Seb coe avoids long runs???

grand slam wrote:

He jogged a 5000m once in the Yorkshire Champs to record that time.

He ran a 4 mile road race in 17:54 (beating Coghlan & McLoud) and a 6.7km race in 83 in 18:28, which is 13:46 5k or 27:32 10 k pace. He also beat Cova over 7,5km on the road. So I think it's misleading to believe 14:06 was all he was capable of.

Those courses were probably short. Just because he broke Foster's course record, doesn't mean he was capable of faster than 14:06. It also doesn't mean I'm capable of being more facetious than my first post.

if you have to drink during your run you are not properly hydrated, or you are a big vag

I read somewhere that Snell met Coe and was amazed that Coe only ran 40-50 MPW. Coe did a lot of gym work however.

Kenyans dont drink during training runs and rarely during competition. Personally, I almost never drink during training runs and rarely during marathons. Even water will cause me to vomit under most conditions and I just dont feel the need for it. The digestive system essentially shuts down during a run so anything you throw into it has little value and may cause distress.

grand slam wrote:

No go long wrote:

That would explain why he has a 14:06 5000m PB.

He jogged a 5000m once in the Yorkshire Champs to record that time.

He ran a 4 mile road race in 17:54 (beating Coghlan & McLoud) and a 6.7km race in 83 in 18:28, which is 13:46 5k or 27:32 10 k pace. He also beat Cova over 7,5km on the road. So I think it's misleading to believe 14:06 was all he was capable of.

welcome to the thread Deano what took you so long to post? Coe never won a major race over a mile both on and off the track. From memory he lost a 2000m against Gonzalez and an indoor 3000m against Adrian Passey. As a senior he never contested the National or Inter=Counties XC champs nor ran a race over 2000m on the track ... I wonder why.

XCZ wrote:

I have never drank during a distance run, farthest I've gone was 18 miles in 2 hours. It's never occurred to me to drink anything, but then I live in a very mild climate,

Did anyone that has replied that you don't need to drink on long runs even read the original post. The OP stated that Coe doesn't drink on any of his runs and will not drink for 4 1/2 hours before he runs. That is a big difference than not drinking on the long run. I never drank on long runs either, but I didn't go 4 1/2 hours before those long runs without drinking anything. I am always amazed at posts like this where a bunch of people reply, but didn't bother to read the original post correctly and therefore their replies are not consistent with what the OP was talking about.

Yeah the assumption that he wouldn't run long because he didn't hydrate is faulty to say the least. I just finished a 17 mile run without a drop of water... granted it was cool out but unless it is extermely warm out I am normally ok without.

i honestly hope OP is kidding

my longest run is over 21 miles (in the summer) and it was done fast without fluids

granted i am 20 and live in new england

i would consider myself an average level competitor

i'm sure seb coe did long runs

Did you refrain from drinking anything for 4 1/2 hours beforehand? Otherwise you're not responding to what the OP wrote.

maxed out at 1609 metres wrote:

welcome to the thread Deano what took you so long to post? Coe never won a major race over a mile both on and off the track. From memory he lost a 2000m against Gonzalez and an indoor 3000m against Adrian Passey. As a senior he never contested the National or Inter=Counties XC champs nor ran a race over 2000m on the track ... I wonder why.

Well. your memory has failed you and most of what you've written is completely wrong!

He lost a 1500m to Gonzalez in 83 (not a 2000m), the year he had toxoplasmosis.

He ran and won a 2000m race in Bordeaux France in June 82, beating Gonzales, Deleze and Wessinghage (who went on to win the European 5000m title 2 months later) in 4:58. He wom by 0.75secs.

He won many races over 3000m. He was English Schools intermediate champion in 73, was AAA Indoor Champion indoors in 79 and 81, and won various other 3000m internationals indoors, mainly against the USA.

Yes, he did get beaten by Passey in one 3000m indoor race, but so what? Everyone loses sometime.

You say he never won any big races over a Mile off the track!? Rubbish.

He won the famous Vigevano road race in 1980 (beating Cova, and running 38 seconds faster than Steve Ovett was to record in winning the same race over the same course, 12 months later) and the 1983 version of the race, beating Gelindo Bordin, Stafono Mei and Francesca Panetta; pretty half decent 5 & 10k runners.

No, he never ran the National X- Country, but what's that got to do with not being able to run a decent 5000m time? His frame and style of running didn't lend itself to running well on the country and he preferred to run on the roads.

But he did win the Schweppes International XC in November 78 over 2500m beating Newton, Wessinghage and Frank Clement, after a season of running predominantly 800m.

So to summarise, he did win many races over a mile distance both on the track, on the roads and on the Country. Certainly more than he lost.

Perhaps you should make sure you're better informed next time before making inaccurate sweeping statements?

marlo wrote:

...Which brings me to the point, if Seb coe doesn't drink during runs, he sure as hell ain't doing long runs beyond 13 miles( my assumption)...

