Over 6ft...

6'4" 155lbs ideal raced pretty fast up to 175lbs

ended up being hurt alot though

prs

:49.9

1:51

3:49

14:17

2:19

big guy-

You're the same build as me. I had trouble staying over 150 in college. When I was that low, I found my energy lacking and my speed not quite up to snuff. After college, I cut my mileage, added more speed, and "beefed up" to about 155-160. That ended up being my ideal running weight for middle distance (up to 5K). Sometimes you need a little more bulk to create the power needed for the middle distance events (as well as to defend yourself on the tight indoor curves).

I'm ~6-1 and change, my best times were run when I was 140 - 148.

I'm 6'2" and weigh between 150 - 155 lbs. My pr's are:

800 - 2:00

1500 - 4:03

1600 - 4:26

3200 - 9:27

5k (XC) - 16:10

8k (XC) - 26:53

10k (XC) - 34:11

I'm 6'4.5" and some of my pbs are

800 1:55.8 1995

1500 3:55.5 1992

10 Miles 54:27 Dec 2004

Mar 2:38:27 Apr 2004

I've largely always been around 11 stone. Just hopped on scales and am 11 stone 3 lbs so that's what 157 lbs or 71 kg or so. Have just had my dinner though!

I know what you mean about public transport - it's often not much better in the UK but I do tend to rush for the seats on trains and buses where you can stretch your legs out a bit...

Whilst I can get getter faster or slower by training more or less or heavier or lighter or by eating more or less, I can't really do much about my height save for wearing flats (ha, ha) so just have to get on with it.

6'2" 182lbs (as of 5min ago, fluctuates daily :)

pr's: you don't want to know.

6'1, usually 137-140 lbs.

PBs:

14:43 5000m (indoor)

30:33 10 000m (outdoor)

2:24 marathon

I've gotten used to feeling tall on the start line. I think I have a fairly efficient stride, which partially makes up for my height and relatively low VO2 max.

The one place I think this kind of height hurts you is on 200m indoor tracks. I seem to lose a lot of momentum and energy on the turns.

All of the "ideal running height" stuff is BS. Maybe most runners are 5-8 because that's the average height worldwide??? Look at Steve Cram, I think he was like 6-3 or something - Tergat, obviously. There are just too many counterexamples for it to have any real meaning. There might be a slightly advantage or whatever for shorter people but I think it is discouraging for tall people to hear all of this "ideal height" stuff all the time when it's meaningless. Maybe I was "cursed" with a 6-1 body, but if my VO2max is 95 who gives a shit?

Well put.

I'm 6'3" and weigh 159lbs. I have very broad shoulders for a distance runner and carry more upper body mass than most. I can currently bench over 200lbs. Legs are nice and skinny, though.

I ran 15:14 in a 5K as a frosh and weighed about 150. I'm 12 years older and almost back to those times but with 10 extra pounds.

It's good to see that my weight is similar to others of simialr height.

im 6ft 2 and weigh 184 pounds.

1 mile 4.12 800m 1.56 3k 8.49

3k steeple 9.36

2k steepe 5.57

The ideal weight for top level runners is found by converting your height to inches then doubling that and that should be your weight in pounds

Many many moons ago, when I was fit and actually ran races that way, I was about here:

6'2"-162lbs

200m-22.1

400m-48.4

800m-1:51.8

I think it depends on the type of runner and events you are in, though. I would not think a distance runner should carry 162lbs on a 6'2" frame. Thats too much for a good distance runner. The same as I don't think it would be wise for a 100m guy to be that weight. It's too thin for a good sprinter. Just my .02.

6'1" and weigh about 165 (chunky for this board, apparently).

5K 16:12

5'11" 157lbs

Pr's

1500 - 4:03

5000 - 14:52

marathon - 2:23:06

angry shorty, apart from the whole running issue, you're just mad cuz all the tall guys get the chicks and you're just an elf. it's actually really nice being tall. you can see at all the concerts, at all the speeches, at the movies. usually you have an advantage in any other sports you might involve yourself in. you get the respect from the little people. you're only goofy if you handle yourself that way, if you hunch or are too weak to handle your weight. i think most runners are inherently kind of goofy. but beyond all the disadvantages in running (and the fact that everybody says ''oh, you must be fast only because you are tall'') mostly i'm just saying that chicks dig on the tall guys, and that alone is worth it.

big guy wrote:

6' 1'' 165 lbs I find that if I get under 150 lbs my middle distance speed falls off,

PRs 1:55 800m As a College Freshman

4:17 1500m

15:29 5k

25:38 8k

I would like to run sub 4:10 in the mile one day. Is there anyone out there who is as big as me run that fast????

Paul McMullen is (to my knowledge) the heaviest man to ever break 4 minutes in a mile and he is at least your height (if not taller than you) and he certainly outweighs you (and did in his [two] competetive phases [through 1997 and then in 2001]). However, McMullen in many ways is both an outlier and an oddity. But yeah, it's not impossible for runners that tall to run sub 4:10. Is it possible for you? I'm not really sure. I weigh 14x (136 in prime racing season) and I'm 5'9" and nowhere close to as fast as you even if I'm closer to ideal running height (but not weight). I guess what I mean is that if anything will stop you from breaking 4:10, I don't think it would be your size.

Paul told me that his race weight would usually be around 168.

I don't know how he managed to drop down to that, especially without losing strength, but he did run 3:33 (or something like that) so it's obviously possible. when i ran 3:40, i was fluctuating between 190 and 185 and also broke 14 in the 5 (albeit barely) so it's certainly possible to have some moderately good results higher that 15 as well (when you're heavy :). good luck, don't let the weight hold you back.

CH.

Ideal wrote:

The ideal weight for top level runners is found by converting your height to inches then doubling that and that should be your weight in pounds

Since we're all the same.

6'6" 180

1:46