ahh another letsrun thread saying that running at altitude is no hardly different from sea level, and of course fueled by sea level dwelling texas born in-bred goobers like king dw himself
ahh another letsrun thread saying that running at altitude is no hardly different from sea level, and of course fueled by sea level dwelling texas born in-bred goobers like king dw himself
bong hits for rojo wrote:
ahh another letsrun thread saying that running at altitude is no hardly different from sea level, and of course fueled by sea level dwelling texas born in-bred goobers like king dw himself
So if we go for 3:25 then he's gone from 3:29 at age 25 and that was on the kangeroo track of Tokyo. This time last year, his pb was 3:35.4. Potentially a sub 3:20 at Monaco on this progression.
Sub 3:26 conversion is a bit out there. Maybe for someone that never trains at altitude. Still, amazing performance!
The Spade Detector wrote:
So if we go for 3:25 then he's gone from 3:29 at age 25 and that was on the kangeroo track of Tokyo. This time last year, his pb was 3:35.4. Potentially a sub 3:20 at Monaco on this progression.
He was 24 last year. He ran 3:35 at the same meet in the fall of October 2020 at age 23. He got down to 3:29 in Tokyo last year at sea level obviously and 3:33 flat at Kenyan trials at last year in a championshipsrace. Now 3:31.0 here. So he's on the upswing, but it seems more likely he can be hoping for a 3:28 type race this season. With how many championships races he'll be doing who knows if he gets into the right one.
The altitude adjustments given to lifetime acclimated runners are a joke. This was at 5800 feet. Keino's was at 7399 in 1968. Ryun ran what 3:37.80, he never ran near 3:31.x at Sea Level. Keino never neat 3:30 even at Sea Level. The conversion tables for those who grew up and lived or live most of their life at Altitude are wayyyy too generous, and there is way more data to support my point, than not. Its not like Ryun didn't run tons of 1500/mile races and none look like 3:31.x, Even his WR mile "only" converts down to 3:33/34.Like his PR at 1500.