Spencer Brown (The Athlete Special) is FINALLY back in sub 4 shape.

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  • ThatAverageRunner

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    2 years ago 01/29/2022 11:27am EST
    re: lost the weight

    lost the weight wrote:

    Dr. Pepper wrote:

    I've been surprised his dad hasn't worked on short speed while emphasizing the aerobic side, the barbell approach. Maybe he is, but you can't stay away for months on end from at least a light dose of short speed weekly when your main events are 800-5K.

    This would also be my only suggestion. I’m not sure if he needs to race any time soon. I think he took a break a few weeks ago I would keep focusing until April.

    But, during this time, I would have sessions running 11/12s and 24s 200s with essentially full recovery so as not to go lactic.

    Then, start specific training in the spring.

    I think they are looking at this pretty long term but I agree, they need to be at least toughing on that end. Whether via hills or hard strides or 150s/200s with long rest even just a couple times a month.

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    Starno

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    2 years ago 01/29/2022 11:55am EST
    re: tinbetasubelite

    I watched his recent videos, and he didn't yet prepare for the mile.

    He's going to run a 3000m.

    He hasn't done any speed workout yet.

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    jamin

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    2 years ago 01/29/2022 12:25pm EST
    re: tinbetasubelite

    Go, Spencer!

  • hdudhdjdu

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    2 years ago 01/29/2022 2:54pm EST
    re: snowdays

    snowdays wrote:

    dead @ lauding an athlete who played in the literal 1960s for not being a social media influencer

    He was a rookie in the 60s. Had a 30tr career and concentrated on baseball. No need to whore on social media.

    There is no problem with track athletes other than their acceptance of the crappy situation. If they want pro contract money demand pro contract money. The best track athlete should make the same amount of money as a pro soccer star like Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel messi.

  • justnotrue

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    2 years ago 01/29/2022 2:59pm EST
    re: ThatAverageRunner

    ThatAverageRunner wrote:

    JBaller33 wrote:

    Some people can't handle hard high end aerobic workout after hard high end aerobic workout. He never seemed to recover after workouts with the Beasts and clearly didn't have the aerobic stamina to hang with them. He's a speed-type 800/1,500 guy. He can thrive on 50-miles per week with the right workouts and not overdoing it. Honestly, his dad will know how his body reacts just as well as anyone. Not that Danny Mackey is a bad coach, but I'm sure that Spencer was about 16th out of 16 in terms of priority while he was there, so Danny probably didn't pick up on some of the signs of overtraining as well as his own dad will.

    Why is he a speed based 1500m runner?

    He usually split 49/50 in college and nothing about his workouts have suggest "speed based". He had a decent cross country showing his senior year. While his endurance does need work overall, which he and his Dad are trying to address, I would by no means call a 49/50 | 1:49 guy speed based. I think he's a pretty pure miler or even a mile/3k guy in the long run. But we'll see going forwards.

    He ran an official 49 with a standing start in highschool. That's exactly the speed jakob ingebrigtsen or Nick Willis needed to run under 3:30 for 1500m and he isn't even close to that.

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    snowdays

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    2 years ago 01/31/2022 12:26pm EST
    re: hdudhdjdu

    hdudhdjdu wrote:

    snowdays wrote:

    dead @ lauding an athlete who played in the literal 1960s for not being a social media influencer

    He was a rookie in the 60s. Had a 30tr career and concentrated on baseball. No need to whore on social media.

    is this guy trolling or that out of touch?

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