yesstiles wrote:
He peaked at 20. But understand, he already had more miles in his system than other World Class runners have by age 25. That caused him to reach his potential sooner.
Is this a proven theory? Everyone has a limited amount of miles? Does this explain Cam Levins too (assuming he doesn't pull out of this slump)?
the556miler wrote:
yesstiles wrote:He peaked at 20. But understand, he already had more miles in his system than other World Class runners have by age 25. That caused him to reach his potential sooner.
Is this a proven theory? Everyone has a limited amount of miles? Does this explain Cam Levins too (assuming he doesn't pull out of this slump)?
I guess it's debatable, but it has been estimated by many more knowledgeable than me that a person reaches their peak at about 25,000-30,000 miles of training, for the 5k/10k.
Realist1 wrote:
He lost in that 6 mile race to an American. He can't even claim an American record let alone a world record. Two near misses in two events, 3 mile and 6 mile, that weren't even international events is good domestic running, but not world class.
Funniest post of the day so far, but watching this thread, I'm sure there will be plenty of competition.
This thread has pretty much run its course. It has devolved into pro-Lindgren forces stating that he was a good fellow with a sad background, and anti-Lindgren forces saying he was a bad fellow and not THAT good of a runner.
I think the historical record speaks for itself, and one has to at least grant that he was one of the best runners in the world for a couple of years.
None of this has much to do with the original debate over whether or not he ran a 4:08 mile at the start of a 10-mile training run. We'll never know for sure. Unlike some of Lindgren's other claims, this one is clearly possible at least, given that he was capable of faster than a 4:08 mile flat-out, and for all we know he could have jogged 9 minute miles the rest of the way.
However, the general theme of this thread would seem to be that you can't believe any of Lindgren's claims. Given that he also claims to have run sub-2 hour marathon pace for 26 miles and weekly 88-mile long runs in high school, any further claims by Lindgren to undocumented superlative performances should be taken with a good dose of suspicion.
My opinion of the 4:08 claim: unlikely, but I wouldn't rule it out completely.