RRW has a nice feature on him. This quote is amazing.
"Sam has been the most consistent American miler in the U.S.," Powell told Race Results Weekly via e-mail. "He has been hurt only once and that was nine years ago and only sick one time, for two days, in the last ten years."
Honest question but if your athlete never gets sick or injured but isn't meeting his running goals, aren't you undertraining? There's no way this guy is pushing the limits of his capabilities. I mean I know people running 20 miles a week and get injured and ill 1-2x a year.
Honest question but if your athlete never gets sick or injured but isn't meeting his running goals, aren't you undertraining? There's no way this guy is pushing the limits of his capabilities. I mean I know people running 20 miles a week and get injured and ill 1-2x a year.
When you say “honest question” what does that even mean? Are you distinguishing this question from some previous dishonest questions? But to answer your question, it does not necessarily mean the athlete has been undertrained.
Yes and no. Remember he’s run 3:50 indoors. My opinion is that he underperforms his capabilities in championship races when miler tactics prevail. For some reason all the top American milers seem to think they have the fastest kick. Prakel had a lethal kick in high school and college, but not at the pro level. I’d love to see him make a team, but he needs make the race honest from the front to do so.
Honest question but if your athlete never gets sick or injured but isn't meeting his running goals, aren't you undertraining? There's no way this guy is pushing the limits of his capabilities. I mean I know people running 20 miles a week and get injured and ill 1-2x a year.
When you say “honest question” what does that even mean? Are you distinguishing this question from some previous dishonest questions? But to answer your question, it does not necessarily mean the athlete has been undertrained.
Honest question, have you ever heard of a rhetorical question?
Anyways, not convinced. Even if he's at the ideal mpw for a miler, he can always add some Jakob style threshold days. Or more weights, plyo, core.