800/1500 runner height/weight

jakob ingebrigtsen

eat healthy. don't go out of your way to drop LBs. if you are lean, you are perfect.

Here are some people I know:

6'1, ~135 (estimated), 1:47 / 3:40 / low 24's

5'11, ~130, 1:56 (probably 1:52 capability though) / 3:45 / high 24's

6'0, ~150, 1:46

But being anorexic to cut weight is the worst idea possible e

Focusing on weight alone is a death sentence for a competitive athlete. Focus on the process - training, nutrition, health, and sleep - and the weight will go to the appropriate level. Even Josh Kerr, who notably dropped from almost your exact dimensions in 2022 (6'2", 165) to 10 pounds leaner in 2023, did so by focusing on those variables, not by focusing on the weight. This is especially true if you are a powerful, muscular runner like Josh, because you cannot afford to lose that strength.

I'm also 6'1".

In college (nearly 20 years ago!), my weight fluctuated from 148 (borderline anorexic, less weight must mean faster stage) to 172 (more muscles must mean faster stage). My ideal racing weight was actually 155, which is what I would naturally fall into if I wasn't doing anything to manipulate my weight.