NFL linebacker Chad Greenway runs 23:44 road 5k, wife runs 19:30

Dan Marino, DNS for the Firecracker 5k

So your'e saying it's ok to be bad a running but not at football?

I agree that they shouldn't be putting him down but running that slow is the equivalent of a distance runner playing pro football.

Maybe EVERYONE should gain an appreciation of each other's sports.

To some Americans being the 250+ linebacker is "cooler" but when the 16:00 5K guy is 50, he'll be in great shape and look good, the linebacker will be old, barely able to walk, and overweight. Unless, like someone like Alan Page, he takes up running.

Why do I care if some NFL player I've never heard of runs a slow 5K? Certainly don't care that his wife runs 19:30. I suppose I could pick out a couple of nobodies from my local 5K and start a new post.

The athletes should show a mutual respect. The linebacker could only imagine what it's like to run 13:00 and the pro runner WOULD NOT want to get hit by a pro football player. Most sports are tough to excel at in different ways.

runn wrote:

To some Americans being the 250+ linebacker is "cooler" but when the 16:00 5K guy is 50, he'll be in great shape and look good, the linebacker will be old, barely able to walk, and overweight.

No, the 50 year old 16:00 guy will be an annoying masters runner who is obsessed with running and loves to brag about his mediocre times and talk about how much better he is than the faster runners because he is older. The ex-football player can tell people he was in the NFL and they will love him for it.

i kinda like running wrote:

Yeah, 23:44 isn't bad for a guy who probably weighs 250+ in the offseason and does almost no aerobic training. Not an embarrassing result at all.

You know what WOULD be really embarrassing? Watching some of you 16-min guys who think you're such badasses go out and play linebacker in an NFL game. Death would probably be the result. Fact: Chad Greenway is better at 5k running than you would be at playing linebacker in the NFL.

A 23:44 5k for an adult man is pretty much the equivalent of getting stuffed by a offensive tackle and breaking your arm or something

oneonone wrote:

A 23:44 5k for an adult man is pretty much the equivalent of getting stuffed by a offensive tackle and breaking your arm or something

Just for some perspective, I was more of a mid-D guy but in HS could run sub-16 for 5km.

I am 40 now, and can barely break 20 (admittedly off of 10-15 miles a week).

So if a former HS sub 15 runner can have trouble breaking 20, why does everyone think 23 is so bad for a 300 pound guy who is clearly not a runner?

i kinda like running wrote:

You know what WOULD be really embarrassing? Watching some of you 16-min guys who think you're such badasses go out and play linebacker in an NFL game. Death would probably be the result. Fact: Chad Greenway is better at 5k running than you would be at playing linebacker in the NFL.

You are being way to generous in your assessment of the average runners ability. Change "NFL" to "average high school" and the resulting carnage would still be incredibly amusing.

Runner boys just can't admit that an athlete that is not a distance runner is in shape. Also his 24 minute time would hold up quite well in his age group at typical road race. Yes, most entrants are slow, but he would probably finish in the top 15%.

So the reason I posted this is not because I think 23:44 is good, or 19:30 is good, or anything like that. If you've never heard of Chad Greenway and you don't care what an NFL linebacker could run, then why did you click on the thread?

Many times on this board there are questions posed of the form:

"What could run for ?" These threads are then filled with meaningless conjecture. Here, we have an actual, recent result to back it up. I thought it was kind of funny that his wife beat him by 4 minutes, so I put that on there too.

DNS wrote:

Dan Marino, DNS for the Firecracker 5k

The course wasn't Marino-certified, there was a high pollen count, and he was saving it for his next glove ad.

Did he look relaxed while running 23:44? Because Letsrun wisdom dictates that if you look "smooth" or "so relaxed" while running a 4:00 mile, it's actually worth something like a 3:47. So a relaxed 23:44 5k is worth a 19-20 minute 5k, easily. Which is close to the Clydesdale world record and may even win him his age group in the right race.

oneonone wrote:

A 23:44 5k for an adult man is pretty much the equivalent of getting stuffed by a offensive tackle and breaking your arm or something

Wrong. If you were able to equate your ability to absorb an NFL hit to a 5k time it would be closer to 45:00 minutes.

