True, Stember could walk 5k in 18:00 off 8 weeks of training. I hear from my sources in SoCal that he's been sick and isn't training. Typically of Stember to add some drama to a charity race. Gotta love this guy.
True, Stember could walk 5k in 18:00 off 8 weeks of training. I hear from my sources in SoCal that he's been sick and isn't training. Typically of Stember to add some drama to a charity race. Gotta love this guy.
i bet he runs 16:30 at least. i took about two years off, didnt run a step, all i did was lift heavy weights. I was not anywhere close to as good as him. I went from 145 to 170, and then did a high school alumni race on a whim and ran 17:47. Plus he is only 33, thats not even old! it would be different if was like 45.
Why does anyone care about him breaking 18? It should be really easy for him to do it...
How about a charity prop bet on the side about whether or not he does the airplane finish?
Reality check223 wrote:
How can you know that he has elite genetics?
Really? I think he's doing ok in the genetics department.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev5vqqs6MEEWhat does that have to do with genetics?
Last time I checked, most high schoolers don't close the last 800 of a 1600 in 1:56 at a state meet without a few natural talents.
There should be a second bet, higher stakes. Sub 16:30?
I bet he runs under 15:30. I took 2 years off in a spaceship doing nothing but weight lifting and bean eating under heavy gravity and when I finally raced my power level was over 9000!
Charity Bets seems like a cool concept....there is a progressive bet option where you can bet a certain amount for 18:00 and then have your bet increase for a faster time...it would be interesting if some people put out there some high stakes for sub 16, sub 16:30, sub 17 to bit him to make a run at big money which could be a risk if he craps out and doesn't run 18:00 and the charity gets nothing.
Check out the website...cool concept.
dean moriarty wrote:
How about a charity prop bet on the side about whether or not he does the airplane finish?
POD.
Very funny. I think you actually can bet on whatever you want. Weldon knows better than me.
There I said it. I'm a masters runner.I'm 41, haven't raced seriously since 1991, down to 195 from 223 last year, and have about 6 weeks base now at 35 mpw all at 8:50-9:20 after struggling for 6 months to reactivate all the joints, tendons and so on. Lots of aches and pains along the way but running consistently now.I figure that if I sniff 21 minutes for a 5K say 6 weeks from now at 180 I'll be doing great. If I can get 19 at 42 years old and 165 I'll feel great. And a high 17 at 43 and 160 will be rock n' roll time.
Adam C wrote:
Come on! I am a 43 year old guy who last competed seriously in 1986, have been training seriously for just 10 weeks, weigh 191 lbs, have done nothing but base work, and I an hoping to dip under 20 minutes for 5K this weekend. You can do better than 18 minutes Michael Stember!
If a former sub-4 miler was trying to break 18 in a 5k I'd say they definitely could. However, since it's Michael Stember, my answer is no.
When 90s great Joe LeMay retired from elite running he still ran 60km/week (with no workouts)and he went from being a 28.00 10 km guy to a 16 min 5 km runner.
[quote]odelltrclan wrote:
I ran for 3 years total. 2 years of track in high school and 1 year of junior college and my best 5,000 was 15:50 and best 10k was 32:30. I never broke 4:00 for 1,500.
I had stopped running for 7 years running and on a whim, with no training went and ran a 5k on a fairly hilly road course in San Diego in 18:40 (coming in second in a fairly small race). I weighed about 185 pounds. I was not training at all other than an exercise bike and weightlifting.
So you did not run once in 7 years? You go to the gym and never got on the treadmill. BS
Strange also that you did all that training when younger just to get from 18 to dip 16 in a 5km as well
Most active people don't understand how difficult it is to make a comeback from a sedentary few years. If you've gained some weight (which he has), its difficult to get the body ready in just a few weeks. He is around 195-200 lbs now which is quite a few lbs above his old racing weight. It will be more difficult than he remembers.
The only way he doesn't make it is if he tries for dramatic affect to try and barely break it in something like 17:55 and some how screws up his pacing and just barely goes over. That or he get injured.
My bet is that Stember won't truly race to see how fast he could run, and that he'll run only fast enough to win the charity money. So, he'll be in the high 17s somewhere. Maybe about 17:52.
Shoot. I always run this race and generally run it a tad under 18 minutes. But I'm not going to be in town this year, otherwise I could pace him. I wouldn't even mind when he destroys me with his finishing kick!
I bet he runs under 15:30. I took 2 years off in a spaceship doing nothing but weight lifting and bean eating under heavy gravity and when I finally raced my power level was over 9000![/quote]
I'll get you one day Kakarot. I trained on a comet for around a year with only weight training and was only able to go 15:35 :( You always beat me!![]
Who cares about his time as long as he gets the cash for the charity?
Stember is a class act. He might have come off as an ass with the airplane, but he is a good dude. The airplane was an inside joke gone wrong.
At least he didn't do the throat slit.
I like how when you Google "Stember Airplane," the first link is LRC and the rest have to do with 9/11.
My goal was to ruin the legacy of distance running, Michael Stember especially.