Anyone out there who can shed some light on the Sydney Maree section of this book. Now I am not an expert, but the training that he claims to have done seems impossible to me. Says he ran 10 miles every morning while at Villanova at 4:30-4:50 pace, and was still fresh enough to do 3-4 track workouts as well. Also, it says that he still (he would have been 45 when this book came out) runs 13 miles a day at 5 min mile pace before he goes to work. Is this guy a liar or was he really that good?
I remember reading that section and being very skeptical like you. 10 miles at 4:30s on a regular basis does not seem possible.
Sydney Maree did not run 10 miles every day at 4:30-4:50 pace. Perhaps he's not lying and even believes he actually ran that far that fast every day. In that case he's self-deluded. At best, he's the victim of some ridiculously inaccurate course measurement.
Think about it.
I think he's a little full of it as well. He also claims (at the time of the books' writing) that he still runs 13 miles every day before work at 5:00 pace. A 1:05 half-marathon every day before work! What is he now, about 45 years old?
Maybe he meant per kilometer. He was from South Africa wasn't he?
Don't believe everything you read... I myself have been a vitim of this...
Think about it- Say he did run at 4:30 pace for 10 miles .... thats like a 45:00 10 miler evey day, and from the stats I gather, only one human EVER has run under this time (Paul Koech, 44:45, '97)
so yes, if you WANT to believe that he ran the 2nd fastest ever 10 mile performance, everyday, or even 1 day per week for that matter, go ahead.... funny he never stepped up to road races with all of his "success" at these brisk morning runs?
overheard at track meet at BU in 1990 or so....
maree was asst coach at villanova and i was talking to him about the dmr the night before. this was during 500m heats. some villanova guy ran 1:08 for 500m. the kid comes over to him out of breath.
this kid ran 53/15 or so. sydnee says to him , " you have what we call a 'long kick.'
the kid leaves, and sydnee shrugs his shoulders and smiles as if to say, " well, what the eff would you do?"
priceless
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