He was probably someowhere in the front of his pack for his age group. Most of us couldn't play football for certain middle schools in Texas.

Rupp would be fine at linebacker... so long as he had his allergy mask

Groovo wrote:

oneonone wrote:

A 23:44 5k for an adult man is pretty much the equivalent of getting stuffed by a offensive tackle and breaking your arm or something

Wrong. If you were able to equate your ability to absorb an NFL hit to a 5k time it would be closer to 45:00 minutes.

He was probably someowhere in the front of his pack for his age group. Most of us couldn't play football for certain middle schools in Texas.

Are you people on drugs? I run in one of the fattest, unhealthiest states in America and 23:44 would be right around 50th percentile for 25-29 males. I suck at taking hits from NFL players and sacking quarterbacks; Chad Greenway sucks at running 5ks.

Also you guys are too credulous and should know that professional athlete stats are total bullshit, there is no way he plays at 242 lbs body weight. Their weights are probably fully dressed out with pads and helmet and then rounded up. Look up competition pictures of Arnold Schwarzenegger to see what a 6'2" man weighing 230-240 lbs looks like and tell me if you think that's Chad Greenway

If they ran the race on a greenway that would be really cool.

oneonone wrote:

Are you people on drugs? I run in one of the fattest, unhealthiest states in America and 23:44 would be right around 50th percentile for 25-29 males. I suck at taking hits from NFL players and sacking quarterbacks; Chad Greenway sucks at running 5ks.

Would have put him 9th of 39 in a local race by me. Show me a link to your fat-race where he at the 50th percentile.

I won't pretend to have direct knowledge on how they weigh a player, but would bet it is NOT in pads.

; Chad Greenway sucks at running 5ks.

Also you guys are too credulous and should know that professional athlete stats are total bullshit, there is no way he plays at 242 lbs body weight. Their weights are probably fully dressed out with pads and helmet and then rounded up. Look up competition pictures of Arnold Schwarzenegger to see what a 6'2" man weighing 230-240 lbs looks like and tell me if you think that's Chad Greenway[/quote]

You obviously don't understand bodyfat %.

All I know, in a barfight with Greenway vs the ENTIRE starting field of the USATF 1500, I'm taking Greenway.

Sambouie wrote:

; Chad Greenway sucks at running 5ks.

Also you guys are too credulous and should know that professional athlete stats are total bullshit, there is no way he plays at 242 lbs body weight. Their weights are probably fully dressed out with pads and helmet and then rounded up. Look up competition pictures of Arnold Schwarzenegger to see what a 6'2" man weighing 230-240 lbs looks like and tell me if you think that's Chad Greenway

You obviously don't understand bodyfat %.

All I know, in a barfight with Greenway vs the ENTIRE starting field of the USATF 1500, I'm taking Greenway.[/quote]

What do you think is an acceptable bodyfat percentage for an in-season NFL linebacker? Keep in mind that this is an extremely competitive job where being even a little bit out of shape with extra weight slowing you down is going to get you replaced or cut. I understand very well that he isn't going to play at 4-6% bodyfat like professional bodybuilders compete but even generously allowing him an extra 5% bumps him from Arnold's 230-235 to 240-245.

random a hole wrote:

oneonone wrote:

Are you people on drugs? I run in one of the fattest, unhealthiest states in America and 23:44 would be right around 50th percentile for 25-29 males. I suck at taking hits from NFL players and sacking quarterbacks; Chad Greenway sucks at running 5ks.

http://results.active.com/pages/displayNonGru.jsp?orgID=234623&rsID=111195

Would have put him 9th of 39 in a local race by me. Show me a link to your fat-race where he at the 50th percentile.

I won't pretend to have direct knowledge on how they weigh a player, but would bet it is NOT in pads.

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23:44 is 27/68 in 25-29

2. you have no clue therefore you speculate (incorrectly), that's letsrun messageboards in a nutshell