Wejo Ran a 39:20 10k

holy moly wrote:

Can't believe no one has posted on this. Wejo ran a 39:20 for 10k this weekend. See this thread and scroll down to his post

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3834895

...and your point is? He shouldn't have run the 10k?

Good on him for manning up and saying what kind of shape he is in.

That just shows how hard he had to work to run 28 minutes for 10k.

"He finished Boston in 3:35:09 that year, then started chopping off chunks of time in subsequent years. He ran 3:23:23 in 2005, 3:03:02 in 2006, 2:58:45 in 2007, 3:05:11 in 2008 and 2:54:55 in 2009. His 2:52:12 Monday was a personal best for any marathon, making his 10th straight sub-three-hour performance.

“I’m starting to know every crack and pot hole on that route from Hopkinton to Boston,” Litton said. “Once you go to Boston, there’s something special about it. Having all 26 miles with people lined up on both sides of the road, screaming their lungs out for six hours, is such an unusual experience and super cool. It’s the other people who make it cool for you.”

And the guy that finished just in front of him has run 3:56 for the mile and sub 8 for 3k. Like the other poster said, it just goes to show how much work goes into running long distances fast.

1

Nathan Collier

20

35:19:00

5:41

2

Kristian Samaniego

15

36:47:00

5:55

3

Eric Carter

16

37:25:00

6:02

4

Marcin Wedlarski

39

37:28:00

6:02

5

Eliud Njubi

31

38:30:00

6:12

6

Weldon Johnson

37

39:20:00

6:20

7

Joe Averett

33

39:49:00

6:25

8

Tomas Rodriguez

17

41:10:00

6:38

9

Zachary Winger

17

41:10:00

6:38

10

Adam Pfaff

23

44:28:00

7:10

rusty cage wrote:

And the guy that finished just in front of him has run 3:56 for the mile and sub 8 for 3k. Like the other poster said, it just goes to show how much work goes into running long distances fast.

What happened to his genetics?

I'm glad to see Wejo keeping at it. Some people would trade the birth of a child for a 39:20 10k. It's good to see Wejo still getting something out of it.

Is the comeback on?

Shoebacca wrote:

Some people would trade the birth of a child for a 39:20 10k.

WTHell?

Only 2 types of people would do that:1) cripples, because that means they can walk again2) people who didn't want the kid anywayAnyone else who cares that much to run that slow needs to get their priorities in order.

What about wrote:

Shoebacca wrote:

Some people would trade the birth of a child for a 39:20 10k.

WTHell?

Goes to show that talent is overrated. If a 28er can drop to a 39 10k guy. His aerobic capacity, his Vo2max and all those figures have dropped dramatically. That means its capable for other 39 10k guys who are still in their prime to reach sub 30. It must be possible. it's the training, stupid.

Really?. wrote:

Goes to show that talent is overrated. If a 28er can drop to a 39 10k guy. His aerobic capacity, his Vo2max and all those figures have dropped dramatically. That means its capable for other 39 10k guys who are still in their prime to reach sub 30. It must be possible. it's the training, stupid.

You are partly right, but somewhat wrong here. The most important genetic ability one can have is their response to training. Yes, it takes hard work, but some people continue to respond to and improve off more and more quantity and increased quality of training stimulus. Others plateau much quicker, or break down, and don't respond the same way. Do you think wejo is the only person in the world who has tried the "jk way" ?? Ever since wejo's success, I am sure many, many others have tried to emulate him, or have been trained by or directly advised by jk. How many of those people have run near 28 flat like wejo?

So, while it indeed "is the training", it also is, more importantly, how one responds to that increased training load...... stupid.

hobby jogger!

Really?. wrote:

Goes to show that talent is overrated. If a 28er can drop to a 39 10k guy. His aerobic capacity, his Vo2max and all those figures have dropped dramatically. That means its capable for other 39 10k guys who are still in their prime to reach sub 30. It must be possible. it's the training, stupid.

This is actually rather mind blowing if you ask me. I'm 36 and ran 39:20 as well for 10k just a few months ago. There's no way I could have ever thought that a nearly 28 flat 10k was possible. Don't get me wrong, i don't think it was possible for me.

I don't know much about Wejo, other than he ran 28:06, is an owner of the site, and paced Paula to one of her WR. So am I missing something? Was he involved in a serious accident or did he gain a lot of weight? It seems pretty unreal that a 28 flat guy would run my pace for a 10k at the same age.

Various injuries starting in '04. Detailed here: http://www.letsrun.com/2010/weldonbio.php

If results posted above are correct, two additional things show up. 1) possibly very weak field, no help to drag him along or 2) and, somewhat likely, a reasonably tough course. Just speculating.[quote]nanners15 wrote:

Come one. It is clear the difference is not training, course or any of that crap. 28K living at altitude. 39 min living at sea level. Indisputable proof that altitude training is worth over a min a mile over 10k.Or Wejo has gotten old, fat, and hasn't run 6 straight miles in years.....

Scottdye wrote:

If results posted above are correct, two additional things show up. 1) possibly very weak field, no help to drag him along or 2) and, somewhat likely, a reasonably tough course. Just speculating.[quote]nanners15 wrote:

short course?

oh please wrote:

I don't know much about Wejo, other than he ran 28:06, is an owner of the site, and paced Paula to one of her WR. So am I missing something? Was he involved in a serious accident or did he gain a lot of weight? It seems pretty unreal that a 28 flat guy would run my pace for a 10k at the same age.

First off, I'd like to thank Sammy Wanjiru and Kebede and my dog for inspiring me to my 39:20. Every since 10/10/10 at 10:10:10 when I went out on my run (I watched Chicago and was pumped up and realized it was almost 10:10:10 10/10/10 so I decided to start the run then) I've been running more. My dog is much better behaved when I run him so I've been running a lot more than in the past. Probably 6 days a week instead of 3 in the summer.

As to the poster above, definitely no car accident or serious weight gain. Some people who see me wonder if I'm still training as I'm still pretty skinny but I bet I must weigh 15 lbs more than I raced at.

As for the 39:20 I had no idea what I'd run. Driving over, If figured I'd better break 40 minutes. I did the Reach the Beach Relay the last 2 years. This year, I messed up my hamstring but last year I average I think close to 6:30 pace running 22 miles over 17 hours and my legs were net uphill. Despite running more now, I didn't run much faster but while running more, I haven't done as much "speed work". The easiest way for me to take off time would be to run faster more often. I knew 6 miles continuous and fast would be a long way for me.

As for the "comeback", I just need to knock a minute off my time every month (10 seconds a mile). Next year at this time, Solinsky will still be beating me. My old training partner in Flagstaff lives in same town as me now (Ft. Worth).

Some guys get into and out of shape quickly. I wasn't like that. Not sure what that means for a 39:20 guy but a lot of guys doing my training who used to race say sub 30 for 10k would be a lot faster I bet.

are we sure it was real