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This is a faulty line of reasoning for a few reasons. One being that mileage says nothing about how "hard" someone is training. I can destroy someone on 150 miles per week just as easily as I can destroy someone on 50 miles per week. The difficulty of training is measured not just in quantity of training, but in quality of training as well.
Lagat being a low mileage runner (if you believe what he says) says nothing about how hard he trains. All it tells us is that he is a low mileage runner. It doesn't tell us how hard his training is or how easy his training is.
Therefore, without the details of Lagat's training you are not in a position to draw any conclusions and state whether he is likely to be using EPO based solely on that information.
Do you understand?
Well said. It seems like a lot of folks on LR thinks low mileage equates to easier running. I am assuming those people have never done speedwork on the track where you don't accumulate a lot mileage but do work your ass off.