David Rudisha in a 5k

17 mins

Right now he is probably in 14:15 shape

I've heard he runs decently high milage 60-80 depending on the time of year. With that and his natural ability, i'd imaging he could go at least 13:45-13:50

HEY! wrote:

I've heard he runs decently high milage 60-80 depending on the time of year. With that and his natural ability, i'd imaging he could go at least 13:45-13:50

ahahahaha. you're serious!

I know lots of sub 2 800 guys who would run like 18+. This would scale down to like 15:30 for Rudisha. However, since he runs much higher mileage than they do, and since those guys would probably run faster in their base phase, 14:00 seems reasonable, 14:30 at the slowest.

800 1600 3000 5000

1:40-->3:59-->8:53-->16:40

1:41-->4:03-->9:05-->17:20

On a good day he should be able to run under 17.

Pretty sure he does fartleks and tempos with isaak songok who's legit. at the end of his base phase I bet rudisha could hit a sub 14 5k. in peak 800m shape at the end of the season he could probably run a 14:30-15:00.

13:40.88

You must be joking. Leading up to my 800m pb of 1:47 .6 I clocked a 47.03 400m and a 16:12 5km off 35miles per week. Rudisha is faster over the 800m, has a better 400 to 800 differential and runs double the mileage. He easily goes sub 16. You have no clue.

mcmillan calc for 1:41 800m:

Your Equivalent Performances

Event

Time

Pace/Mi

Pace/Km

100m

11.0

-

-

200m

22.0

-

-

400m

46.0 (too slow)

-

-

500m

1:00.0

-

-

800m

1:41.0

-

-

1000m

2:12.0

-

2:12.0

1500m

3:28.0

-

2:18.7

Mile

3:44.0

3:44.0

2:19.2

2000m

4:44.0

3:48.5

2:22.0

3000m

7:25.0

3:58.7

2:28.3

2 Miles

7:58.0

3:59.0

2:28.5

4000m

10:08.0

4:04.6

2:32.0

3 Miles

12:28

4:09

2:35

5000m

12:56

4:10

2:35

4 Miles

16:55

4:14

2:38

8000m

21:19

4:17

2:40

5 Miles

21:26

4:17

2:40

10km

26:52

4:19

2:41

15km

41:38

4:28

2:47

10 Miles

45:01

4:30

2:48

20km

56:39

4:34

2:50

1/2 Mara

59:47

4:34

2:50

15 Miles

1:08:57

4:36

2:51

25km

1:11:58

4:38

2:53

30km

1:27:32

4:42

2:55

20 Miles

1:34:40

4:44

2:56

25 Miles

1:59:20

4:46

2:58

Marathon

2:06:05

4:49

3:00

Whoever said 60-70 mpw is a moron. Rudisha is a 400/800 guy, very low mileage lots of speed. He could do no better than 15.

Vento|in^3 wrote:

800 1600 3000 5000

1:40-->3:59-->8:53-->16:40

1:41-->4:03-->9:05-->17:20

On a good day he should be able to run under 17.

Where do you get off saying that 4:03 in the 1600 equals 9:05 in the 3k?! Do you honestly believe that someone capable of running 4:03 in the 16 could really only run a 9:05 for the 3k, a rather mediocre time for even highschoolers.

Dennis Reynolds is the most ignorant poster on this message board.

He's a speed guy who runs fast off a very fast first lap. I say 14:15-14:30 if he really does longer tempo runs, 15:20 otherwise.

There was a thread on here a while ago that outlined his training for off season if I remember correct and he had a lot of long runs in there. I'd say the 60/70MPW is about accurate for certain times of the year.

Lol DR can run a 2:06 marathon

a 1:59 guy running an 18+ guy is not like a 1:40 guy running 15:30. Terrible analogy/ comparison/ proportion.

Khadevis Robinson has stated he ran a 15:flat 5k, and that is on the slow side for elite 800 guys. I've seen andrew wheating has a 10k cross country pr of 30:40 and 23:46 for 8k. Nick Symmonds routinely ran in the low 24s or slightly below for 8k cross country.

I give Rudisha a 13:45 on his first try.

Bungei's PM workout for July 25, 2008 was 5000 in 15:13 after a 20 minute easy warmup. The 1000s were 3:12, 3:06,

3:02, 2:58, and 2:54. Presumably he could go faster if it was a race and not his second workout of the day. Since Bungei was also 400/800 guy, perhaps Rudisha would be in this ballpark of sub 15.

Agree. I would be shocked if he couldn't break 14:30 easily. I think 13:45 sounds about right without extra training. If he devoted a whole year to it, who knows?