- most he has done volume is sometimes up to 90km - before Boston race, he had 50 hours of travel then 72 hours there before dropping the 3:48 mile... wow - seems like he had a fantastic support system around him
He is the future of the sport in the mile/1500m in my opinion.
Still can't comprehend why you'd travel across the world at the start of year 12 (school is well under way) when aussie is only 3 hours away and they could travel on a friday night post school and race 800s against guys at a similar level but maybe this will soon be the norm for top kids. Hopefully they've looked at the blue print of swimming which has been dealing with phenoms at his age for decades. But and it's a big but 3.48.8 is completely nuts and a massive achievement .
- most he has done volume is sometimes up to 90km - before Boston race, he had 50 hours of travel then 72 hours there before dropping the 3:48 mile... wow - seems like he had a fantastic support system around him
He is the future of the sport in the mile/1500m in my opinion.
After watching that video, I question how much room for improvement Ruthe has remaining. He doesn't look like a typical 16 year old at all. Looks like he already has a fully developed young adult body. He's obviously gifted, but I think he completed puberty early. He's already tall, athletic, and has a deep voice.
Compare Ruthe to Quincy Wilson at that age. Wilson looked like a boy. Ruthe looks like a young man. He could pass for a college student.
Still can't comprehend why you'd travel across the world at the start of year 12 (school is well under way) when aussie is only 3 hours away and they could travel on a friday night post school and race 800s against guys at a similar level but maybe this will soon be the norm for top kids. Hopefully they've looked at the blue print of swimming which has been dealing with phenoms at his age for decades. But and it's a big but 3.48.8 is completely nuts and a massive achievement .
Travel to Australia at this time of the year and it's outdoor tracks, temperatures in excess of 90 deg F, wind and competition Sam would havre no problem putting away. Australia's fit and healthy sub 3.50 milers are mostly in the Northern Hemisphere this time of the year doing exactly what Sam is doing.
Sam looks like a college senior. He doesn't look out of place, physically, racing pros. It seems odd.
Not sure what to make of early physical maturity kids with respect to room for growth.
Yeah, it's hard to predict if he'll keep improving much from here, as he is very physically mature for his age. Some, like Chris Solinsky who looked like a 30 yr old in high school, kept improving. Others haven't been so fortunate.
One thing in his favor is that he hasn't been training as a professional runner for very long, and apparently his training has been very measured/controlled and low volume. He should see some improvement simply from gradually increasing the volume and intensity of training. We'll see.
After watching that video, I question how much room for improvement Ruthe has remaining. He doesn't look like a typical 16 year old at all. Looks like he already has a fully developed young adult body. He's obviously gifted, but I think he completed puberty early. He's already tall, athletic, and has a deep voice.
The same is true of Cooper Lutkenhaus. Early physical maturation is really the only plausible explanation for these kinds of performances from 16 year olds. Besides the magic shoes and bicarb, of course.
kind of surprised how easy of a workout that looks like. Are most elites training this easy or is it just because the kid is 16?
He's in the middle of a series of races. He described this session as a tune-up for his mile race this weekend in NC vs Cole Hocker. It was definitely a very relaxed workout for him, and one designed to maintain his racing form and keep him fresh and poppy.
- most he has done volume is sometimes up to 90km - before Boston race, he had 50 hours of travel then 72 hours there before dropping the 3:48 mile... wow - seems like he had a fantastic support system around him
He is the future of the sport in the mile/1500m in my opinion.