Why in the swim outlet add does the women in the picture on the left have a huge bulge bigger than the guy's picture on the right?
Why in the swim outlet add does the women in the picture on the left have a huge bulge bigger than the guy's picture on the right?
We don't even have to fake it that much. Take a 32 min 5k guy to a lion-infested, hyena-infested, buffalo-infested, elephant-infested forest in Kenya. Drop him deep in the forest, at least 20km from the closest human habitation, and drive away not too fast. With the sight of all these human-eaters, the 32k man will become at worst a 20k man immediately. Drop him everyday for one month and this guy will likely be down to 16 or 17! By the end of 3 months, this guy will already have hit the target and yours is the four billion dollars!
Hodge wrote:
If the OP's subject line really contains all the conditions of the deal, this should be easy.
"A 32 min 5k guy" should be any guy who can run a 5k in 32 min.
So I head over to Kenya and get myself the fastest looking teen who has no recorded times and pay him a million bucks to come stateside with me and run a 32 min 5k fun run. That should meet the criteria.
Train him a bit and let him race again in a month or so at full speed.
Just to cinch the bet, bring over 5 or 10 guys just like him. One of them will do it for sure. Big bonus for the first to break 15.
SixMillionDollarSteve wrote:
One word - Robotics!
That's the only way. Give the guy some flipper feet. Juice him up on steroids, and pump him full of stimulants on race day.
not waste my time
Give a 300+ pounder 164 pounds of liposuction and hope the rule of thumb "2 seconds per pound per mile" scales well.
McGruff the dope crime dog wrote:
simple really.................find the 30 year old fat, drunk, ex d1 guy that currently can only run 32 min 5k..............no one said anything about the difference between current times and prs........get this fat drunk to train for three months ......................
This is my approach as well. Find a washed up has been and get him to lose the weight and get his aerobic capacity back to a decent point in 3 months.
1. First month would be focused on losing weight and building cardio. Fortunately these two goals compliment each other. He would be on the bike in a spin class for as long as his body could stand. I would impose radical changes to his diet, put his body through some sort of cleanse, forcing his body to clean itself out while shedding the excess weight. This phase will be crucial for preparing for the next phases, injury prevention, etc.
2. Second month he's lost a lot of his weight and can at least start remembering what being fit felt like back in his glory days. He's hungry for success now and being driven by the thought of the new lifestyle he could live with his newfound fitness and his 30% of the profits that stand to be made from this venture.
He's still biking as much as before but starting to incorporate running back into the routine. Even if it's only 20 min a day he's getting the feeling back in his legs and doing everything he can to focus on not getting injured before the big race day.
2 weeks into the second month basic workouts begin. 4x3 minute hill repeats every other day, inbetween days focusing on low impact running in the pool, Alter G, etc. Regaining cardio endurance is still crucial at this point as well as losing the rest of the weight he's put on so he's still on the bike, jumping rope, anything else he can find to mix things up. With the amount of money on the line we can assume this is now his full time job and every waking minute will be spent doing something to help achieve the goal.
Last 2 weeks of the month he starts doing tempos. Only 3-5 miles twice a week but getting that feel for faster pace for a longer amount of time. At this point he's putting in about 60 miles a week, nothing too crazy but enough that it's working his body hard.
3 month. This is where the real training begins. It's risky with the big day so close but with this limited amount of time there's no other option. Mileage is bumped up to 70 and workouts more frequent.
The first two weeks of the final month are spent with interval sessions at race pace, longer temp runs and a long run in the 13 mile range at the end of the week. At this point hopefully our racer has lost most of his excess weight and is now beginning to feel the fitness coming back to him. Strides are done every day to get his legs feeling quick again and to keep everything feeling lose in the high pressure intense training occurring only two weeks before the 4 billion dollar race.
Final two weeks are spent mentally preparing and fine tuning. Mileage is still in the 60-70mpw range but he holds back from pushing all the way in his intervals and now shorter tempos. He's still on the bike a little, and also focusing on stretching and core. Everything needs to align perfectly for the big day.
In the final days leading up to the race we take it easy. Some short intervals at a little faster than race pace. Pressure is high and we don't want to push our luck.
