RunningOtaku wrote:
In the interview, he was saying that he wasn’t that fast in 5th grade— 4:37 1500m & 2:22 800m— and that he didn’t start working on his running form into junior high school. (This made me giggle as I’m not sure some of our pros ever practice their form.) His high school training regimen is fairly typical, about 20km/day.
What ? 4:37 and 2:22 as a 5th grader is INSANE. What’s the world record for that age ? Jakob Ingebrigtsen was only running 2:32 in 5th grade.
Is he a threat to get the first Japanese Olympic medal in a distance event on the track? I can't remember any in my lifetime.
I'll root for him.
They got a steepler with a chance too.
wooow you're telling me united states isn't the best at everything?
no they\'re not wrote:
Ibler : 3:44 / 7:49 / 13:40
Christensen: 7:59/ 13:44/ 13:42 road
Sahlman: 3:58 mile (~3:41 1500m) and 8:33 3200m (~7:59 3000m)
No one runs the 5000m as a highschooler in the US, so it's hard to compare there, but I would say that Sahlman's 14:03 on grass is at least equal to a 13:45 on the track. Don't forget that he ran it from the front the whole way. Sahlman's best performance was the indoor mile, worth 1145 pts. Ibler's best race was the indoor 3k, worth 1141.
Ibler is probably better developed on the endurance side, and Sahlman better developed on the speed side of things. Comparing their best races, they're pretty much equal, maybe a slight edge to Sahlman. Christensen is behind these two.
“More developed” should be replaced with “born with”.
the elephant in the room wrote:
Although the presence and success of individuals with West African ancestry in sprints (and other sports where high fast-twitch %s are beneficial) is so obvious as to not need mention here, even the most athletic members of the genotype in question do not appear in all-time results at any T&F distance event.
Justyn Knight and his 12:51 5k would like to disagree.
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