Can we just ignore that track 10k pr? It's straight up bogus. If you look at his logs leading up to the Olympic Trials Marathon the spring and summer before, he was running multiple 30:00 10000m's +- a 3 seconds. So maybe that 30:35 is his fastest official time but he has covered 10000m on a track much faster in workouts and clearly could go significantly faster than that in a race with a decent lead up focused on it. I'd say he'd run a 28:4x at a Mt. Sac or Stanford race if that was his focus for a Spring.
agreed. his road 10k is his fastest 10k, right? that says a lot right there.
also, once you're on the ELITE level, if you have a bad race on 10K track OR marathon, it's very possible you might LOSE to a world class woman e.g. Kim Smith, Kara Goucher, or Paula Radcliffe...kind of reminds me...we saw the similar thing with Wejo in a 31-32+min 10K at PanAmerican games. if you're having a bad race those extra laps in the heat as you're just stumping along to finish go pretty slow. And so...Nate Jenkins at Worlds marathon...2:30ish, so he ran slower than Kara Goucher at 1 race in his life and he ran slower than Kim Smith at the Utica Boilermaker 15K...well...who cares...we all have sub-par races...it can happen if you burn out/overtrain during a training cycle
im nowhere near elite, but this reminds me in high school I trained my muthafriggin *ss off hammering intervals like an idiot in June and July and all summer for XC and ran a peaking 17:40 5k in September LoL to be in our top5 to start off my sophomore year and by the end of the season I was so burned out I ran 19:11 and collapsed...I also was anemic, had blood in my stool, plantar faciitis in both feet, and so unbelievably fatigued that i had to take off a month from running
I'm just sayin...the guy is tough
also, on a good day Paula Radcliffe would beat armies of USA top MALE world-class marathoners...do you call these US male elites p*ssies?
you have to be willing to have guts, take risks and learn from your experiences
Hard core long-distance running does so much free-radical damage and damage to the musculoskeletal system, that it may very well be the cause of heart disease, cancer, and chronic inflammatory diseases later in life. As I said, you've got to weigh all the risks.
Sagarin, you´re wrong again. Running is good for your heart and that free radical bullshit is wrong also. The human body produces natural antioxidants against those free radicals. You are now one of those loosers who never really tried to reach personal limits on running.
He's very passionate, but also very stubborn. The only reason he might be delusional is because he thinks the Nate Jenkins is the best/only coach for him. He flat out refuses to believe that there's anyone else who can help him.
He's a big Canova follower, but from the blogs I've read, his training is very (almost too) complicated. And it's tough to say that the training works for him, because, since the OT marathon, he really hasn't done much. Over two years of mediocre results from arguably one of the brightest up-and-coming marathon stars in the US.
I like the Nate Jenkins story, but it wouldn't surprise me if he never cracks 2:20 for the marathon again.
I wonder what happened to him. I was searching for Nate Pennington and got this guy (Jenkins) by accident because I can't type lol. But a lot of 2:15-2:20 guys used to post here (both Nates, Sage, Brian Sell, etc.) often.
He's very passionate, but also very stubborn. The only reason he might be delusional is because he thinks the Nate Jenkins is the best/only coach for him. He flat out refuses to believe that there's anyone else who can help him.
He's a big Canova follower, but from the blogs I've read, his training is very (almost too) complicated. And it's tough to say that the training works for him, because, since the OT marathon, he really hasn't done much. Over two years of mediocre results from arguably one of the brightest up-and-coming marathon stars in the US.
I like the Nate Jenkins story, but it wouldn't surprise me if he never cracks 2:20 for the marathon again.
I wonder what happened to him. I was searching for Nate Pennington and got this guy (Jenkins) by accident because I can't type lol. But a lot of 2:15-2:20 guys used to post here (both Nates, Sage, Brian Sell, etc.) often.
I have listened to fairly recent podcasts where he is the guest. His elite career petered out due to nagging injuries. He became a math teacher and does online coaching on the side. He has a lot of knowledge of Lydiard and Canova.
He's very passionate, but also very stubborn. The only reason he might be delusional is because he thinks the Nate Jenkins is the best/only coach for him. He flat out refuses to believe that there's anyone else who can help him.
He's a big Canova follower, but from the blogs I've read, his training is very (almost too) complicated. And it's tough to say that the training works for him, because, since the OT marathon, he really hasn't done much. Over two years of mediocre results from arguably one of the brightest up-and-coming marathon stars in the US.
I like the Nate Jenkins story, but it wouldn't surprise me if he never cracks 2:20 for the marathon again.
I wonder what happened to him. I was searching for Nate Pennington and got this guy (Jenkins) by accident because I can't type lol. But a lot of 2:15-2:20 guys used to post here (both Nates, Sage, Brian Sell, etc.) often.