Just bought "Run With the Champions" by Marc Bloom two days ago and read Maree's claim that he ran 10 miles each morning at 4:30-4:50 pace, at the time a world record pace.
Does anybody believe him?
He also says that he now lives in South Africa adn wakes up at 4:30 a.m. to run 13 miles at 5 minutes per mile.
The weird thing is that he insists on his pace.
Sydney Maree did run some fast morning 10 milers but in an article in Runner or Runner's World in '85 it was stated that he frequently ran the ten and was usually close to 5 per mile although he went under 50 minutes on occaision. That is more realistic.
As for his 13 milers now, I tend to think he wakes up at 4:30 with the intention of doing the run but doesn't actually get out of bed and do it. Or he dreams it.
Unfortunately I believe that regardless of the time of day, a black man in South Africa often has to cover ground at 5:00 pace for extended periods for safety's sake. What is this U.S. citizen doing back in S.A.?
i heard from a teammate/ training partner and it was more around 5:00-5:20 pace.
Sydney Maree does not do daily 10 mile runs that fast or anywhere near it. Think about it.
His 10 milers were probably around 5 min. pace. I had a friend that ran at Washington State University with other world class Kenyans back in the mid 70's. It was common practice for the Kenyans to run 10 miles every morning at 5 min. pace. I am sure that Maree did the same. As far as if he still runs fast- I doubt it.
Maree was an average XC runner who was not competitve past 5k. If he were running 50:00 10 milers in the morning it would have shown. Think about it.
What was his best placing in the NC2A XC? And time if any given?
I think that is typical runner b.s. designed to sacre competitors.
Even really fast guys like Maree could not sustain that level of work EVERY single morning and still be able to do afternoon track work.
'Apparently' Seb Coe used to do this every day during winter too.
noitall wrote:
His 10 milers were probably around 5 min. pace. I had a friend that ran at Washington State University with other world class Kenyans back in the mid 70's.
Maree was South African (at the time). Not all fast runners with high concentrations of melanin in their skin are Kenyans.
Seán wrote:
'Apparently' Seb Coe used to do this every day during winter too.
No, Seb ran his in 45 minutes.
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