Actually, I don't. I do quite a lot of others things, since writing a post doesn't take very long. But I appreciate your concern - as unnecessary as it is.
It's actually incorrect or a plain lie, what you are saying. It's easy to see that you spend hours here every day.
As you apparently do, since you respond to everything I post. But why does it concern you what another poster does with their time?
Claiming or believing that el g did his easy runs at a 4:50 min mile pace is even more stupid. That probably was his tempo pace.
Don't shoot the messenger, just relaying what people have said on here over the years. I also don't think you're in a position to call anyone stupid claiming that 4:50 would be true threshold pace for a 3:43 guy
Do you also make fun of Ron Clarke for falling in an Olympic final? Did you know that El Guerrouj fell in his first Olympic final, lost his second, and is still considered the 1500m/mile GOAT? I know who is not a winner. You.
Neither comparison is equivalent or valid. Unlike El G, Ingebrigtsen didn't fall - he completely misjudged his capabilities and was reduced to a walk. Ron Clarke was the best distance runner in the world when he went to Mexico '68 but stood no chance at altitude. Ingebrigtsen has had some great victories on the track but in the HM he showed no understanding of what the race required and his abilities and ran like a big-head who blew up.
Ron Clarke just wasn't good enough to compete at the 56 Olympics (age 19), at the 58 Commonwealth Games, at the 60 Olympics.
He failed badly at the 62 CG, at the 64 OG, at the 66 CG, at the 68 OG, at the 70 CG. His failure at Mexico is not due to the venue. He ALWAYS totally failed when it mattered. Always, in any single big race of his career. In this aspect, Ingebrigtsen is lightyears ahead of him.
El G was reported to have run 30 min 10ks for his easy runs
Anyone who has two brain cells knows that cap. To answer op, there are some pros who will get down to 5:40-5:30 min mile pace for easy runs. But most pros will usually do their easy runs between 6:00-7:30 pace depending on how much mileage they're doing, if they did a hard workout or long run the day before.
Neither comparison is equivalent or valid. Unlike El G, Ingebrigtsen didn't fall - he completely misjudged his capabilities and was reduced to a walk. Ron Clarke was the best distance runner in the world when he went to Mexico '68 but stood no chance at altitude. Ingebrigtsen has had some great victories on the track but in the HM he showed no understanding of what the race required and his abilities and ran like a big-head who blew up.
Ron Clarke just wasn't good enough to compete at the 56 Olympics (age 19), at the 58 Commonwealth Games, at the 60 Olympics.
He failed badly at the 62 CG, at the 64 OG, at the 66 CG, at the 68 OG, at the 70 CG. His failure at Mexico is not due to the venue. He ALWAYS totally failed when it mattered. Always, in any single big race of his career. In this aspect, Ingebrigtsen is lightyears ahead of him.
He had more wrs than Ingebrigtsen has, and in a shorter period of time and over the championship distances. Ingebrigtsen has NONE of the latter. And Clarke wasn't doping.
Here’s a neat thread on Steve Prefontaine’s training. I remember my coach telling me his threshold pace was about 5:30 pace and easy pace about 6 min pace. But, hard to find any data on that. I’m sure others have more info. Needless to say, his easy pace was pretty fast.
Jakob. Nothing is easier than walking. Perhaps not the fastest though.
He still ran it in 1:03, faster than most of the world (including you) could run. So, if you're gonna trash talk, at least be better than the person you're trash talking.
Neither comparison is equivalent or valid. Unlike El G, Ingebrigtsen didn't fall - he completely misjudged his capabilities and was reduced to a walk. Ron Clarke was the best distance runner in the world when he went to Mexico '68 but stood no chance at altitude. Ingebrigtsen has had some great victories on the track but in the HM he showed no understanding of what the race required and his abilities and ran like a big-head who blew up.
Ron Clarke just wasn't good enough to compete at the 56 Olympics (age 19), at the 58 Commonwealth Games, at the 60 Olympics.
He failed badly at the 62 CG, at the 64 OG, at the 66 CG, at the 68 OG, at the 70 CG. His failure at Mexico is not due to the venue. He ALWAYS totally failed when it mattered. Always, in any single big race of his career. In this aspect, Ingebrigtsen is lightyears ahead of him.
Neither comparison is equivalent or valid. Unlike El G, Ingebrigtsen didn't fall - he completely misjudged his capabilities and was reduced to a walk. Ron Clarke was the best distance runner in the world when he went to Mexico '68 but stood no chance at altitude. Ingebrigtsen has had some great victories on the track but in the HM he showed no understanding of what the race required and his abilities and ran like a big-head who blew up.
Ron Clarke just wasn't good enough to compete at the 56 Olympics (age 19), at the 58 Commonwealth Games, at the 60 Olympics.
He failed badly at the 62 CG, at the 64 OG, at the 66 CG, at the 68 OG, at the 70 CG. His failure at Mexico is not due to the venue. He ALWAYS totally failed when it mattered. Always, in any single big race of his career. In this aspect, Ingebrigtsen is lightyears ahead of him.
Clarke was only 18 in '56. He didn't compete for years after because he got a career and raised a family. It was an amateur era. He didn't get back into the sport until the early '60's. His best chance was the '68 Olympics but he had no chance when they were held in Mexico. But no one carved up as many wrs as he did in a very short span of time. They were also championship records. Ingebrigtsen has none.
They were also championship records. Ingebrigtsen has none.
Jakob had the 1500m Olympic record. Not that you would know that, of course. Now you will say in your little squeaky voice "But I am correct! Hocker broke it! He has none!" Yeah. Same goes for Clarke.
Ron Clarke just wasn't good enough to compete at the 56 Olympics (age 19), at the 58 Commonwealth Games, at the 60 Olympics.
He failed badly at the 62 CG, at the 64 OG, at the 66 CG, at the 68 OG, at the 70 CG. His failure at Mexico is not due to the venue. He ALWAYS totally failed when it mattered. Always, in any single big race of his career. In this aspect, Ingebrigtsen is lightyears ahead of him.
Clarke was only 18 in '56. He didn't compete for years after because he got a career and raised a family. It was an amateur era. He didn't get back into the sport until the early '60's. His best chance was the '68 Olympics but he had no chance when they were held in Mexico. But no one carved up as many wrs as he did in a very short span of time. They were also championship records. Ingebrigtsen has none.
Clarke was 19, but no chance for you to calculate this since your calculater doesn't have a button for date. He was way older than Ingebrigtsen when he finished 4th and 5th at the 2019 World champs. Best chance in 68? He badly failed at the 62, 66 and 70 Commonwealth games. As well as the 64 Olympics. Short span of time? Clarke set WRs from 1963 to 1968. Regarding championships, Clarke has a terrible bad record, Ingebrigtsen's is way way better with four global golds up to age 23.
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