The amazing Seven way who ran 2:16 in london to finish 3rd Brit has recovered in 2 weeks and today won the British 100km road championships in a British record breaking time of 6:19 with a 3:07 world record pace first 50km.
America should know about this, he is the MEB of British running.
recent story below
http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/steve-way-heads-entries-national-100km-2582/
http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/steve-showing-athletes-way-2257/
What could Mo Farah do over 100K?
Let the ultra hating begin!
3...2...1...
Not guaranteed Mo could run a faster time than Steve Way . Highly likely but by no way a sure thing. his marathon time is only 8 mins faster that wont make him have a great advantage.
Really hard to hate someone who is performing as well as steve.
Although I hate the fact that I cant run that fast. He is a full time worker unsponsered too. well untill this month anyway
Sure Sage Canady has a faster marathon and more elite background. I would like to here his thoughts on how good a performance steve has put in this last few weeks. Any every body loves sage and Vo2max production so please dont give him and abuse.
if you want to hate anyone hate me im a total cuxx and got a 3:52 mile
He's just a great story. Thanks for the links and all the best to him.
HRE wrote:
He's just a great story. Thanks for the links and all the best to him.
Its too good...why hasn't there been another +40 guys who say has run 2:19 and 6:45 2 weeks later? If this guy was 1:1,000,000 then there would at least be other Masters runners who were
pacman wrote:
America should know about this, he is the MEB of British running.
How on earth did you come up with this garbage? The MEB of British running?
Nothing about his career or accomplishments come remotely close. They are both advanced in age...that is it.
Let's not downplay a true elite runner like Meb with a stupid comment like this.
Meb is an Olympic Silver medallist, has won several marathon majors and was world class on the track before all that. Steve Way is a former fatty who sorted himself out and gradually dropped his pb's over a number of years. His time today was excellent but how many people even want to run 100km let alone race it, it's the domain of freaks and weirdos. His achievements at the marathon are legit but this guy hasn't broken 30 for 10k, 50 for 10 miles or 66 for a half. He's a guy with super endurance who has found his niche. But don't compare him to one of the best marathoners of the last 15 years. Way is the Canaday of the UK.
HatetoSayit wrote:
HRE wrote:He's just a great story. Thanks for the links and all the best to him.
Its too good...why hasn't there been another +40 guys who say has run 2:19 and 6:45 2 weeks later? If this guy was 1:1,000,000 then there would at least be other Masters runners who were
Did he run 2:16/6:19 or 2:19/6:45. Are you an f'tard?
And it's three weeks since London
I'm glad we've found a way to demean a pretty cool accomplishment. God forbid you just appreciate something.
Ho Hum wrote:
I'm glad we've found a way to demean a pretty cool accomplishment. God forbid you just appreciate something.
Wrong moron, we're demeaning the f'tard who is a moron. Not Steve way.
Retardalert. wrote:
HatetoSayit wrote:Its too good...why hasn't there been another +40 guys who say has run 2:19 and 6:45 2 weeks later? If this guy was 1:1,000,000 then there would at least be other Masters runners who were
Did he run 2:16/6:19 or 2:19/6:45. Are you an f'tard?
One 40yr old guy runs 2:16/6:19 w/ no recovery
If this is not unusual, why have there not been a few other masters (or runners in their 20s) who have done this w/ more modest times like 2:19/6:45?
Michael Wardian managed 2:25/6:50 and he was/is very unusual, and +10yrs younger than Way.
His age, no recovery, world class times, and a Cinderella story the media loves (but which has never occurred in a more modest form) - this stinks. It does not make sense. Draw your own conclusions.
HatetoSayit wrote:
Retardalert. wrote:Did he run 2:16/6:19 or 2:19/6:45. Are you an f'tard?
One 40yr old guy runs 2:16/6:19 w/ no recovery
If this is not unusual, why have there not been a few other masters (or runners in their 20s) who have done this w/ more modest times like 2:19/6:45?
Michael Wardian managed 2:25/6:50 and he was/is very unusual, and +10yrs younger than Way.
His age, no recovery, world class times, and a Cinderella story the media loves (but which has never occurred in a more modest form) - this stinks. It does not make sense. Draw your own conclusions.
Great achievement, but how is this a British record? Don Ritchie was quicker on both road and track
Way is not the English "Sage Canaday." (And I like Sage.) Sage ran D1 track, qualified for the Olympic Trials Marathon in college, ran for the Hansons, and then moved up to Ultras. Sage is on his third shoe deal.Way went from being an overweight guy in his early thirties to being a 2:16:27 marathoner (slightly faster than Sage - I think) and an excellent ultra runner. I just read his most recent blog entry and it looks like he was buying his own shoes until after his 2:16 three weeks ago.
Seeking clarification wrote:
HatetoSayit wrote:One 40yr old guy runs 2:16/6:19 w/ no recovery
If this is not unusual, why have there not been a few other masters (or runners in their 20s) who have done this w/ more modest times like 2:19/6:45?
Michael Wardian managed 2:25/6:50 and he was/is very unusual, and +10yrs younger than Way.
His age, no recovery, world class times, and a Cinderella story the media loves (but which has never occurred in a more modest form) - this stinks. It does not make sense. Draw your own conclusions.
Great achievement, but how is this a British record? Don Ritchie was quicker on both road and track
Any suspicion of PEDs for an old guy to bounce back from a hard marathon to do that 100K?
Glad to get some lets run reaction both positive and negative. its always fun on here to see how brutal people can be.
Meb is an inspiration just like Sage and Steve Way.
One thing going for Steve is that since London he now has a better shoe sponsor than Meb Adidas v Scetchers.
And according to mcmillian calculator he could run a sub 2:10 off his 100km time. possibly with elite coaching he may still be 3-4 years of his best performances ???
Anyone on lets run who can not appreciate Steve or any other runners achievements is probably not even a runner and only on here as a troll in between bouts of masturbating over porn online because they have premature ejaculation AND they can not have long lasting sex.
Now Steve is a real man with bit stamina.
Maybe it has something to do with the endless big mileage weeks training his body to be able to handle these efforts. Read his training blogs, maybe you will get a clue.
As for the 2:16 to 6:19, I doubt he does this every 2-3 week stretch. Very unusual, but not unheard of. If you go back and look at the training of Boston Bill, you will see that he did a lot races in a year, just had some that were his peak races. Does that call into question his performances? Maybe if people got out and actually had years 100+ mpw training blocks that were structured correctly, they would see what is possible. Does a nation like Kenya or Ethiopia have something suspicious going on since they have like 50 sub 2:10 guys?
http://aimsworldrunning.org/statistics/CurrentYearStatistics.htm
Training hard...it works.
MikeM wrote:
Maybe it has something to do with the endless big mileage weeks training his body to be able to handle these efforts. Read his training blogs, maybe you will get a clue.
Training hard...it works.
Because nobody else has ever thought of this, right?
Where are the +40yrs old Kenyans doing this???
his age PLUS the minimal recovery from 216 to 619 PLUS the media love affair PLUS the absence of less stellar performance combinations (eg 220/645) from other 40yr olds (let alone 30yr olds) is reason for scepticism
If you think scepticism, and looking at past results as a basis for what is possible in the future, is "hating" then you are naive and wilfully delusional.