Race Day
The race is unbelievably hyped up. How could it not be with 4 billion dollars on the line? News stations, reporters, and bus loads of obese children being shipped in to be inspired by the event.
My athlete and I shake hands. He thanks me for all I've driven him to be and let's me know that win or lose I have changed his life and he will forever be in my debt. I thank him for his dedication and drive and let
him know that I'll never have another athlete like him. Good luck.
The Race
The gun sounds and 10 men are now jostling for position. Most of them have a fair shot at winning but all eyes are on one man. They pass through the first mile in 4:42. It's fast but our boy is looking good. They continue to press on. Someone falls and a lady in the stands screams. He's a nobody though and the race continues on, leaving him to crawl off to the side. 2nd mile. 4:47. Slowing down but still well under goal pace.
Just over a mile to go. The tension in the stadium is so high that people forget to cheer and all there is is an eerie silence. Thousands of spectators but no sound uttered by their lips as they watch the runners fly around the track. The bell sounds and instantly every person in the stadium is on their feet yelling as loud as they can. Our boy and two others are neck and neck on the back stretch and it's anybody's race. He dropps back into 3rd at the curve and then to the excitement of the crowd he shoots off the curve with 100 to go. He has a slight lead now but the race is far from one. Each one is fighting to the end and he'll need to channel all the passion and drive of the last 3 months into one last move. He's driving with his arms. He's up on his toes as far as he can go. His chest dips. It's over.
14:44. He'd done it. The crowd was storming the track. It was a track race like no other track race before. He had done it. He had won, and broken 15. He was rich beyond his wildest dreams. But more importantly he had inspired the thousands watching him that it was possible. No matter how far gone they were they felt like that now they too had a chance at happiness and success in whatever it were that they were pursuing. It was a day not soon forgotten. I caught his eye from across the field and gave him a slow nod. We had done it. We had done the impossible. From 32 minutes to 15 minutes in 3 months. It was one for history books.
BeardofBarak wrote:
McGruff the dope crime dog wrote:simple really.................find the 30 year old fat, drunk, ex d1 guy that currently can only run 32 min 5k..............no one said anything about the difference between current times and prs........get this fat drunk to train for three months ......................
This is my approach as well. Find a washed up has been and get him to lose the weight and get his aerobic capacity back to a decent point in 3 months.
1. First month would be focused on losing weight and building cardio. Fortunately these two goals compliment each other. He would be on the bike in a spin class for as long as his body could stand. I would impose radical changes to his diet, put his body through some sort of cleanse, forcing his body to clean itself out while shedding the excess weight. This phase will be crucial for preparing for the next phases, injury prevention, etc.
2. Second month he's lost a lot of his weight and can at least start remembering what being fit felt like back in his glory days. He's hungry for success now and being driven by the thought of the new lifestyle he could live with his newfound fitness and his 30% of the profits that stand to be made from this venture.
He's still biking as much as before but starting to incorporate running back into the routine. Even if it's only 20 min a day he's getting the feeling back in his legs and doing everything he can to focus on not getting injured before the big race day.
2 weeks into the second month basic workouts begin. 4x3 minute hill repeats every other day, inbetween days focusing on low impact running in the pool, Alter G, etc. Regaining cardio endurance is still crucial at this point as well as losing the rest of the weight he's put on so he's still on the bike, jumping rope, anything else he can find to mix things up. With the amount of money on the line we can assume this is now his full time job and every waking minute will be spent doing something to help achieve the goal.
Last 2 weeks of the month he starts doing tempos. Only 3-5 miles twice a week but getting that feel for faster pace for a longer amount of time. At this point he's putting in about 60 miles a week, nothing too crazy but enough that it's working his body hard.
3 month. This is where the real training begins. It's risky with the big day so close but with this limited amount of time there's no other option. Mileage is bumped up to 70 and workouts more frequent.
The first two weeks of the final month are spent with interval sessions at race pace, longer temp runs and a long run in the 13 mile range at the end of the week. At this point hopefully our racer has lost most of his excess weight and is now beginning to feel the fitness coming back to him. Strides are done every day to get his legs feeling quick again and to keep everything feeling lose in the high pressure intense training occurring only two weeks before the 4 billion dollar race.
