If he is not chronically injured, and has run some over the last few years, I think this mostly depends on bodyweight.
I've toyed with the idea of running a marathon, but then I remember that would be a lot of money and effort just to get weaker and run much slower than I did 15-20 years ago.
However....we could all come to Nashville in April for the Rock'n'Roll formerly Country Music Marathon??
obviously has the talent, but 5 big trips around the sun is a thing, will be hard, probably require a 1-2 yr buildup imho, and not getting injured all the time and like ~50 mpw
I run about 20mi a week all around 7:30-45 pace. A few workouts here and there. 3x week lifting. 5'6" 185lb.
I think within 6mo I could easily drop 20lb.
I don't think Rojo is in any less running shape than I am.
Alan
50 is different than 45 by a fair amount. You “feel” you could do sub 3 in about 6 months? Don’t be so sure.
I think the majority of my improvement would come from weight loss. I've done short 'tempos' at like 6:30-7:00 pace, but I haven't run more than 7mi in a very long time. Daily run pace is around 7:30-7:45.
Sub 3:00 is 6:50. I think I could that within 6mo.
Let me think about it. Maybe I'll throw a thread up to track progress if I decide to do this....Nashville is a bit more than 6mo away and is currently in my backyard lol.
Rojo says Jon Gault doesn’t think he will break 3. I am with Gault on this one. It is not that it is impossible but Rojo is turning 50 next year and I don’t think he has enough motivation. I think he has turned soft and underestimated the challenge here. Is Rojo even training much and where will he attempt this?
Where exactly is Rojo in this conversation? When did JG say he doesn’t think Rojo can run under 3? Like you ask, is Rojo even training? What is his goal marathon?
So many questions. Rojo & JG need to get on the board and put it all out there.
Rojo says Jon Gault doesn’t think he will break 3. I am with Gault on this one. It is not that it is impossible but Rojo is turning 50 next year and I don’t think he has enough motivation. I think he has turned soft and underestimated the challenge here. Is Rojo even training much and where will he attempt this?
Where exactly is Rojo in this conversation? When did JG say he doesn’t think Rojo can run under 3? Like you ask, is Rojo even training? What is his goal marathon?
So many questions. Rojo & JG need to get on the board and put it all out there.
Rojo said it in the thread about Jenny Simpson. He mentioned something about how Puma should send him some shoes as he restarts his career in the marathon. Rojo said JG said he won’t break 3 but he (Rojo) knows he will. Page 3 of the thread.
obviously has the talent, but 5 big trips around the sun is a thing, will be hard, probably require a 1-2 yr buildup imho, and not getting injured all the time and like ~50 mpw
all these things are hard at 5-0
Eh...is 50 much different than 45?
I feel like I could do a sub 3 in about 6mo.
I run about 20mi a week all around 7:30-45 pace. A few workouts here and there. 3x week lifting. 5'6" 185lb.
I think within 6mo I could easily drop 20lb.
I don't think Rojo is in any less running shape than I am.
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