Graham Blanks Workout 4/10

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Yes but can he run 13:13 when it matters?

nah that workout sucks

That's what Klecker calls an easy morning

Can't even break the HS 3200m record in his training smh.

Did bro really shave his head?

Olympian-type stuff. Great work.

9600m a lot slower than his 10km pace. Solid work. But not worth starting a thread.

Yeah, this IS a tough workout.

Times were rolling fast, and the recovery loop is basically a really hilly recovery.

I ran the loop as a cool down last month, Athens Academy trails are tough.

Blanks will run a marathon in the 2:03’s.

He has been running long miles on hard surfaces for years.

Next step is the marathon, though he believes he can still run world medal competitive 5’s and 10’s.

Mark this post, he’ll have the AR in the marathon very soon.

Is he going to get hot training in Georgia though.

Is he seeking the "poor man's altitude", when he should be up at Flagstaff like Nico, in the real altitude?

This guy has the most punishing training regimen I've ever seen. Never runs slower than 3:45/km and most runs are over 13 miles (21km). Most runners would get injured very quickly after training like this.

I saw in an interview where he said he is thinking about the roads. Obviously a fine track runner but I think he might be made for the marathon in similar way that Frank was. And that ended up going OK.

I like seeing workouts from pros, even if they’re not earth shattering.

But anyway he ran that last 3200 at 26:59 pace. Training is training and doing such a long rep at that pace at the end of a workout, solo, in training, seems pretty impressive to me.

Blanks seems like a dude who could reasonably make his marathon debut at the ‘28 Olympic Trials. That would give him ‘26 and ‘27 to focus on the track and ‘27 Worlds, while adding a couple of halfs.

Would be super cool if he aimed for the Olympic marathon/10k double, though it might compromise his ability to crush one or the other.

3:45/k is not that fast. El G was said to do a bunch of 10-12miles @ 5:00 or under (3:07/k).
Blanks has run 12:48. He is incomprehensibly fit (less than thirty-ish humans ever).

5k in 12:48 is 2:33.6/k. A pace of 3:45/k is 1.46x this (I think this is 46% slower in Canova-speak). Ok so for a 5k in 15:00, that's 3:00/k. 1.46x takes us to 4:23/k, which is like 7:05/ mile I think? Nothing about that says "the most punishing training regimen". You should look at more training regimens.

How are you comparing Blanks to El Guerrouj?

My point is that I dont know any pro runner who doesnt have recovery days where they run easier than 4:00/km. Solinsky used to train like this and had a very short career as a result. Felt like it was worth pointing out that Blanks whole week is the basis of his training, not any single hero workout.

I saw that also but if you look at the GPS map, it has cut the track at the turn on the 200m side. This will make the pace appear faster. I had this happened to me. Garmin now has track mode which can correct this 99% of the time.

Did he look relaxed doing it?