No, I read what he said, did you?

Coe won that race in 14:06.2, slowed by strong, gusty winds and the lack of competition. Ten days later, at a meet at London's Crystal Palace, Ovett ran a final 55.5 in an otherwise lackluster 4:00.6 mile, and Coe. who had won the 800 earlier in an unimpressive 1:47.5, answered that with a full-out final lap of 46.4 on his leg of a 4 x 400 relay race.

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Two days later Sebastian and guest did a 14.4-mile training run up the Derwent Valley, west of Sheffield in the Peak National Park. As is his custom, Peter Coe drove behind to warn the odd motorist of the runners, to watch and think. It was a hard effort, a 5:30 pace in wet track suits and slickers. The wind and rain howled out of the Pennines, stopping the men cold in places, blowing white water back up from the spillways into the lakes. "Silly to complain of conditions on a track, isn't it?" said Sebastian.

Read more:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123545/12/index.htm#ixzz11KS3t1UC

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123545/1/index.htm

XCZ wrote:

marlo wrote:

...Which brings me to the point, if Seb coe doesn't drink during runs, he sure as hell ain't doing long runs beyond 13 miles( my assumption)...

No, I read what he said, did you?

Once again, why are people not reading what the OP wrote and responding with comments that have nothing to do with the combination of not drinking during the long run, PLUS not drinking for 4 1/2 hours beforehand. Big difference. Why did you choose to ingore this part of his quote:

"To the point he does not drink at least 4 and a half hours before any runs".

To everyone that keeps posting how they don't drink during long runs, please stop unless you also can say you didn't drink for 4 1/2 hours beforehand. Respond to what the OP's point was. Not so difficult.

We old folks will attest to the virtual absence of water stops in long distance runs during the Coe era. We ran scores of workouts of ten miles and more with nary a hydrating moment.

Deano have a touched a sore point. Ok the 2k I quoted as the race Gonzalez beat him was the wrong distance, but the rest of what I wrote is correct. Perhaps the truth hurts.You say that he won many races over 3000m and then quote races he ran at school. The indoor 3K's were low key fixtures at Cosford and hardly included the world's best. Yes I'm sure the UK indoor 3000m title had the rest of the distance world quaking in their boots. The times he ran for the 3000m indoors were very ordinary 7:50's. Why did he not race on the track (outdoor where it really counts) over a mile? If this session with Tim Hutchings was so good then why didn't he prove it but running a reasonable 5K apart from the 14 minutes.Now we move on to Vigevano again not one of Europe's boggest races. Hands up how many of us americans have heard of this great race. I love the way you try to prove Coe was a better distance runner than Ovett. Yes he ran 38 seconds quicker than Ovett but you conveniently forgot to mention that Ovett ran 52.5 seconds faster than his time in 1985 facthttp://www.arrs.net/HP_Scarp8.htmHe may have beaten Mei and Panetta but again you did not give the full facts - they were both only 20 in 1983 so hardly at their peak. In 1983 Gelindo Bordin was scarcely known outside his own country and was to make his breakthrough in 1986 when winning the European Champs marathon. So he beat Cova, but as you say everyone loses sometime. Perhaps Cova was having one of his off days because of problems with his alleged blood transfusions.He used to run X-Country in his earlier days so I wonder why he stopped. Was it perhaps because Mr Ovett contested X-Country? Perhaps it was his 21st position in the 1980 5 hills XC (a famous Italian race for once) in 1980.You say he preferred to run on the roads but he scarcely did race on the roads. If you look at his career it includes very few races over a mile. http://www.thegreatdistancerunners.de/SebastianCoe.htmlTo summarise no he never won any big races over a mile, mainly because he did not choose to enter them. I wonder why. I also suggest you were better informed about there being other runners apart from your beloved Mr Coe. He was certainly the best 8/15 runner ever, but over a mile he knew that he could not compete with the best. He intended moving up in distance but never did ... Deano I wonder why.

Do people really drink water consistently during runs/workouts?

marlo wrote:

To the point he does not drink at least 4 and a half hours before any runs.

Are you sure you're quoting this correctly? I can believe 4.5 hours for food but water is absorbed in under half an hour and shouldn't be causing any sloshing.

It sounds very strange to me as well. It would seem that carrying a water bottle would hinder form (not to mention be annoying)and drinking while running would cause stomach issues. To each his own.

[quote]marlo wrote:

if Seb coe doesn't drink during runs, he sure as hell ain't doing long runs beyond 13 miles( my assumption).quote]

what the heck you goob. i do hard 20milers all the time with no water or goo or gel or whatever. poor premise even if true

No your just a pussy... An elite runner should be able to go 20 miles without fluids..grow a pair...find another reason why you can't run that far...