Which current college runner will be a great marathoner?

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3 years ago 02/23/2021 8:56am EST

re: Don't Sleep on Andy Payne

Surprised to see him mentioned on this lol. He's strong as an ox but I doubt he's talented enough to ever go sub 2:10 in a marathon. He's only ran 14:00 something in the 5k so far and I would expect that to be faster for him to have a future like that. But, if this thread simply asked which college runners have the most endurance compared to speed, Andy Payne would be the first person I would think of. Slowest top speed ever. He actually posts all his training on strava, he's logged quite a few 130 mile weeks and a TON of weeks at 120+. Some pretty interesting stuff on there actually.

3 years ago 03/08/2021 1:11am EST

re: no payne no gain

no payne no gain wrote:
Surprised to see him mentioned on this lol. He's strong as an ox but I doubt he's talented enough to ever go sub 2:10 in a marathon. He's only ran 14:00 something in the 5k so far and I would expect that to be faster for him to have a future like that. But, if this thread simply asked which college runners have the most endurance compared to speed, Andy Payne would be the first person I would think of. Slowest top speed ever. He actually posts all his training on strava, he's logged quite a few 130 mile weeks and a TON of weeks at 120+. Some pretty interesting stuff on there actually.

You know almost enough about him to understand how great he is and how great he will be at the marathon if he ever decides to run that. He will end up running a 5,000 in college in about 13:40, and for someone like him who has such slow speed, that is incredible. Just watch.

3 years ago 03/08/2021 3:44am EST

re: slow twitch is preferred

slow twitch is preferred wrote:
Both male and female. I’m not interested in the best track athlete but I’m wondering marathoner. Is there any college guys currently crushing 110 plus miles a week injury free or women crushing 90 plus?
Any dark horses that you can see as future marathon stars?

I know he is not an American, but I think Ed Goddard ( Iona) will run a fast marathon one day. He averaged 190 kilometres a week last year without any days off, and does not have a lot of speed. He ran 8:13 for 3000 in November 2016, and in late October of the same year, he ran a 1:57 800m. He has also been regularly running 175 - 190 kilometre weeks for a few years, so he can handle the mileage.

3 years ago 03/08/2021 3:45am EST

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I forgot to say but both the 800 and the 3000 times mentioned above are still his current pbs, but he probably hasn’t ran those distances much.

3 years ago 03/14/2021 12:22am EST

re: Don't sleep on Andy Payne2

goddard has already run 28:20s and 62:16 half mara too

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