Levins PRs by about 6 seconds at 1500m

Very good move going to train with Alberto Salazar.

Makes sense.

Salazar was quoted earlier this year stating that he would be moving Cam away from the 170-180 mile weeks and focusing more on speedwork.

Provided that that IS what they did, a major improvement in the 1500m is to be expected.

He's supposedly doing 130 - 140 mpw, more weights and more quality. It might be a good year for him considering he was pounding out 180mpw in the fall.

He's supposedly doing 130 - 140 mpw, more weights and more quality. It might be a good year for him considering he was pounding out 180mpw in the fall.

You mean dropping volume and increasing speed work will improve someones 1500? (by 5.73 seconds apparently) There's a shocker. If Cam wants to be a 3:34-3:36 1500 guy good for him. Hopefully he's trying to be a 12:50 5k and 26:50 10k guy. (his 27:27 10k converts to a 3:32 1500 for some perspective) I won't be impressed until he runs a decent 5k or 10k. Don't get me wrong it's great to see a 1500 PR (from his weakest event) but I'm just not impressed yet. (yes I know it's early)

athlete development wrote:

You mean dropping volume and increasing speed work will improve someones 1500? (by 5.73 seconds apparently) There's a shocker. If Cam wants to be a 3:34-3:36 1500 guy good for him. Hopefully he's trying to be a 12:50 5k and 26:50 10k guy. (his 27:27 10k converts to a 3:32 1500 for some perspective) I won't be impressed until he runs a decent 5k or 10k. Don't get me wrong it's great to see a 1500 PR (from his weakest event) but I'm just not impressed yet. (yes I know it's early)

True, but as of now you've got to think that training with the gold and silver medalists at 10,000 in London shouldn't hurt his 10,000 too much.

Sask Runner wrote:

True, but as of now you've got to think that pacing Galen Rupp's workout's shouldn't hurt his 10,000 too much.

Fixed that for you ^^^

But agreed.

Actually, it looks like the other way around, but why let anything like the facts get in the way of your lifelong diatribe? http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250716-USATF-Oxy-High-Performance-Meet-2013/video/710201-Oxy-LIVE-Tonight-and-these-guys-are-ready

rupp-certified saladbar wrote:

Sask Runner wrote:

True, but as of now you've got to think that pacing Galen Rupp's workout's shouldn't hurt his 10,000 too much.

Fixed that for you ^^^

But agreed.

Cam has been running between 3:42 to 3:45 since 2010. Now he busts a 3:36 (out of nowhere) in his first race of the summer. That's an incredible improvement...

What does he need to do to impress you guys. Run 3:30?

He's now ranked 7th (all time) in Canada. That's pretty impressive for a 10,000 guy...

Jghjghjg wrote:

Cam has been running between 3:42 to 3:45 since 2010. Now he busts a 3:36 (out of nowhere) in his first race of the summer. That's an incredible improvement...

What does he need to do to impress you guys. Run 3:30?

He's now ranked 7th (all time) in Canada. That's pretty impressive for a 10,000 guy...

Or it says that Canadians (except for a few like Sullivan and Hood) generally suck. The CIS is a great development system - should be dozens of sub-3.35 guys coming out of it on a yearly basis, or at least a bunch of sub-13.10 guys. Why isn't this happening?

As a guess, I would suggest that the majority of talented Canadian high school runners go south and run NCAA, not CIS. Also, Canada is a relatively small country, population wise, so producing dozens of sub 3:35 guys, or a bunch of sub 13:10 guys, is not a very realistic measuring stick.

I think he's great and he ran great at Oxy. I was simply responding to the notion that as part of Oregon Project he is simply training fodder for Rupp.

Jghjghjg wrote:

Cam has been running between 3:42 to 3:45 since 2010. Now he busts a 3:36 (out of nowhere) in his first race of the summer. That's an incredible improvement...

What does he need to do to impress you guys. Run 3:30?

He's now ranked 7th (all time) in Canada. That's pretty impressive for a 10,000 guy...

Didn't cam run 3:57 in the mile or so then? Which is equivalent to around 3:39.5. still a big PR but not quite six seconds. mile and 15 are pretty similar

Can someone post Canada's All-Time Top 10 in the 1500m, Mile, 3000m, 5000m, and 10,000m? Thanks. Here are my guesses -

1500m - Kevin Sullivan (not sure if Brannen ever got these)

Mile - Kevin Sullivan

3000m - Kevin Sullivan

5000m - Simon Bairu??

10,000m - Simon Bairu

He had never run faster than 3:42 outdoors...

The latest runner under salazar to get away with doping.....

Ngdk wrote:

Can someone post Canada's All-Time Top 10 in the 1500m, Mile, 3000m, 5000m, and 10,000m? Thanks. Here are my guesses -

1500m - Kevin Sullivan (not sure if Brannen ever got these)

Mile - Kevin Sullivan

3000m - Kevin Sullivan

5000m - Simon Bairu??

10,000m - Simon Bairu

1500m

3:31.71 Kevin Sullivan 74

3:33.94 Graham Hood 72

3:34.22 Nathan Brannen 82

3:35.82 Doug Consiglio 64

3:36.00 Taylor Milne 81

3:36.36 Steve Agar 68

5000m

13:13.96 Jeff Schiebler

13:18.29 Cam Levins

13:19.27 Kevin Sullivan

13:21.53 Reid Coolsaet

13:22.06 Jason Bunston

13:22.39 Paul Morrison

10,000m

27:23.63 Simon Bairu

27:27.96 Cam Levins

27:34.64 Mo Ahmed

27:36.01 Jeff Schiebler

27:50.19 Paul Williams

You can access the Canadian rankings by googling Rankings - Athletics Canada, click on Statistics/Rankings,

and the all-time lists are part way down the page.

It's funny how the Canadian National Endurance Training Center couldn't get any of their athletes to 3:36 last year yet Salazar does it on his first try with a 10,000m runner.