If Grant Fisher didn’t run at all after high school (not even a single mile), but then 7 years later (after graduating HS), at the age of 25, he decided to start running again. And then after only 24 weeks of training, in which he averaged less than 20 miles/per week ———
What do you think is the absolute fastest that he could have run for 8,000
meters on an outdoor track (and without “super shoes”)?
If a piece of string fell out of the sky and landed in Oklahoma, what would it do to milk prices in Florida?
Henry Michael wrote:
If Grant Fisher didn’t run at all after high school (not even a single mile), but then 7 years later (after graduating HS), at the age of 25, he decided to start running again. And then after only 24 weeks of training, in which he averaged less than 20 miles/per week ———
What do you think is the absolute fastest that he could have run for 8,000
meters on an outdoor track (and without “super shoes”)?
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If a piece of string fell out of the sky and landed in Oklahoma, what would it do to milk prices in Florida?
Milk prices would drop.
Thanks for your reply. The reason I asked this question was that I once coached a HS runner who went under 9 minutes in the 2-mile. But then he didn't run at all (not a single mile) once he graduated from HS. But then at the age of 25 he started running again. And after just 6 months of running (where he averaged less than 20 miles per week) he ran 8,000 meters in practice (and barefoot) on an outdoor track in 23:14. At the same time he also ran the "Warf to Warf" (a hilly 6-mile road race that they have in the Santa Cruz, CA area each year). And his time was 28:12. How he was ever able to run so fast so quickly I'll never know. I thought it was extremely unusual to say the least.
Henry Michael wrote:
If Grant Fisher didn’t run at all after high school (not even a single mile), but then 7 years later...
If a bear pooped in the woods, and no one was there to witness it, would it still stink?
The reason I asked this question was that I once coached a HS runner who went under 9 minutes in the 2-mile. But then he didn't run at all (not a single mile) once he graduated from HS. But then at the age of 25 he started running again. And after just 6 months of running (where he averaged less than 20 miles per week) he ran 8,000 meters in practice (and barefoot) on an outdoor track in 23:14. At the same time he also ran the "Warf to Warf" (a hilly 6-mile road race that they have in the Santa Cruz, CA area each year). And his time was 28:12. How he was ever able to run so fast so quickly I'll never know. I thought it was extremely unusual to say the least!!!
The reason I asked this question was that I once coached a HS runner who went under 9 minutes in the 2-mile. But then he didn't run at all (not a single mile) once he graduated from HS. But then at the age of 25 he started running again. And after just 6 months of running (where he averaged less than 20 miles per week) he ran 8,000 meters in practice (and barefoot) on an outdoor track in 23:14. At the same time he also ran the "Warf to Warf" (a hilly 6-mile road race that they have in the Santa Cruz, CA area each year). And his time was 28:12. How he was ever able to run so fast so quickly I'll never know. I thought it was extremely unusual to say the least!!!
Thanks for your reply. The reason I asked this question was that I once coached a HS runner who went under 9 minutes in the 2-mile. But then he didn't run at all (not a single mile) once he graduated from HS. But then at the age of 25 he started running again. And after just 6 months of running (where he averaged less than 20 miles per week) he ran 8,000 meters in practice (and barefoot) on an outdoor track in 23:14. At the same time he also ran the "Warf to Warf" (a hilly 6-mile road race that they have in the Santa Cruz, CA area each year). And his time was 28:12. How he was ever able to run so fast so quickly I'll never know. I thought it was extremely unusual to say the least.