You should listen to that podcast that got posted on here in the last few days. He basically says what you were saying, that he overestimated his fitness after losing all that training time, and was excited that he had been since December 2013 without injury and therefore thought he could do better, but didn't realize how much fitness he'd lost, particularly speed fitness.
NotAustin18 wrote:
Ryan ran 30:36 for 10k at the Flying Pig Marathon wherever that is.
His time seems awfully slow for someone of his prior success. I personally think he is nowhere near the shape he has been letting on, the injury plagued years of 2012-2013 caused him to lose a lot of fitness. What do you guys make of it?
2nd was 34:04.
meghan wrote:
How much did he win by? If he wasn't pushed, maybe he cruised.
For the 10,000th time he ran it as a workout, nothing more.
meghan wrote:
How much did he win by? If he wasn't pushed, maybe he cruised.
Second place was about three and a half minutes back.
meghan wrote:
How much did he win by? If he wasn't pushed, maybe he cruised.
Have you really asked that 10,000 times? How long did it take you to accomplish that?
HardLoper wrote:meghan wrote:For the 10,000th time he ran it as a workout, nothing more.
How much did he win by? If he wasn't pushed, maybe he cruised.
Though there were three LetsRunners in the field with 32:xx PRs and none of them broke 34 so there's that.
Weather was good temperature-wise. Around 48 degrees. It was windy. I would say its a moderately hilly course with the bridge crossings (3 - 2 large, 1 smaller) and some other rollers. I can't really tell from the elevation chart below if it paints an accurate picture or not.
old guy 68 wrote:
What was the course like? Hilly, lots of turns?
What was the weather like? Hot, humid, windy?
The time by itself doesn't reflect much.
This. He said he was running it as a workout several days before. Why are people trying to read into this.
HardLoper wrote:meghan wrote:For the 10,000th time he ran it as a workout, nothing more.
How much did he win by? If he wasn't pushed, maybe he cruised.
Though there were three LetsRunners in the field with 32:xx PRs and none of them broke 34 so there's that.
I run races for workouts too. I usually go all out. Why is it assumed that Ryan didn't give 100%? Don't tell me his coach told him to tempo. It was a race and Hall raced.
stevenson wrote:HardLoper wrote:This. He said he was running it as a workout several days before. Why are people trying to read into this.meghan wrote:For the 10,000th time he ran it as a workout, nothing more.
How much did he win by? If he wasn't pushed, maybe he cruised.
Though there were three LetsRunners in the field with 32:xx PRs and none of them broke 34 so there's that.
It isn't that difficult of a concept to understand.