ time would be remarkable. I've ran equivalent times at a BMI in the "overweight" range; and there was no body weight that puts me in the trials.
Good job OP, finding a training program that lets you be as consistent as you have been is one of the hardest parts of running fast.
jecht wrote:
I am 5'2'' and 135 and I can't hit those times (1:39, 3:24). I'd kill to get 1:30 or better and 3:20 or better.
To go 1:16:44 and probably 2:55 in the full is impressive.
1. He ran 2:43. Not sure where you get 2:55 from.
2. You'd "kill" to run 1:30? I've read that you recently lost motivation to actually "train" to run 1:30. But you claim you'd "kill" to run 1:30? Maybe you should put some of that effort into training instead of violent threats.
Impressive to do that 1:16:15 (would have been about that at 13.1 mi)!! Two things to comment on yea probably per 5 lbs. u get rid of your going to drop between a 1-2 minutes of that time. Also if you were to do this in lets say 40 to 55 degrees (best temps I run fast) I think your time would drop another 2-3 minutes.