Yeah, those incredibly wealthy US marathon runners, raking in those $40-$50K annual salaries, sleeping on their luxurious, full-size mattresses like royalty. If they had hearts of champions, they'd all sleep on the ground in the dirt!
It’s true. Americans have a lazy work ethic compared to most other countries. Japanese runners also have way more elite level runners than USA because of their incredible work ethic and sense of accountability. Americans don’t care enough to put in the hours though
Do you have more info on this? Would be interested to read.
I read it in an interview he did in Runner's World. He said Bacheler always ran at 6:00 AM or 6:30 and he wasn't up then and did his AM run at 11:00. I don't know how much more info there can be.
It’s true. Americans have a lazy work ethic compared to most other countries. Japanese runners also have way more elite level runners than USA because of their incredible work ethic and sense of accountability. Americans don’t care enough to put in the hours though
Japan had zero real medals in real track events in the 2000s btw.
True. Could also be paraphrased for US marathon running : "It's hard to inject yourself with EPO at 6am, and be branded and ostracized as a cheat if you get caught, when the average winner's cheque only amounts to the average week's salary in the USA"
Do you have more info on this? Would be interested to read.
Read his book, he did something like 10 AM and 3 PM for his daily double, which he did for about 10 years.
There's a bit moralizing that goes with the time someone wakes up. Earlier is seen as more virtuous, later seems a bit lazy even if the later riser sleeps less than the earlier one. I was a fan of Mark Nenow one reason being that he did his runs at something like 2:00 PM and 11:00 PM. When I was teaching and supposed to be in school at 7:00 I tried getting up before 6:00 to get a run in. I found I could barely function at work when I did this so I took a page from Nenow and did my main run right after school and my second at maybe 8:00 or 9:00.
Yeah, those incredibly wealthy US marathon runners, raking in those $40-$50K annual salaries, sleeping on their luxurious, full-size mattresses like royalty. If they had hearts of champions, they'd all sleep on the ground in the dirt!
How many move to Kenya or Ethiopia and immerse themselves in that hardened culture? Prancing around flagstaff or sipping lattes in Boulder certainly doesn’t count. It’s a life of sacrifice and discipline that creates a mindset to maximize potential.