Final two weeks are spent mentally preparing and fine tuning. Mileage is still in the 60-70mpw range but he holds back from pushing all the way in his intervals and now shorter tempos. He's still on the bike a little, and also focusing on stretching and core. Everything needs to align perfectly for the big day.
In the final days leading up to the race we take it easy. Some short intervals at a little faster than race pace. Pressure is high and we don't want to push our luck.
Race Day
The race is unbelievably hyped up. How could it not be with 4 billion dollars on the line? News stations, reporters, and bus loads of obese children being shipped in to be inspired by the event.
My athlete and I shake hands. He thanks me for all I've driven him to be and let's me know that win or lose I have changed his life and he will forever be in my debt. I thank him for his dedication and drive and let
him know that I'll never have another athlete like him. Good luck.
The Race
The gun sounds and 10 men are now jostling for position. Most of them have a fair shot at winning but all eyes are on one man. They pass through the first mile in 4:42. It's fast but our boy is looking good. They continue to press on. Someone falls and a lady in the stands screams. He's a nobody though and the race continues on, leaving him to crawl off to the side. 2nd mile. 4:47. Slowing down but still well under goal pace.
Just over a mile to go. The tension in the stadium is so high that people forget to cheer and all there is is an eerie silence. Thousands of spectators but no sound uttered by their lips as they watch the runners fly around the track. The bell sounds and instantly every person in the stadium is on their feet yelling as loud as they can. Our boy and two others are neck and neck on the back stretch and it's anybody's race. He dropps back into 3rd at the curve and then to the excitement of the crowd he shoots off the curve with 100 to go. He has a slight lead now but the race is far from one. Each one is fighting to the end and he'll need to channel all the passion and drive of the last 3 months into one last move. He's driving with his arms. He's up on his toes as far as he can go. His chest dips. It's over.
14:44. He'd done it. The crowd was storming the track. It was a track race like no other track race before. He had done it. He had won, and broken 15. He was rich beyond his wildest dreams. But more importantly he had inspired the thousands watching him that it was possible. No matter how far gone they were they felt like that now they too had a chance at happiness and success in whatever it were that they were pursuing. It was a day not soon forgotten. I caught his eye from across the field and gave him a slow nod. We had done it. We had done the impossible. From 32 minutes to 15 minutes in 3 months. It was one for history books.
wouldn't it just be easier to call Ma Junren?
Pick the right 32-min. 5K guy.
double amputation, EPO for recovery, and a racing wheelchair
EZ $$$4
Start with a sub-13 East African infected with malaria. Get them to hobble to a 32 min 5 km. Upon recovery in a month, train as usual.
I think it's possible... But definitely not in three months. That's ridiculous... But there was a short documentary about a guy who went from not being able to run for more than 5 minutes at a time to running a 2:30 marathon in a span of two years. It was pretty cool. But 3 months is impossible by all means.
A: Buy him a bicycle.
Find a 5K course that has a steady 10 degree decline and (with a running start), roll the rest of the way.
McGruff the dope crime dog wrote:
simple really.................find the 30 year old fat, drunk, ex d1 guy that currently can only run 32 min 5k..............no one said anything about the difference between current times and prs........get this fat drunk to train for three months ......................
along those lines, I'd get el G out of retirement, get him on some epo, start with aerobic training first month with only 1 interval workout/week. Then a lot more intervals after that. also, he is biking 1 hr and swimming 1 hr per day in addition to the running 2x/d
i hope this isn't some kid that wants to get fast and is currently googling where to find epo
mitchellmac2 wrote:
I think it's possible... But definitely not in three months. That's ridiculous... But there was a short documentary about a guy who went from not being able to run for more than 5 minutes at a time to running a 2:30 marathon in a span of two years. It was pretty cool. But 3 months is impossible by all means.
Curious -- what's the name of this documentary? Sounds like it might be worth watching. Could use a good kick in the kiester.
take the money, shoot him dead, move to the north woods of canada and start carving my own trails
Send him out the door at 16402 feet.