My guess would be 8 years
My guess would be 8 years
Sure, 4 years of HS + 4 years of college. You tend to see people going to the marathon in their mid-20s at the earliest so most people will have 10+ years in. Lifetime miles matter in the marathon.
I think of a question like this in terms of minimum PRs: low/mid-4:30s mile, 8:45-8:55 3k, 14:45-15:15 5k, 31:00-31:30 10k, 1:07/1:08 half, 2:19:xx.
You gotta do the training in the marathon. Hit some of the shorter times & build to 100 miles a week & sub-2:20 is attainable.
NERunner053 wrote:
I think of a question like this in terms of minimum PRs: low/mid-4:30s mile, 8:45-8:55 3k, 14:45-15:15 5k, 31:00-31:30 10k, 1:07/1:08 half, 2:19:xx.
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well maybe i can do it.
Minimum time? 90 days if somebody is a stud. I got my neighbor into it a few years ago. He ran 2:20 after 3 years.
What if you're in your 30's and have no college or track background. Is breaking 2:20 possible then?
even more impressive things have been done, there were threads on old starters, you can look for those
NERunner053 wrote:
Sure, 4 years of HS + 4 years of college. You tend to see people going to the marathon in their mid-20s at the earliest so most people will have 10+ years in. Lifetime miles matter in the marathon.
I think of a question like this in terms of minimum PRs: low/mid-4:30s mile, 8:45-8:55 3k, 14:45-15:15 5k, 31:00-31:30 10k, 1:07/1:08 half, 2:19:xx.
You gotta do the training in the marathon. Hit some of the shorter times & build to 100 miles a week & sub-2:20 is attainable.
These minimum PRs would apply to college right? Ie someone just behind them from their HS times (eg high 8:50s 3k) would be probably in the ballpark in your view
World class guys could do it in 90 days. 2:10 type guys could have done it in a year.
The 16 year old record is 2:15.
go away run wrote:
The 16 year old record is 2:15.
How old was he really? And how long had he been running?
Farmer Bekele with no running background could easily do it right from his first try.
Latebloomer wrote:
What if you're in your 30's and have no college or track background. Is breaking 2:20 possible then?
I heard that talent is something never goes away, it's always there. So I guess if you have the talent of someone that would have sub 2:10 with a lot of training since a young age. I think it would be possible to run sub 2:20 after a few years in your 30's with no running background.
Starno wrote:
Latebloomer wrote:
What if you're in your 30's and have no college or track background. Is breaking 2:20 possible then?
I heard that talent is something never goes away, it's always there. So I guess if you have the talent of someone that would have sub 2:10 with a lot of training since a young age. I think it would be possible to run sub 2:20 after a few years in your 30's with no running background.
Basically if Galen Rupp would have never picked up running in his life, and would have led a random life. And one day in his 30's he would decide to run a sub 2:20 marathon, I think he could do it.
Does anyone know a recent trials qualifier who did not break 15:00 in the 5k for college?
Latebloomer wrote:
What if you're in your 30's and have no college or track background. Is breaking 2:20 possible then?
Steve Way started running at age 32, and ran 2:19 four years later.
Givetallugot wrote:
Does anyone know a recent trials qualifier who did not break 15:00 in the 5k for college?
I am also interested in this
This guy didn't run in college so I guess that counts
hmmmmx wrote:
Givetallugot wrote:
Does anyone know a recent trials qualifier who did not break 15:00 in the 5k for college?
I am also interested in this
College 5k/10k prs of some Olympic Trials Qualifiers
Joey Elsakr: 15:23, 31:17
Quinlan Moll: 14:47, 29:37
Caleb Kerr: 14:18, 30:15
Ryan Cosens: 14:40, 29:42
Everett Hackett: 14:03, 29:43
Adam Dalton: 15:01, 31:39
Nathaniel Orndorf: 14:28, 29:38
Tanner Fruit: 14:14, 29:50
Patrick Campbell: 14:05, 29:26
Joshua Baden: 14:39, 30:47
Henry Sterling: 14:15
Jacob Andrews: 15:14, 31:16
Kevin Lewis: 13:43, 28:59
Nicholas Spector: 14:26
Jacob Law: 15:02
Nick French: 14:55
Aaron Dinzeo: 13:58, 28:40
seems like there were a few guys who never broke 15 in college but were able to run under 2:19 to qualify for the trials.
I think the most shocking part of compiling this list was the range of PRs in college but they ended up qualifying with fairly similar times. 2 people on this list broke 14 minutes but 4 people were never able to break 15.
I think it would be cool if LetsRun did an interview with some guys that weren't able to break 15 for 5k in college but then went on to qualify for the olympic trials. It would be interesting to get more information on what the process looked like.