Kipchoge as a marathoner was peaking around 120-130, only like 30% more mileage for an event 420% longer. Also Nico is 23 and training at 7k feet. Also doing double threshold. Jakob gets up to 110-120 during the offseason, though he’s an outlier so far as 15/5 guys go.
I’m sure there’s room for Nico to get better, but that’s more because he shouldn’t hit his peak for another 3-5 years. Also keep in mind he’s peaking at 80-90 and making massive improvements. Pushing it up to 100-120mpw might end with him getting injured, which would probably slow his progression.
Keep telling yourself that. Nico is maxed out. I don’t think he is going to get faster at any distance including 10k, where at his height we start to see diminishing returns. I think he has pushed himself to his limit and after this season we will see him on the injury list for the next several years and then he’ll be an after thought. My God you people are such prisoners of the moment that it’s actually funny.
This is what they said about solinsky before he broke 27min.
How can this be? Posters here claim that mileage is king. The reality is talent is king. There are literally thousands of college runners putting in this amount of mileage.
I think it makes sense for a 6'1 runner to keep the mileage on the low side. Tall runners tend to have their careers ruined by injury if they run high mileage.
100%. I think 60 to maybe 70 mpw with a lot of strength training is more than enough for 1500 and 5000. Jakob is a lot stronger physically than people probably realize. Like he can probably deadlift a huge amount for his weight.
Then why do most elites run way more than that? Also deadlifts don't matter for these events.
100%. I think 60 to maybe 70 mpw with a lot of strength training is more than enough for 1500 and 5000. Jakob is a lot stronger physically than people probably realize. Like he can probably deadlift a huge amount for his weight.
Also we don't know what athletes are counting as mileage. Some don't even include warmups/cooldowns as part of their mileage, which could easily add 15-20 MPW to the total.
Complete nonsense. In "Better training for distance runners" you can see examples from Seb´s training logs, and every running step in noted: wu/cd, morning jogs etc.