ideally 5'10 ish and 125 lbs, skinny build.
Use weekly circuit training in gym to work on core strength with lots of reps especially work on abs for good running and strength.
Eat sensibly, no rubbish!- Typical runners life eh?
ideally 5'10 ish and 125 lbs, skinny build.
Use weekly circuit training in gym to work on core strength with lots of reps especially work on abs for good running and strength.
Eat sensibly, no rubbish!- Typical runners life eh?
meichenl wrote:
athlete height (cm) mass (kg) distance BMI
alan culpepper 185.4 59.0 42000 17.2
sileshi sihine 165.0 48.0 10000 17.6
wilson wipketer 172.0 62.0 800 21.0
jeremy wariner 182.9 70.3 400 21.0
GREAT F***IN POST!
I noticed a few things
1. Alan culpepper is a skeleton.
2. I'm not sure if the numbers for seleshi are correct.
3. Jeremy wariner and the greatest 800m runner of all time have the exact same BMI. Mean anything?
4. I'm 23.1 I'd better get my act together and drop 20 pounds.
Many, many posts about how you need to lose weight... It depends on your body composition whether or not you do (having excessive body fat), but the question comes down to just how good do you want to be? If you want to run sub-13 for the 5K, the odds are definitely against you. If you want to run at a high level below world class it is certainly possible to do so with your height/weight combination.
Athletes like Tim Broe, Paul McMullen, etc. have shown demonstrated this consistently. Even Dan Browne - he is 5'10", 145lbs, and he just finished 6th at Olympic trials and has run sub-4, 13:16, and 2:11.
Some would argue that some of these athletes would be even better if they weighed less, but nobody will ever know that. Maybe they would be faster, or maybe they would not have the same power output and be slower, or maybe they would be chronically malnourished.
Personally, I am 5'10" and at 148lbs, I ran 30:55 for the 10K, and there are many others on this board that have done similar or with a similar BMI. I actually intentionally put on about 20 pounds of muscle following college, and with those 20 pounds I ran faster, felt better, and was happier with my overall athletic ability... personal decision, not for everybody though...
Steve Ovett
John Walker
I ran right around 4 in the mile as an undergraduate and was 5'11'' 175-180lbs all the way through college. I also qualified for XC nats twice at that weight. Most of that weight was muscle, but I definitely had some beer/pizza weight on there, enough so that nobody thought I was shit walking up to the line unless they new who I was ahead of time. That being said, I found that the extra muscle/strength really helped me maintain a really heavy training regimen without getting injured, and gave me a lot of sprint strength over the last quartermile in the races. The worst thing I think you can do is try to diet in order to get faster. The lack of recovery from training while you lose weight will significantly offset any (minor) gains you'll make from being a few pounds lighter, especially at a short dist. like the 3k.
perfectrunner wrote:
I am 5'8, weigh 127 pounds and could kick your ass at any distance of running, for I am FAST, STRONG, AND RELENTLESS.
This made me laugh :-)
westside10k wrote:
LoL I think you are fine so long as you feel good at that weight. I am 145 5'9" and have gone sub 30 for 10k, so I wouldnt listen to this ppl saying you have to be 125 lol thats stupid unless thats your body type.
Imagine what you could run if you took it seriously.
Sub 30 10k butterballs shouldn't be allowed to speak.