What's the optimal height and weight for male and female elites distance runners (5K - Marathon)? I'm talking Olympic final level.
What's the optimal height and weight for male and female elites distance runners (5K - Marathon)? I'm talking Olympic final level.
You want to look nearly anorexic - as Mark Wetmore would say, "like a skeleton with a condom pulled over".
Male: 5'6" or 5'7", 110-115
Female: also 5'6", 110
If your American family members think you're too skinny, you only need to lose another 10-20 ibs ( add another 20 ibs to lose if you have Trumpers as family members).
Short upper torso, long knee to ankle ratio in comparison to hip to knee ratio. Lean build.
Male - somewhere in the vicinity of Haile, Kenenisa and Kipchoge.
Female - see Tirunesh Dibaba, Meseret Defar
Valby not Tuohy.
Hicks and Young.
TB Sprinter wrote:
Short upper torso, long knee to ankle ratio in comparison to hip to knee ratio. Lean build.
I thought there was something about muscle attachment points having a decent effect on efficiency.
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long distance dedication wrote:
Male - somewhere in the vicinity of Haile, Kenenisa and Kipchoge.
Female - see Tirunesh Dibaba, Meseret Defar
You need soft skin, especially in the upper arm area, making your daily EPO injections much easier.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Rest in Peace Adrian Lehmann - 2:11 Swiss marathoner. Dies of heart attack.
I think Letesenbet Gidey might be trying to break 14 this Saturday
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing