Who is Matt Llano and why does he think he can run 2:08?

ffddsffccxxx wrote:

So he could run well?

Yeah, if Alberto can turn Mo Farah into a 2:08 marathoner, imagine what he could do for Llano. 2:12 maybe?

Probably because 2:08 is easy.

I ran 2:05 in my debut.

Yeah, that 4x800 was fun, too.

:D

Don't see what y'all are objecting to. He's not saying "I'm going to run 2:08." he said "it's not out of reach." He's right, it's not. It's just unlikely. But big breakthroughs do happen.

THIS. we had 9 guys 1:02 or better at Houston in January (not including Vail)...wouldn't you think if properly trained for the marathon, at least a couple of them couldn't go 1:05-1:05 and break 2:10???what is wrong with American marathon training/coaching? why doesn't this happen? could Renato get these guys to sub-2:10?

leanGREENmachine wrote:

61 not sufficient for 2:08? what is then? a 54? it doesnt exactly get much lower than 61 for the half

They should take a page from the ladies like Desi and train for the marathon, not the half marathon. We won't know if Matt is a true marathoner either until he actually runs one. Until then it's all talk.

leanGREENmachine wrote:

61 not sufficient for 2:08? what is then? a 54? it doesnt exactly get much lower than 61 for the half

It's 61 high. There's a world of difference between 61 high and 60 flat. I used to run with Matt Llano, and he's good, but he's not THAT good, yet. I'd peg him at 2:12 if we're being realistic. That's the thing with debuts, though. You never know how good someone is until they do something big, so I'm not going to put it out of the realm of possibility. I just don't think it's going to happen.

train like the ladies wrote:

They should take a page from the ladies like Desi and train for the marathon, not the half marathon. We won't know if Matt is a true marathoner either until he actually runs one. Until then it's all talk.

That is not LADIES, that is HANSONS.

flo is hot wrote:

That is not LADIES, that is HANSONS.

No, just gave Desi as an example. When I say "ladies", it seems there's a lot more ladies (not from the Hanson's group) who are much stronger in the marathon than the HM, vs. men.

For someone with a 1:01 HM PR, 2:08 is a realistic goal as a lifetime best, not a debut.

I know its not the most accurate test but I plugged in each of his PRs into

https://www.mcmillanrunning.com/

. Each one gets faster and faster with its equivalent performances so its safe to say he is much better at longer distances. Its actually pretty crazy that none of the times break the pattern, see for yourself, as his 5k goes from 14:00 to a predicted 13:21.

Now obviously this isn't entirely accurate and even with the half marathon time the site predicts a 2:10 full but I think he definitely has the ability, just maybe not for his debut

wait, so people are mad that we have an ambitious American born runner?

Plus, let's remember that his half PR is from early 2014, surely it's not crazy to assume he could possibly be in better than his half marathon PR come Chicago after nearly a year of altitude training?

A true marathoner, aerobic monster with a 1:01 half could possibly do 2:08, probably 2:09.

A marathon underperformer like certain former US record holders would struggle to go near this.

At least, we can say that a NORMAL Marathon runner must be able to run at a speed around 95% of his PB in HM, if his training is correct (and, of course, if he has some specific talent, especially mental, for the distance).

This means this kind of equivalence, with good training (without trying to challenge Ventolin...) :

2:05:00 with 59:20

2:06:00 with 59:50

2:07:00 with 60:20

2:08:00 with 60:50

2:09:00 with 61:18

2:10:00 with 61:45

2:11:00 with 62:13

2:12:00 with 62:42

2:13:00 with 63:10

2:14:00 with 63:40

2:15:00 with 64:08

Who is not able to stay inside these parameters, or follows a wrong system of training, or is not physycally and mentally talented for long distances.

Read more:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5974736&page=1#ixzz3Bem9HYtF

If you re-read his interviews and all the articles, he said the AR marathon debut is a dream come true goal, he realizes that is highly unlikely. His realistic goal is 2:12 or 2:10. Big difference. THE GUY IS NOT GOING AROUND TOTING 'I WANT TO RUN SUB-2:08 OR I WILL RUN BELOW 2:08. Bottom line, support the guy and cheer for him, don't hate and bash from the couch.