Cam MF Levins

Based on Schumacher's demonstrated marathon prowess, Ahmed will more likely run 2:13.

‘Anyone under 2:09 is just doping’ losers in SHAMBLES.

False, hes running on pure hate for Nike.

"...he was famous for running three times a day in college and said he ran over 170 miles a week during his Worlds buildup last summer. He’s a freak talent who trains like an animal, one who is finally putting it all together in the marathon."

Cam doesn't share everything on Strava, but from time to time he shares an easy runs that are actually easy, 4:45-5min/k (7:40-8min/m)
Plus, some good shoes to do it over and over.

coach Jim Finlayson is finding his potential by rediscovering his tolerance for 170mpw. I remember this episode of "DRIVEN" Cam went and got some milk left it outside for a brief moment then tried to pour and it was frozen.

Correct. Downhill net course point to point and don’t forget that day they had 18-20 mi/hr tail winds.

Not really, but you tried.

This just goes to show the old adage that ex pro runners often make horrible coaches. Al Sal tried to crowbar his training philosophy into Cam, it didn't work, so Cam goes back to what did work and it's paying big dividends. Pro's think what worked for them will work for all, they are usually so firsthand experience driven rather than data driven.

He meant actual Kenyans, not guys who play one on the internet.

I'm getting older and admittedly more skeptical, but I think it is reasonable to have some suspicion about any outstanding running performances, especially for any athlete that has previously been associated with the Nike Oregon Project and Salazar. I saw in some of the old articles about Cam and Al that he acknowledged he started taking prescription asthma medication after college. Does anyone know if he is still on any prescription asthma medications or anything else? My understanding is that TEUs aren't public, but it seems like Cam is somewhat similar to Al in enjoying lots of mileage and hard training, from which recovery could be boosted from prescription medications.

If you scored each country’s top 5 athletes in each Olympic distance from 800 to marathon for men and women combined, the U.S. would surely be #3 in the world.

So happy for Levins. Does it alone, goes out and runs balls to the wall.

I really don't remember a non-Olympic marathon where an American male put it on the line like that.

Bless up fam

Yankee Mandem are cheesed eh?

mans are running bare miles still eh?

Galen Rupp always destroyed Levins on the track. This makes official my position from the start that Marathon Rupp was a big big mistake.

Yeah, I know, olympic bronze, big deal. 2:05 beats a slow oly race. Rupp should have stuck to what he was best at!

Al Salazar is both American and Mexican.

Just the kind of self-flattering babble you can expect from someone who's never lived anywhere else.

What about Kengo Suzuki (2:04:56) and Daniel do Nascimento (2:04:51)? And Ryan Hall 2:06:17 in 2008 way before super shoes?

Cam Levins is my Jew-ish 1st cousin. I take credit for getting him into running.