Is 5’8 150lbs too big to run fast?

A full 2 pages after 1 day. Not bad of a Troll job..

I do not follow the sport very close anymore. 20 years ago I could name several guys who were very fast and did not have the typical build. Milers to marathon runners come in all shape and sizes. The one common thing all fast runners have in common is the volume they put in.

weight goes up wih the cube of height.

dont bring addition to an expontial gun fight.

TWill

technically i believe most accepted studies show weight goes up with the square of height

but i do prefer to use the cube of height when trying to compare people of different height/weight

Are you one of the 5'6" guys who says he's 5'8", or a Britain / Old school person who says they're 5'8" but actually wakes up 2-3 cm above 5'8, at like 175-176 cm, each morning?

Biggg difff between a mini-missile 5'6" guy and a 5'8.9" guy with lanky limbs and broad shoulders.

Terveisin; I am one of the 5'7" guys who claims 5'8" sometimes, because I wake up at 172 high cm in the morning

but I know there are fellas out there who are 170.x cm or even 169.x who claim 5'8"

I mean, I'm 153, just under 5'9, and have run 15:15 for 5k and 2:35 for marathon. I don't think you're really that big, you're probably just seeing all the pros and fast college runners who hit the genetic lottery. We did not, and that is all right, be happy with your body.

Unless it's fat or excess muscle upper body muscle that won't help your running, you're fine.

Farther back than I'd like to admit I ran a very small 10K road race because it was right outside my apartment. A quarter mile in I was all alone, then I heard steps and a pretty big guy ran up on my shoulder. Like 6' 2" and 190+ lbs. I kind of smiled at someone that size thinking they were going to run with me so I started cranking up the pace. He matched every move. A mile later we were under 5min pace and he started chatting me up like we were on an easy run. I thanked him but said I couldn't keep up and he should just go; he dropped me like I was standing still.

After the race I met him and learned it was Paul McMullen (RIP, nice guy) right before he started his rapid weight loss and comeback for his last World Championships. Even after he got down to weight he looked out of place among the other runners but it worked for him.

Let me guess, you think you're big boned? Or very muscular? LOL...

Stop with the BS and get under 130lbs. Or don't. But stop with the dumb excuses.

See if you can increase mileage and intensity, cut out any heavy weight lifting and drop 10 pounds. That's what I did (from 155 to 144) and the impact on my 5k time was something like 80 seconds.