Ez10Miler wrote:
"Yes you have to have a bit of talent, but 90% of success is plain-ol guts."
You are an idiot. So many on here dismiss natural talent as if it's a bad thing or an excuse. when you have guys running like this, or like most of the elites, they are TALENTED they have good genes. it's nothing to be ashamed of. But to sit there and think that they only think seprating Fernandez from the #7 guy on the team is just "plain ol guts" or some magic workout is just wrong wrong wrong wrong!
Talent or training?
Murray Halberg
Age 18 before Lydiard 4:41 mile, 10:22 2 mile
first year age 19 4:17 mile 9:37 2 mile
2nd year age 20 4:04 mile 9:09 2 mile
3rd year age 21 8:55 2 mile
4th year age 22 4:01 mile 8:51 2 mile
eventually he got down to 3:57.5 and 8:30 WR for 2 mile and was Olympic Champion in the 5000. He accomplished all this despite having a withered arm.
Taken from John Molvar’s Lydiard Thesis (1/04)