Cam Levins is BACK BABY!!! Time trial a half in 1:02

Was it a measured course, or "Strava distance"?

Jgt11 wrote:

Still curious about Levins move to longer distances. Although his high mileage might lend itself to those long distances, I think his need for that high mileage means he lacks endurance talent(he was running 160 mpw to beat guys doing 100mpw) his natural strength seemed to be more in his speed (11.5 100m standing start hand time) which when combined with his heavy endurance training gave him good times from 1500 (3:36) to 10k (27:07). Just because Snell ran 100+ MPW he didn't move up to the 5k so why would running 150+ MPW mean Cam moves up to the marathon?

I bet he just felt like running longer distances so he did.

Levins isn't competitive at the shorter track distances. This has nothing to do with his PRs. He's good enough to make a championship final. He can stay with a pack but as soon as the kicking starts he's dropped instantly. Canada doesn't have high standards so just being a finalist might be enough for him to sustain a professional career, but I think he has higher aspirations. The marathon doesn't require a superior finishing kick to medal so if he's ambitious, that's his distance.

Les wrote:

Levins isn't competitive at the shorter track distances. This has nothing to do with his PRs. He's good enough to make a championship final. He can stay with a pack but as soon as the kicking starts he's dropped instantly. Canada doesn't have high standards so just being a finalist might be enough for him to sustain a professional career, but I think he has higher aspirations. The marathon doesn't require a superior finishing kick to medal so if he's ambitious, that's his distance.

Makes sense with what the other poster said because having a kick is based on having superior endurance, not superior speed.

Has Cam ever raced the 800m?

Les wrote:

Levins isn't competitive at the shorter track distances. This has nothing to do with his PRs. He's good enough to make a championship final. He can stay with a pack but as soon as the kicking starts he's dropped instantly. Canada doesn't have high standards so just being a finalist might be enough for him to sustain a professional career, but I think he has higher aspirations. The marathon doesn't require a superior finishing kick to medal so if he's ambitious, that's his distance.

This^

Thanks for the video. Sub 1:50 is very good. I didn't realize Cam had that kind of speed and range.

Link?

Les wrote:

Levins isn't competitive at the shorter track distances. This has nothing to do with his PRs. He's good enough to make a championship final. He can stay with a pack but as soon as the kicking starts he's dropped instantly. Canada doesn't have high standards so just being a finalist might be enough for him to sustain a professional career, but I think he has higher aspirations. The marathon doesn't require a superior finishing kick to medal so if he's ambitious, that's his distance.

Levins is a great kicker. Who could forget him doubling back from a 3:54 mile win and outkicking a fresh Galen Rupp in an 8:15 2-mile indoors.

Definitely a strong kicker at the collegiate level back in the day.

Very good runner wrote:

Any runner who can time trial a 1:02 half is a very good runner. I am happy to hear Cam is back.

This.

Happy for him.

Was he ever named for the Canadian marathon team for Tokyo? Hopefully he gets a shot.

Hardloper wrote:

Levins is a great kicker. Who could forget him doubling back from a 3:54 mile win and outkicking a fresh Galen Rupp in an 8:15 2-mile indoors.

Levins's greatest performance was the 27 low 10,000 he ran in 2014 behind the great Galen Rupp's 26:44.

I think Rupp will have to be back, for Levins to be back. But I'm not sure Rupp ever will be back. First Salazar might have to be back.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Hardloper wrote:

Levins is a great kicker. Who could forget him doubling back from a 3:54 mile win and outkicking a fresh Galen Rupp in an 8:15 2-mile indoors.

Levins's greatest performance was the 27 low 10,000 he ran in 2014 behind the great Galen Rupp's 26:44.

I think Rupp will have to be back, for Levins to be back. But I'm not sure Rupp ever will be back. First Salazar might have to be back.

Those were different races—Rupp 26:44 in 2014, Levins 27:07 in 2015. THEORY INVALIDATED.

NERunner053 wrote:

Very good runner wrote:

Any runner who can time trial a 1:02 half is a very good runner. I am happy to hear Cam is back.

This.

Happy for him.

Was he ever named for the Canadian marathon team for Tokyo? Hopefully he gets a shot.

No. He still needs a qualifier.

Ghost1 wrote:

dj khaled wrote:

would this be the fastest half-marathon by a jewish runner?

or canadian jewish runner maybe?

Not necessarily Jewish.

You can see how Levins families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Levins family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Levins families were found in the USA in 1880. In 1840 there were 7 Levins families living in Connecticut. This was about 18% of all the recorded Levins's in the USA. Connecticut and 1 other state had the highest population of Levins families in 1840.

That's some knowledge

ummm, back? He ran 1:02:14 in Houston in January...