please answer this question, and then answer this one.....
also, when he dies early, what will it say to the world about how "healthy" distance running is?
please answer this question, and then answer this one.....
also, when he dies early, what will it say to the world about how "healthy" distance running is?
I'd bet a lot of money that Ted Corbitt ran more miles than Haile has (so far). There are probably people higher than that as well.
I heard Frank Shorter speak, and he said he's run over 170,000 lifetime miles. I don't know of anyone who's run more. Maybe Haile has run more.
I expect both of them to live long and healthy lives.
What about those insane ultra guys? They jack up the training miles two or three times faster than everybody else.
I think the human who has run more miles than anyone is probably somebody whose name wouldnt be recognizable to the average running fan. Those ultramarathoners run absurd mileage every week, and usually maintain it year round. They also tend to continue their careers later than most 'mainstream' pros
I know a few competitive ultra runners and they do not put in high volume like you would think they do. Elite marathoners like Shorter (who ran up to 170mpw) run more each week.
Ultra marathoners, speaking in general terms here as there will be outliers, do longer runs back to back. The competitive ultra runners I know run around 100mpw but would do insane back to back long runs, like 25 on Saturday and 30 on Sunday with the rest of the week being easy, short days + a tempo.
regarding ultranutters, it probably evens out to what a comparable elite standard event participant would run, if you take their entire career into perspective.
How many years are they doing ultras, vs the number of years a more normal runner can maintain their high mileage? probably half as much
And then, there are degrees of running. To someone like Geb, the ultrarunner is a walker.
If we allow for all degrees of running, including walking at a fast pace, you can say that a stockboy at Target runs at least 2 miles a day...
Lets put the limit for running 7 minutes or less per mile.
"has run"
The past tense of "to run" is "ran"; the past participle of "to run" is "run."
Example: I run daily. I ran yesterday. I have run every day this week.
Given that "to run" is a verb that's kind of important to us, do you think you could learn how to use it correctly?
There are ultrarunners who do upwards of 170 a week regularly. Your run of the mill guys won't but some of the legends do.
Go away, Grammar Hitler.
I ran on a run on a double day where I had already run and while I am running I thought about Iran with my friend Jim Ryun who ran yesterday and will run with me tomorrow
SUCK ON THAT GRAMMER POPO
college kid wrote:
I heard Frank Shorter speak, and he said he's run over 170,000 lifetime miles. I don't know of anyone who's run more. Maybe Haile has run more.
I expect both of them to live long and healthy lives.
When Stefano Baldini retired, he said he's run 300,000 km in his lifetime (about 185,000). I would guess Haile has them both beaten already, as he's had a longer career.
Yeah definitely an ultra guy has that title, but it hard to know who. Its not Geb.
Yannos Kouros. The guy has run 1000 miles in 10 freekin days for crying out loud! He's been a/the top ultra guy since the mid 80's.
gerry lindgren
That's a run-on.
Milks favorite cookie wrote:
I ran on a run on a double day where I had already run and while I am running I thought about Iran with my friend Jim Ryun who ran yesterday and will run with me tomorrow
bill rodgers ran 100+ miles/week for 10 years straight
this was in his prime years...including injuries, illnesses, easy days, race days...everything--still he was able to average 100+ miles each week for 10 years straight
he's had his ups and downs....but he looks 15 years younger than he actually is...and he is still running, not quite as fast, but still kicking
So...no...running lots of miles will not lead you to an early grave...sorry charlie...
Holy shit, I just did the math on the guy who claims about 280,000 for his lifetime.
Literally 10 miles per day from age 0 to age 80 would get you about 280,000.
Suppose he averaged 8:00 pace (slower when he's younger / older, maybe faster in his prime, although that would be pretty impressive considering the volume and that he's not an Olympian or anything). That's almost THREE YEARS of running.
Shit.