It is a fairly weak conference overall it just happens to have a multiple incredible distance runners to come out of it. Kaboom. In general, the depth is not there if you just look at it. Arguable 7/10 maybe 8/10 of the big sky schools don’t really have any significant distance running talent. Kaboom.
His Strava runs might seem slow, but I got the impression that he’s running in really cold weather. Maybe they’re effectively faster given those conditions.
It is a fairly weak conference overall it just happens to have a multiple incredible distance runners to come out of it. Kaboom. In general, the depth is not there if you just look at it. Arguable 7/10 maybe 8/10 of the big sky schools don’t really have any significant distance running talent. Kaboom.
LOLs for real, talk to me about Northern Colorado and Portland State distance success.
I put his time into a (crappy, free) marathon time comparison calculator and it says this is equivalent to a 2:06 flat in Chicago. You never know… not everyone is great at flat races but this is a great result for him. NYC better pay this guy to show up there!
Link to calculator?
Findmymarathon.com has a “comparison and conversion calculator” that compares marathon times. I don’t know how accurate it is (and why I hedged my post)
It is a fairly weak conference overall it just happens to have a multiple incredible distance runners to come out of it. Kaboom. In general, the depth is not there if you just look at it. Arguable 7/10 maybe 8/10 of the big sky schools don’t really have any significant distance running talent. Kaboom.
A few? Over the past decade including SUU (before they left) the big sky has had 2-3 dozen distance all Americans. All-American = significant distance running talent. You take 1% of the distance running population, and 1% of that 1% end up with those honors.
Should I start listing all the names? For proof instead of venting out jealousy?
Olga Appell won the women's race in 1994 and had just become an American citizen 9 days earlier.
Legal immigration, baby!
USA! USA! USA!
She was training like Jacob with all his “original” threshold training back in the 90’s. Her husband Brian appell was her coach and he said it was all German training
I’d love to hear more about she used threshold training in her marathon prep if you have any information please, interested in doing something similar myself.
I think this performance indicates that more guys and gals should opt for the roads instead of the track right out of college.
Wait. So you are telling me that the American one size fits all approach might be incorrect when it comes to training AND races? And having athletes focus on what they are best at rather than what someone thinks they should be might be why we are running faster now.
JoBros throwing darts at supershoe posters on the wall in their office as they cope and seethe.
Seriously, this is proof that we don't need the very top track guys to go to the marathon to see better success from the USA talent pool. Don't need to leave where you're happiest and most supported for some run-out mecca to get there, either.
As a former teammate of Matt, it’s very funny reading some of these comments speculating about him. We don’t speak often now, but this is a guy who frequently remarked he wouldn’t run a step post-collegiately. He has obviously always been very talented, but his overarching quality is he is tough as nails. People assuming he is doping couldn’t be more out of line. Matt doesn’t need the sport; he would be perfectly happy working with his dads manual labor company and woodworking on the side. We should absolutely be celebrating him as an incredible American story. I’ll be rooting for him and interestingly watching to see what he does to prepare for 2028.
She was training like Jacob with all his “original” threshold training back in the 90’s. Her husband Brian appell was her coach and he said it was all German training
I’d love to hear more about she used threshold training in her marathon prep if you have any information please, interested in doing something similar myself.
Usually it started with a lot of work capacity like 20-30x 400 at a HR that came to threshold by end of repeat with 60 second rest or 10-20x1k with 90 sec or just a steady 4-6 mile threshold run. rest by time it got close to racing it became more specific to marathon pace like 3 x 5k at marathon pace. This is a very incomplete description of her training but it’s all I can recall.
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His Strava runs might seem slow, but I got the impression that he’s running in really cold weather. Maybe they’re effectively faster given those conditions.
If his Strava indeed includes all his runs, how is was this run possible? Maxing out around 100 MPW, almost all of it very easy (as an earlier poster noted only 4 workouts during the build), and from what I can tell not one mile faster than his MP at LA.
I’d love to hear more about she used threshold training in her marathon prep if you have any information please, interested in doing something similar myself.
Usually it started with a lot of work capacity like 20-30x 400 at a HR that came to threshold by end of repeat with 60 second rest or 10-20x1k with 90 sec or just a steady 4-6 mile threshold run. rest by time it got close to racing it became more specific to marathon pace like 3 x 5k at marathon pace. This is a very incomplete description of her training but it’s all I can recall.