Lindgren's Interesting Interview: Percentage of Truth

Still, his core philosophy is unassailable, which is that you can accomplish anything on the track as long as you believe in yourself and don't fear the mileage.

What did Gerry split for the 5k at Mt. Sac? Sub 12:30? Awesome!

If he was running 12:30's back in the 60's, we've only recently started catching up.

If he says that he ran 16:08 in a cross race that is completely possible. In high school I ran a 14:15 5k at a course and I was a solid 15:45 runner. Needless to say I thought the course was probably inncaurate. I had similar experiences in college. The main point is a cross pr really means nothing.

Dumbest thing he said? He said the American H.S. record should be 12:44 or better.

the dude is a certifiable nutsack and needs to be on Zyprexa

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If he says that he ran 16:08 in a cross race that is completely possible. In high school I ran a 14:15 5k at a course and I was a solid 15:45 runner. Needless to say I thought the course was probably inncaurate. I had similar experiences in college. The main point is a cross pr really means nothing.

Then it cleary wasn't a 5k. You even admit as much, so why would you call it a 5k?

It obviously wasn't a 4mile race, why would he call it such?

Maybe you should read carefully and read over his other quotes.

Well the race called itself a 5k and whenever asked what I ran at that 5k race I say the time I ran. The fact is that if it is called a 4 mile race by the people that put it on then if the times seem fast on it that doesn't mean you should say well it wasn't a 4 miler. I never went and measure the 5k course that I ran fast on. So I can't exactly say well I ran a 2.7 mile cross country race in 14:15 can I. Therefore if Lindgren is going to say he ran a 4 mile race because that is what the organizer say it was then he has all the right to. It is the race oraganizers fault to not accurately measure the course. I will be the first one though to say that I think Lindgren is a wack job. I will though defend him on this point.

That 16:08 4m XC time is bs. Either his memory is wrong or the course was short.

That said, these kind of statements are symptoms of the same audacity that made him so great. He really believed he could do things that everyone else thought were impossible. And he did many of them.

Skinny Bastard wrote:

That said, these kind of statements are symptoms of the same audacity that made him so great. He really believed he could do things that everyone else thought were impossible. And he did many of them.

Being "delusional" has its merits. As long as it's translated into action. GL did that.

the whole thing is so infantile and self-indulgent..... i don't believe that 50 mile a day shit for a minute...

yes, I believe he did the 10 mile workout and Pre did too....they had the talent.

no, he didn't run a 4 mile, hilly X-C race in 16:08...but it was not his fault that the course was not accurate. That's what they said at the time. Of course it was probably 3.8 miles or something

yes, he could have inspired Mills to some degree, who knows...no big deal.

bump

lindgren = one wierd asshole

The interview is fake, people. That is not Gerry Lindgren, but a troll who keeps passing himself off as him.

Hello Marty McFly wrote:

The interview is fake, people. That is not Gerry Lindgren, but a troll who keeps passing himself off as him.

doesnt matter, hes still a bad influence on the sport. his i-did-it-so-you-should shit needs to stop. its old.

and he lies a lot too.

that's a pretty brilliant forgery if in fact it is one

You and Lindgren give runners a bad name.

You can lie to yourself all you want, but if the course was short...you didn't run that fast. It's as simple as that.

Why the need to rely on a poorly measured course to earn a personal best? Insecure?

If he was told it was a four mile course you can't really blame him for thinking it was a four mile course. Do you usually go out with your calibrated wheel and measure race courses you've run?

so if joe dickhead tells me that it's a mile from point a to point b and i run that "mile" in 3:30 then I'm not a liar who is simply trying to pretend that I'm better than I am for telling people that my mile pr is 3:30.

for the "14:15" 5Ker, you're a liar. you're purposefully misleading people into believeing that you're better or were better than you ever were. Do you mention that your other best time was 1:30 slower and that you it was certainly a short course?

Oh, you're a runner, so is "insert name of some asshole", he was a really good miler. then the guy asks your time and you tell him and then he can't remember his exact time, no he didn't run in college, but he ran 3 something for the mile on some military run or some high school loop course in PE.

Gerry was a great runner and almost certainly did some wild things in training but I have to believe that half of what he says, whether he tells one full truth and one full lie or one half truth, is total BS.