West Point Student 30seconds away from breaking the world record for fastest one-mile run

come talk to me once he is within 5% of ANY WR. that time is well over 10% of the mile WR.

West Point does not pay coaches very well, and therefore, although they are D1, the cadets are not trained by the best this country has to offer. This cadet did the best they could do, with minimum coaching, and when coached, little background of coaching compared to many other D1 coaches.

Don't forget it was not long ago West Point's head coach was a former sprinter who knew nothing, and I mean nothing about ldr. He had distance runners do track workouts 3-4 days a week, because he thought if sprinters can recover, why can't distance runners?

I posted the article not to make fun of the West Point runner. As a 4:13 mile is a strong respectable time (Much faster than my PR!). Just wanted to point out the absurd title of the profile.

1-Mississippi

2-Mississippi

3-Mississippi

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30-Mississippi

Most non-runners don't understand how long that is.

I've heard West Point is 90% fake shit. This guy probably just schlobbed the right knob to be in that article. I bet there's 100 cadets more "fantastic" than him.

Ohio buckeye wrote:

He had distance runners do track workouts 3-4 days a week, because he thought if sprinters can recover, why can't distance runners?

Plenty of distance runners do 3-4 days of track work. What are you talking about?

FloppyRunner wrote:

Real man. wrote:

Yes, real men join the armed forces where you need a HS degree and no real ambition. And it counts as a "real man" job if you are not a front line soldier but stuck in a desk job. You also don't need to even be in shape or know how to be proficient in firearm usage.

No, real men get doctorates in law, medicine, PhDs in the sciences, and get professional careers.

And yes, this post will be deleted due to the terrible moderators.

You're not familiar with West Point, are you?

No, I am familiar with West Point. I was talking about the average enlisted man, however.

Regardless, the academic entrance statistics for West Point, while relatively stringent, are nothing special. The physical ones are not crazy hard, either. When I was considering applying to West Point the max scores for the mile and situps were only 5:20 and 60, I believe. Easy as heck for any relatively athletic person.

I DO respect the elite military men, but not the average Joe Blow that got a 2.3 GPA in High School and has gang ties like a lot of enlisted guys have.

Boyfromiten wrote:

4:13 is a fine mile time but...

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-impressive-students-at-west-point-2013-10#andreas-kellas-is-30-seconds-away-from-breaking-the-world-record-for-fastest-one-mile-run-4

Wait, this is a story someone got off of 'The Onion' right?

real man. wrote:

but not the average Joe Blow that got a 2.3 GPA in High School and has gang ties like a lot of enlisted guys have.

You're not very familiar with the military are you?

West Point has been graced with some amazing coaches. Coach Jerry Quiller was the US Team coach at the 87 world championships and was assistant coach to the 2000 Olympic team. Coached Goucher and Culpepper at CU took a fall to allow them to get Wetmore...Army gets good coaches.

Having attended West Point I can personally vouch for the quality of candidates the most talented individuals I've ever met were there. I was middle of my class before transferring to a state school where I curved a large percentage of tests doing a science major. Going on to medical training and being around lots of docs the average Cadet is significantly more talented academically than the average med student. No the requirements aren't that eye popping but looking at the top 10% you would have a hard time finding there equal at Harvard academically plus most are well above avg. athletes.

No you're not, shut up. Look at my email everyone.

HAHAHAHA!

Ohio buckeye wrote:

West Point does not pay coaches very well, and therefore, although they are D1, the cadets are not trained by the best this country has to offer. This cadet did the best they could do, with minimum coaching, and when coached, little background of coaching compared to many other D1 coaches.

You have no idea what you are talking about. West Point has a high quality coach with a long career of success, especially with endurance athletes.

Real retard wrote:

Having attended West Point I can personally vouch for the quality of candidates the most talented individuals I've ever met were there. I was middle of my class before transferring to a state school where I curved a large percentage of tests doing a science major. Going on to medical training and being around lots of docs the average Cadet is significantly more talented academically than the average med student. No the requirements aren't that eye popping but looking at the top 10% you would have a hard time finding there equal at Harvard academically plus most are well above avg. athletes.

Yikes.

West Point does have great coaches and athletes. The cadets are good but most have extra duties so they cannot devote 100% of their time to running.

Only a matter of time till he bust it

Raptured wrote:

And to clarify, I sure as hell can't run a 4:13 mile and it's not a bad time at all. That said, if anyone wanted to write an article about how I was "x minutes" off of any world record, I wouldn't let them.

You couldn't stop your grandmother from posting photos of you running around in a dirty diaper...but you could stop this

A few years ago, my boss found out that I'd run the two-mile in just under 10 minutes at a local all-comer meet the previous weekend. After finding this out, the guy asked me what the world record for the mile was. When I answered, he excitedly said "jeez, you ran almost as fast as the mile world record for TWO whole miles!?"

Kind of the same idea here. The average non-runner doesn't have any concept of time as it pertains to running. If you're waiting for the bus, a five minute wait doesn't feel much different from a 3 minute and 42 second wait. So 5 minute pace seems basically the same as 3:42 pace and 30 seconds off the WR seems close.