rsbones: each pound is 2 seconds per mile. So put ten pounds back on Solinsky
...and your formula yields 20 seconds per mile.
That twelve seconds for the race equals one pound, according to your rule of thumb.
rsbones: each pound is 2 seconds per mile. So put ten pounds back on Solinsky
...and your formula yields 20 seconds per mile.
That twelve seconds for the race equals one pound, according to your rule of thumb.
malmo wrote:
I remember then thinking he was about as lean as humanly possible.
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Define "lean" ? If you just mean "fat", then maybe, if you meant overall weight, then certainly not. Either way, he has gotten lighter and leaner, so he clearly wasn't at his best possible weight when you saw him, let alone "as lean as humanly possible."
Look, I remember you posting that pic last year and saying the same thing. Some of disagreed with you then and thought he could still lose some weight. And he did (look at his face, look at his body, he lost some fat and muscle), and look what happened.
The Peanut Gallery 1, Malmo 0.
rsbones wrote:
Of course weight matters. "They" generally say that each pound is 2 seconds per mile. So put ten pounds back on Solinsky and he would theoretically run 12 seconds slower and Rupp would have the American Record (and the collegiate record would be lower than the AR!).
The 2 seconds per pound per mile rule relates to fat loss or gain, not muscle. And it's a general guide, which only works for performance improvement if you increase stride length pro rata.
But it's great to see an American run sub 27 and even better that he is a relatively big guy. Now lettrunners have two less excuses to use when they lose.
In response to the OP, yes, by at least 25 lbs., and better than 40 lbs than the average sub-27:00 guy.
If you run more miles you will typically lose more mass...fat and muscle. The more years you run more miles the more mass you will tend to lose.
Seriously....do we even have exact accounts of his current weight and his previous weight from Chris himself? I don't care about seeing pictures as pictures can be misleading.
Anyway....
This picture tells a lot about his leaness:
http://www.letsrun.com/photos/2010/paytonjordan0501/images/Solinsky_ChrisR-Stanford10.jpg
Notice the seperation between the lat and the teres major compared to the other guy who's darker and should show more definition.
Full bicep vein and shoulder striations:
http://www.letsrun.com/photos/2010/paytonjordan0501/imagepages/image20.php
Wisconsin days:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/Solinsky5K.JPG/481px-Solinsky5K.JPG
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1198/1413841188_ba97f4eb8e.jpg
He doesn't appear to have lost much muscle at all...just more body fat.
Very fun distance runners are an actual 5-6% bodyfat even though most claim to be. Chris is easily in this range.
Alan
He was lean and mean in high school
"Tilastopaja oy" has Solinsky at 73 kg., which (if accurate) would make him the heaviest sub-27 guy by almost 20 lbs. Mark Bett and Mohammed Mourhit both come in at 64 kg. Solinksy is also the tallest sub-27 guy at 185 cm., with Paul Tergat next at 183.
