Jess Hull - 8.41 3km in terrible condition

skinny and fast wrote:

A female runner would be unable to lose 20 pounds from ideal weight.

This is what a world class runner looks like.

Hasan 5'7" 108

Koko 5'9" 106

Most women are not as fast because they are not at ideal weight.

No, not all world-class runners look like that. Ms. Purrier is a purrfect example. Just took Koko's scalp this winter.

skinny and fast wrote:

A female runner would be unable to lose 20 pounds from ideal weight.

This is what a world class runner looks like.

Hasan 5'7" 108

Koko 5'9" 106

Most women are not as fast because they are not at ideal weight.

Just stop it. First off, you use an example with two runners where a runner is 2 inches taller, but 2 pounds light so which one is it? You don't look like a world class runner based on appearance. You're a world class runner if you run world class times. Period. I don't care what your BMI is.

Purrier cut time after college by losing 10 pounds but she is not world class yet. Watch her physique over the next year and you will see her cut another 5-10 pounds in order to run 14:29. Have any pictures of 14:20 women who look like real women like Coburn?

skinny and fast wrote:

Purrier cut time after college by losing 10 pounds but she is not world class yet. Watch her physique over the next year and you will see her cut another 5-10 pounds in order to run 14:29. Have any pictures of 14:20 women who look like real women like Coburn?

4:16 indoor mile is not world-class???

BTW, Kenenisa Bekele is 5'5" 125lb so that kinda messes up your theory.

Another giver of +1 wrote:

shootpost wrote:

Since when is rain "terrible conditions"?

+1

A lot of water in lane one, so wet shoes, offset by two male pacers until the last lap.

Its winter over there. Its wet and cold and likely windy

skinny and fast wrote:

Have any pictures of 14:20 women who look like real women like Coburn?

Good grief.

Berkele is a man.

skinny and fast wrote:

Berkele is a man.

So? Your theory of being skinny only applies to women? Please elaborate. Also, you have been using men in your argument. You talked about Hall and Ahmed in trying to make your point earlier.

Here is a woman that breaks your theory apart:

Genzebe Dibaba: 5'6" 115lb

Bigger AND faster than your examples.

Yes skinny is fast for men also. I was pointing out that he was a male so that people realized not to compare his weight to females but to males. But saying skinny is faster is a theory and the example is a 5'6" female who weighs 115? Go to a party this weekend and tell 100 women that 5'6" at 115 pounds is not thin and see if you make it out alive. World class runners are in the .01% thinnest in the population. You sound insane to say that being thin is not required to be world class. Any 10 year old can watch a diamond league 5k and tell you that the runners are all skeleton thin as compared to any person they have ever seen in their real life. Many NFL running backs have 6% body fat at 200 pounds. How many can run 13 minutes for 5k? I doubt any can run 16 minutes.

Of course they need to be lean and light, no one is arguing with you about that, but you are suggesting a more extreme degree than is ideal for all runners.

Genzebe Dibaba is shorter and heavier than both of your examples, and can blow both of them off the track, as well as EVERY runner lighter than her. Kenenisa Bekele at 5'5" 125lb is able to beat EVERY runner that is lighter than him (and that includes many that are taller than him as well).

skinny and fast wrote:

A female runner would be unable to lose 20 pounds from ideal weight.

This is what a world class runner looks like.

Hasan 5'7" 108

Koko 5'9" 106

Most women are not as fast because they are not at ideal weight.

Shelby Houlihan: 5'3" 117lb that's 6" shorter and 11lb heavier than Koko.

Shelby:

1500: 3:54.92

5000: 14:23.92

Koko:

1500: 3:58.87

5000: 14:26.76