Does this put to bed the notion that easy running cannot be too slow? If anyone is looking at Blanks' training, he is doing all his "easy" days at 6 min pace. He will occasionally have a slower run at like 7 min pace, but the vast majority of his miles are 6 min or faster. Is this the beginning of a new training modality?
Does this put to bed the notion that easy running cannot be too slow? If anyone is looking at Blanks' training, he is doing all his "easy" days at 6 min pace. He will occasionally have a slower run at like 7 min pace, but the vast majority of his miles are 6 min or faster. Is this the beginning of a new training modality?
Most 13 flat runners can 6 min pace.
thats probably like a 16 min runner running 8:20 pace
Does this put to bed the notion that easy running cannot be too slow? If anyone is looking at Blanks' training, he is doing all his "easy" days at 6 min pace. He will occasionally have a slower run at like 7 min pace, but the vast majority of his miles are 6 min or faster. Is this the beginning of a new training modality?
Per Daniels:
13:03 5k -> 81.8 VDOT -> suggests E pace 5:32-6:06
16:00 5k -> 64.6 VDOT -> suggests E pace 6:42-7:24
He certainly runs slower, relatively, than I and most of my teammates did in college.
All of the stuff about Blanks being unable to close seems silly now. Crazy, but at his current trajectory, he might have a chance to go to Paris. He doesn’t even train at altitude. Maybe he should take off the spring semester off and go hang with Mike Smith??
Or keep doing exactly what he’s doing because it’s working quite nicely…
All of the stuff about Blanks being unable to close seems silly now. Crazy, but at his current trajectory, he might have a chance to go to Paris. He doesn’t even train at altitude. Maybe he should take off the spring semester off and go hang with Mike Smith??
Or keep doing exactly what he’s doing because it’s working quite nicely…
It’s amazing what he’s accomplished, but there’s no way he wouldn’t be even better not having to grind through classes and training at altitude until the summer racing. Who know’s what will be in another 4.5 years. Right now the stars seem to be aligning and I think he should go all in. People take a semester off from school for far less. He doesn’t need to turn pro, he can return for his degree and even run xc with the team next year.
Does this put to bed the notion that easy running cannot be too slow? If anyone is looking at Blanks' training, he is doing all his "easy" days at 6 min pace. He will occasionally have a slower run at like 7 min pace, but the vast majority of his miles are 6 min or faster. Is this the beginning of a new training modality?
Hes slower than probably 100 Ethiopians or Kenyans who do their easy pace slower
I’ve noticed that women are less likely to move out into lane two when getting lapped than men. I think it’s as simple as women tending to be more spiteful and passive aggressive to one another in and outside of track while men tend to just respect the fact that they’re getting lapped.
Is he the best collegiate runner EVER???????? I think so!
Better than Jim Ryun or Gerry Lindgren both of whom were winning international races when they were in college? Better than Henry Rono? I'm becoming a fan of Blanks but no, he's not the best collegiate runner ever.
Is he the best collegiate runner EVER???????? I think so!
Better than Jim Ryun or Gerry Lindgren both of whom were winning international races when they were in college? Better than Henry Rono? I'm becoming a fan of Blanks but no, he's not the best collegiate runner ever.
just wait for paris...
"200m to go, Ingebritsen swings into the lead... Fisher and Blanks go with... Ingebritsen is fading... it's Fisher! Blanks! Fisher! Blanks! GRAHAM BLANKS AT THE LINE! 12:45.11!! A NEW AMERICAN RECORD AND GOLD FOR THE BLANKSTER!"
"200m to go, Ingebritsen swings into the lead... Fisher and Blanks go with... Ingebritsen is fading... it's Fisher! Blanks! Fisher! Blanks! GRAHAM BLANKS AT THE LINE! 12:45.11!! A NEW AMERICAN RECORD AND GOLD FOR THE BLANKSTER!"
Reads like the fantasy in my head when I'm "visualizing" a race while falling asleep and win with a 1:30 PR in a 5k
Does this put to bed the notion that easy running cannot be too slow? If anyone is looking at Blanks' training, he is doing all his "easy" days at 6 min pace. He will occasionally have a slower run at like 7 min pace, but the vast majority of his miles are 6 min or faster. Is this the beginning of a new training modality?
I don't think so. There are Harvard runners who didn't improve or got injured training like this. This isn't a entirely new training modality, but I think a lot of runners will try training like this. The prevailing ideology seemed like it was to do easy runs slow and more tempos, but now it could move to meticulously paced easy runs and 2-3 instances of fast running a week. There are certainly going to be a lot of coaches reevaluating their training.
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