Emil Millán de la Oliva- the future of long distance running

To reach the highest level in distance running it helps to be skin and bones with little else.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDUDztjh8xu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

This race was actually in Tampere in Finland and part of the yearly team competition Finnkampen between Sweden and Finland:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland-Sweden_Athletics_International

They didn't have to run on separate lanes but on the shorter distances the participants from each country was grouped together with one lane separating the countries. Usually they run on alternating lanes.

Swedish runner wrote:

This race was actually in Tampere in Finland and part of the yearly team competition Finnkampen between Sweden and Finland:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland-Sweden_Athletics_International

They didn't have to run on separate lanes but on the shorter distances the participants from each country was grouped together with one lane separating the countries. Usually they run on alternating lanes.

Thank you for the update Svenska.

I already explained this in an earlier post.

@Ghost1

I don't think Emil is the kind of intellectual person that would study at university. In Sweden going to university will not make your life better. We have a very high equality and the "society" takes care of you if you screw up. Going to school is wasting your time when you can earn money. It would take many years to catch up with the income lost during 3-5 years at university.

generation z wrote:

Well, I knew this kid before, but mainly for also trying to be a youtuber and rapper besides running:

https://www.youtube.com/c/EmilMillan/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=gridhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCVKpVxYY0c_sch6ouEKvTA/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOqEZKisgbuFlJI55ws-VQg/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid

I agree that his speed is kind of supbar though (only 1:58 800m and 3:53 1500m indoors this year), which actually is quite interesting for someone of his age, it's the opposite most of the time.

His sister Alice Magnell Millán is quite talented too btw, she already ran 4:20 and 16:22 at the age of 15 and also tries to be a tiktok influencer:

https://www.tiktok.com/@brittagittamannen

lol, thanks for the cringe. 10/10 overall

camelorunner wrote:

I already explained this in an earlier post.

@Ghost1

I don't think Emil is the kind of intellectual person that would study at university. In Sweden going to university will not make your life better. We have a very high equality and the "society" takes care of you if you screw up. Going to school is wasting your time when you can earn money. It would take many years to catch up with the income lost during 3-5 years at university.

What kind of strange things do you write here? Even in Sweden you can get a much better paid job if you have university education.It`s good to study and have a "plan B" if the running career doesn`t work out as planned. Many are the great running talents that got a severe injury and their career ended without something to fall back to.

Well, I posted the wikipedia link if anybody was interested in knowing a little bit more. But since you are explaining it all I'll sit back and let you do the talking.

I would tend to agree with you on that assessment and I would also say that you do not necessarily have to be an intellectual to go to university. In fact, I would say most people who go to University are not intellectuals but pragmatists who want to improve their career prospects. For example, would you call an engineer an intellectual? Not necessarily even though they are very smart.

camelorunner wrote:

I already explained this in an earlier post.

@Ghost1

I don't think Emil is the kind of intellectual person that would study at university. In Sweden going to university will not make your life better. We have a very high equality and the "society" takes care of you if you screw up. Going to school is wasting your time when you can earn money. It would take many years to catch up with the income lost during 3-5 years at university.

What kind of state support to elite runners in Sweden get? What about people like Emile who is not yet very famous would he still get state support as a runner in Sweden. In France, for example, a runner like the Oliva would basically be on around €1600 per month support from the Federation. It’s not a lot of money but it’s enough to live in France at a modest level.

The only strange thing here is you Jan.

Shouldn't you be busy coaching your international level athletes rather then spending time on this board?

You should be aware of that youngsters today earn more money on social media posting 10 second videos on platforms such as Tiktok than an educated average person will make working his 9-5 job for the next ten years.

Swedish runner wrote:

Well, I posted the wikipedia link if anybody was interested in knowing a little bit more. But since you are explaining it all I'll sit back and let you do the talking.

Keep talking Svenska as you have a lot of interesting things to say and don’t let other people discourage you.

Swedish runner wrote:

Well, I posted the wikipedia link if anybody was interested in knowing a little bit more. But since you are explaining it all I'll sit back and let you do the talking.

Looking at some of his videos on YouTube it appears that Emil has a lot of stage presence and charisma as well as the knowledge to attract younger viewers who may not necessarily have any interest in running. Impressive stuff.

There is no such support in Sweden, at least not money. Let's say you win road races in Sweden. In best case the winner might receive 500 euro. But the runner will never receive this money. The organizers pay this money to the runners club in a subsidy form. It has a lot to do with how the tax system is organized in Sweden.

For the subsidy the runner might apply to use the money for travelling etc. And you must always show the receipt for all your expenditures.

Swedish runner wrote:

Well, I posted the wikipedia link if anybody was interested in knowing a little bit more. But since you are explaining it all I'll sit back and let you do the talking.

Impressive how Swedes in general can switch from Swedish to English seamlessly with almost no accent when speaking English. That is very impressive somewhat on a par with Dutch nationals. I also assume that DeOliva can speak Spanish because of his father. And it may be the case that most Swedes also learn Finnish, so they may be the true polyglots of Europe. if you view Emil’s YouTube videos you will see what I mean and undoubtedly be very impressed by his talents.

actually camelorunner is correct.

unless u can become a doctor or lawyer or succesfull engineer (which we all know is no walk in the park). its better to get a blue collar job like plumber, carpenter etc etc or factory worker.

or in emils case; runner. the social welfare system is almost bulletproof here. JS, do you live here?

i want to make a small warning statement here: when i first heard of millan, i thought he was kind of new to the sport. i also read some interview where he stated he only ran 50 km/week.

Learning more n more about him AND seeing that pic when he was just a "baby" makes me wonder really when he started taking running seriously. besides, his father seem to be pretty involved. considering all this I fear he could be maturing early and burn out within 5 years. But I hope I am wrong.

The elite runners in Sweden have support from their club and they get support from the Olympic committee if they are adopted to this.

camelorunner wrote:

There is no such support in Sweden, at least not money. Let's say you win road races in Sweden. In best case the winner might receive 500 euro. But the runner will never receive this money. The organizers pay this money to the runners club in a subsidy form. It has a lot to do with how the tax system is organized in Sweden.

For the subsidy the runner might apply to use the money for travelling etc. And you must always show the receipt for all your expenditures.

So you’re saying top runners in Sweden or not supported by the Swedish Federation for track and field? What about cross country scares in Sweden do they receive a lot of financial support like their cousins in Norway many of whom become millionaires?

Ghost1 wrote:

camelorunner wrote:

There is no such support in Sweden, at least not money. Let's say you win road races in Sweden. In best case the winner might receive 500 euro. But the runner will never receive this money. The organizers pay this money to the runners club in a subsidy form. It has a lot to do with how the tax system is organized in Sweden.

For the subsidy the runner might apply to use the money for travelling etc. And you must always show the receipt for all your expenditures.

So you’re saying top runners in Sweden or not supported by the Swedish Federation for track and field? What about cross country scares in Sweden do they receive a lot of financial support like their cousins in Norway many of whom become millionaires?

Sorry there were some typos in my last post. It should read the following, so you’re saying top runners in Sweden are not supported by the Swedish Federation for track and field? What about cross country skiers in Sweden, do they receive financial support like their cousins in Norway many of whom become millionaires?

I saw him running for the first time in 2014. So he must have been around 13 years then.

A very hilly 5K road race which he managed to run at 17:50.

https://www.marathon.se/racetimer?v=%2Fsv%2Frace%2Fshow%2F2138%3Flayout%3Dmarathon