Who could run the most sub-4 miles in a single day? Any runner, any amount of rest.

It would suck if number 3 or 5 or something on the day was a 4:00.xx.

That would take a lot out of you and it wouldn't count for anything.

IN a windtunnel? How can a HM athlete run more than ONE sub-4 mile in a day?

Ironically, Bekele has never actually broken 4! Still the correct answer though.

Hicham

Of course if we are speaking about all-time, the answer is El G by a mile. Fastest PR and insane recovery abilities.

I would lean toward Cheptegei. His 5k pace is 4:02. I’m not sure what workouts look like on the elite level, but for others, he should be able to do 4 x mile at 4:02 with 3 min recovery as standard workout.

If you were to stretch that recovery to ~ 10 min, he can do 4 x mile at 3:59 in one session without being super spent IMO.

His 10k record is 4:12-13 pace so recovery shouldn’t be problem.

Now, I do see an argument for a dude like Mo Farah. Who ran 3:28 but also 2:05 marathon. Pretty much within a year or two of each other.

i think el gerrouj based upon how he ran his easy runs

I agree - important not to sprint the last 200m or so, just cruise in. Any top sub-3.50 guy could probably cope with a bunch of 3.58s before getting exhausted

I think it play out between :

- Komen

- Cheptegei

- Bekele

- Ingebrigtsen

- El guerouj

- Geb

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In this hypothetical scenario, of all those guys at their peak, it would be very close, and can go any direction.

I would personally put my money on : Bekele. This is a feat that would require a huge recovery capacity. And I think Bekele is such a physical specimen that I would bet he would be the one to recover the fastest between each reps.

Rono ran 4 and a tenth, 40 minutes after winning the 2 mile in a US record, indoors.

He could peel them off when he wanted and had the strong mental capability necessary .

Obviously you've never run a 24 hour relay.

My best guess is that there are a least a dozen who could do a dozen.

I like Kipchoge on this. 5k speed, full thon sub 2. Everyone on this list could run more sub 4 mile reps than I could run sub 5 in a 24 hour period.

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Bekele has just as good peak marathon ability, but probably a better speed reserve on the shorter end. I can't see kipchoge being better than him.

To me, this is a question of whether or not this is more suited towards a Bekele type or El G type, and modern days Kiplimo or Jakob.

And then take Farah who is somewhat of a hybrid between the two types.

This is a question best answered by a Canova, Salazar, or some other high level coach who knows what runners are capable of when they leave it all on the track for a workout.

no shot he never split that to end a 5k

Has anybody else ever been curious as to how the body would respond to some extremely weird training like this?

Let’s say you’re a 15:00 5k man, your pace is 4:50. What if all day you just went and ran a 4:50 mile every hour on the hour, maybe with a small window for lunch. Let’s say you get in 6-10 of these 4:50 miles during the day and do this every day for a month or so. What do you think this would do to your fitness? Some will say: injured, but I’m not so sure.

When that half marathon guy is also capable of outkicking a 1500m Oly champ in a 7:30 3k. I'd guess he could run 4:10's all day with recovery.

1. Cheptegei 8

1. Bekele 8

1. El Guerrouj 8

4. Komen 7

4. Farah 7 - https://youtu.be/V02WPtpR2jI (closes WC double gold with 1:48 last 800m

No doubt there are people capable of running more than one sub-4 per day. The reason why you may

never see it is that running sub 4 is hard for any human. Trying to run more than one is risky. So, why do it?

It doesn't matter because he will never try.