If threshold training is so good, why doesn't Mantz do it?

hahahahahaha wrote:

hgjjvf wrote:

Still waiting for mantz to run a race w/o bouncy shoes. Am I asking too much? Probably so. Hard to throw a 3:00+ head start out the door.

Dumb comment. Should he run barefoot on a dirt road too?

Sub-9:00 guy wrote:

Racetraining1 wrote:

The world record was 2:08 and change in 1981.

World record today 8 minutes faster.

Go subtract 8 minutes from runners pr's from the 1980's and see what you come up with.

The fundamental flaw in your argument is you assume the world record is legit. I don’t. I don’t know what the actual legit (sans doping) WR is, but it’s not faster than 2:02.

What am I talking about here? Am I saying that if you put Steve Jones into today’s shoes at Chicago, he runs 2:05:13 back in the early to mid-80s? Why, yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying. Even faster with much better pacing than when he severely positive splitted his 2:07.

He\'s got that dawg in him wrote:

Why doesn't the best runner in the world do threshold repeats or Norwegian singles method?

He's got that dawg in him wrote:

Why doesn't the best runner in the world do threshold repeats or Norwegian singles method?