Brian Sell has kept a running log on Athleticore.com and has continued to update it as the Marathon approaches. Could this be advantage or a disadvantage for him? I’m thinking an advantage because he can put some misleading information in it that might give the competition the wrong perception of his fitness/skill level. It could also be a disadvantage because if he shows accurate info, it might give the other runners an edge. Any opinions?
What kind of edge? There are no secret workouts.
Now if he posts "I feel like shit today" then that might give people an edge.
Alan
Runningart2004 wrote:
Now if he posts "I feel like shit today" then that might give people an edge.
Alan
That's what I mean. If he posts that he feels like crap, and he doesn't, couldn't that be an edge to Brian if another runner see's it and dismisses him as "no chance"?
I think Sell is a very gifted runner but........ nobody that will be racing or coaching an athlete that will be racing, will be looking to see what Brian Sell is doing in his training. He is a non-factor to the end results of the race.
I mean no disrespect to him by saying this. He has put in a great amount of running and time to be where he is at fitness-wise. Best of luck to him and the rest of the USA runners.
I think it doesn't matter at all.
No one cares about any one individual runner until you're 20 miles in. And at that point they assume anyone still in the lead pack is legit and anything they wrote doesn't mean jack.
I am going to guess not one Kenyan or any other competitor for that matter will log on to athleticore and look at his log.
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I am going to guess not one Kenyan or any other competitor for that matter will log on to athleticore and look at his log.
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Yeah, to jump on the bandwagon of replies here, I will say it in a different way: Sell's log would only be a disadvantage to him if he was going to run against one or two other opponents. Then, those people might check the log. But there's just too damn many people for any one individual, let alone a would-be 10th place finisher, to matter that much as far as race strategy. I am trying to beat someone next spring who has no idea that I'm training, and surprise will be on my side. A blog would be to my disadvantage in this case. But that is a different situation alltogether. That's right Trinidad & Tobago, I'm gunning for you.
How the f*** is Sell's log a disadvantage? The dude runs 150+ miles a week some weeks and it's posted online. It's intimidating if anything.
You realize that all elite marathoners are doing the same thing give or take a different workout.
Training for the marathon is fairly simple and there are no secrets.