This guy thinks he can run a sub 75 minute half, having done only two months formal training and coming off a "reasonably fit" sporting background.
http://www.nzrun.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=1294
I think those other guys are right, he is probably running short courses.
I don't think a troll would go to all that effort, but maybe I am wrong.
Anyone else call bull on this? It takes years of running to be able to run a 75 minute half from scratch.
It seems like a little bit of a strech but not that far. I'm 2 years older and ran a 83:36 on 40 miles a week plus I am not that built for it. I probably could have been under 82 if I got to stop for 2 minutes before the last 4 miles.
read on
"...I've had a bit of a reality check this week, turns out that through the use of some more advanced technology my pacing has been way off all this time. Way off. 4KM off infact, and yes, 4KM short. So my 75 min half has now become a 90 min half etc. So I aint the runner I thought I was, not yet anyway. "
god, the whole thread is hysterical though.
the kid actually posts pics of himself!
Oh I didn't read that far. I saw his pictures, and he looks a bit fat but got a Rugby build for sure.
Still, 90 old minutes for the 21.1K after only a few months of unstructured training (I doubt he was doing 40mpw for example, a new runner wouldn't be able to handle that) is not bad. Shows a little belief can take you far, I hope he keeps running too many people with potential give it up after high school.
If anything he looks under 17 from his pictures (assuming they are his).
Didn't Lydiard help with the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team once upon a time?
A friend of mine ran 1:17 off two months of training, with only two runs a week. He played a lot of football. Made me weep.
Impossible? wrote:
Anyone else call bull on this? It takes years of running to be able to run a 75 minute half from scratch.
I ran 73 minutes 14 months after picking up running, but I already had a lot of base fitness from other sports.
my first race was a 1/2m in 1.28. I'd been running for about 40mpw four or five months off a soccer background. A month later I ran 1.26 then another couple of months i did 1.23. A year later I ran 1.18 and five years later i ran 1.11.
I ran 56min for 10 miles (worth around 74 for Half)at the age of 32, off about 10 weeks of 30-40 miles a week. This was following 14 years of soccer twice a week (one of those as a goalkeeper). But I had been a runner from age 12-18, although not very good, 2:05 880 and 4:42 mile at 18.
That guy is way to fat to run anything close to 74 minutes.
It says he ran a 115 minute half on April 1.
test
Man this is stupid thing to say.
henry.
yes let them begin...
i ran 28:57 off of 15mpw
i ran a 4:37 mile my first run ever
i jogged a 2:40 my first marathon after only 1 long run of 12 miles, lance should have no problem running sub 2:30!
i ran blah blah blah and oh yeah, i bench 350
jeezus, that thread was funny as helleveryone should check it out...first he was running 74 min for the half marathonhe thought he was going to be the next gebrselassiethen he found the course was short, ooops it was actually 90 minutes for the half-marathonthen he runs a 1:55 on the actual race daynot to mention he posts pictures of himselfgot to give him credit though, at least when he talked a big game he was just dumb, he truly believe he was running that wellon here people talk a big game but very rarely does someone actually do people out themselves... except of course the430miler
Impossible? wrote:
This guy thinks he can run a sub 75 minute half, having done only two months formal training and coming off a "reasonably fit" sporting background.
http://www.nzrun.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=1294I think those other guys are right, he is probably running short courses.
I don't think a troll would go to all that effort, but maybe I am wrong.
Anyone else call bull on this? It takes years of running to be able to run a 75 minute half from scratch.
Thats me. What happened was I basically started running by accident as my friend was going to the Army and I wanted to try my hand at running. Well I was using a pedeometer to measure my courses and being as ignorant as I was, I was measuring my courses about 5-6KM short at the Half Marathon level. So obviously I thought I was a lot better than I was. I really started that thread just to see what other people thought about me running the thon. I never intended it to become so long or so funny.
But nonetheless I have stuck at running and I still dream of success. I believe with a little talent, a whole lot of consistency and a bit of self belief, and the skys the limit.
good attitude... glad to hear you are still running, you are young progress should come quickly... at first.enjoy...
NZarmy wrote:
Thats me. What happened was I basically started running by accident as my friend was going to the Army and I wanted to try my hand at running. Well I was using a pedeometer to measure my courses and being as ignorant as I was, I was measuring my courses about 5-6KM short at the Half Marathon level. So obviously I thought I was a lot better than I was. I really started that thread just to see what other people thought about me running the thon. I never intended it to become so long or so funny.
But nonetheless I have stuck at running and I still dream of success. I believe with a little talent, a whole lot of consistency and a bit of self belief, and the skys the limit.
I know a soccer player that runs 1-1/2 hours per day during the off season. He could beat most of the X-C team at his school. So, I guess it depends on what training he does. In high school we had a wrestler come out for the team and run a 2:02 half in an early season time trial. He slowed down as the season progressed because track was much easier than wrestling.
That thread is classic!!! 4.30 miler take notes
Off a season of rugby, a summmer of 400m training and 4 weeks of 1h tempo runs 6 days a week, I ran a 73 min half, so it's doable.
Am I the only one that thinks this guy could be the next Stephen Brace..