N.G.Nordas, Norway (25), 1500 progress: 2019 -3:49.16, 2020 - 3:39.15, 2022 - 3:36.23, 2023 - 3:32.39, Ingebrigtsen training

https://instagram.com/narvegn?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Who?

A guy who has a better SB in the 1500m than any American (and Jakob)!

Nordics reading this, more info on this guy, Nordas, who's a university student, trained by Papa Ingebrigtsen.

Nordas is a super modest individual who always responds to Insta messages. He could probably walk down the street in Oslo, Bergen or Stavanger unnoticed such is his modesty. He's now a superstar, but not in the eyes of most.

Will he run 1500 or 5000 in W.C. Budapest? August 19-27, 2023.

By the way if you're planning to go to Budapest World championships this summer there are still some very reasonable hotel rates available in that city right now. I just checked on booking.com and it is still very affordable.

Can coach JS provide more information about this guy as he seems to know most of the Nordic superstars including their training and lifestyle habits? Thank you.

Poor dude running that fast in HOKA spikes ugh.

Doesn't Grijalva also wear Hoka?

Narve got some wheels and I see him among the best of the rest (in the 1500) in a couple of years time if his strength keeps building.

Wouldn't bet against a sub 3:30 PB next year.

He is still 24. Turns 25 at Sept 30. Gjert Ingebrigtsen has converted him from a long distance runner to a 1500 guy. His goal at Bislett DL 15th is Henrik Ingebrigtsens PB 3.31.46. When he ran 3.32.39 he was still training pretty hard. But at Bislett - it is going to get fast - he will not match the best in the field, though he always finishes fast: T. Cheruiyot, J. Ingebrigtsen, Y. Nuguse, O. Hoare and J.Kerr. Weather forecast: 29 degrees and 1 m/sec wind. Promising.

Tim Hutchings made a derogatory comment about Nordas on the fast track video which showed him winning the 1500 meters a few days ago in France stating that the Norwegian really has a "poor style" not conducive to running fast (go to 9 mins in the video) but admitting that he's very strong. Do you think that his "technique" will hamper him in the future and that he will reach his ceiling quicker than other athletes, or possibly that it does not matter?

Actually, some others, with expertise, should answer this question. I have seen Narve run many times and his style is in no way akward, quite relaxed and smooth. Hutchings commented on him when he ran towards the camera for the last 50 meters. Narve himself thinks he will run sub 3:30 this year or the next.

I just got a personal message (Instagram) from the man himself - N.G.Nordas, who replied on the same day that I sent him a question (this is rare for monsters, many of them don’t even have the courtesy to reply to a message request ), about how his training has changed to allow him to run so fast, and in essence he said “you have to be patient and stay away from injury and try to get in around 8500 km per year to build strength. “ he has been training consistently since September 2022 he said in his message.

8500 km per year = about 23.3km per day average (14.5 miles per day). Consistency. I’ve got massive respect for this guy because he’s so modest, unassuming and yet he’s absolutely close to the very top of the world as a runner. My only concern is that I don’t think he has yet to prove himself in championship races and I’m not sure if he’ll be able to do that in the future - but I hope he will.

Nuguse's mile PR is 80 "points" more than his 1500 according to world athletics.

Can a Norge/Sverige/Dansk person translate anything of interest in this video which dates back a while I think.

Gotta love how the “secret” is running 100 miles per week, just like was the case in the good old days of Letsrun

Speed is a product of strength. I don't think Nordas would be close to 1:47/800, he's more like a 1:48.00/1:49.00 guy at that distance, but his strength allows him to run at close to 1:55/pace for 1 mile.

He has changed. He is well aware of his own strengths. Om sunday in an sms to me: "The goal is to beat Henriks 3:31.46 at Bislett now, and sub 3:30 this year or next". He is superoptimistic now, which he definetly was not some nine months ago. Now he has his nerves under controll. Been in contact with him for over two years. He is a kind and intelligent guy.

As Papa zing has stated before there are a lot of good training programs but the way they train consistency is king. Sticking with a method above all else for months and years and not getting distracted by the small meets and things along the way.

In my opinion this is incredibly hard to do in the NCAA unless you have a deep team. For cross you have to run well at a minimum Wisconsin or pre nats, conference, regionals, nationals. Indoors you need a fast qualifying time, conference nationals. Outdoors again fast qualifying time, conference, first rounds, nationals.

Hard to train through all of those other meets along the way