Before you figure out how they got there (elite college guys who ran sub 14), you need to know where they are in the first place, training-wise. We just had 3 great contributions and you call this thread awful? Have you seen the other threads on this site? How many college sub 14 guys have you trained with (or are you one yourself)? Have you asked them how they got there or do you even know their training paces? If not, then bugger off. Geez.
Hot, Hard Facts wrote:
Holy sh*t this thread is awful! All college programs are different. I'd bet a lot if not most of them don't do 8+ mile tempo runs. The programs that do these workouts build their athletes up to the volume and pace they're doing over months if not years. The pace and volume they're doing doesn't mean anything if you don't know how they got there.