Anyone heard of someone with this build running a decent time like 16:59? How fast do you think they could go if they got their weight down to something more suitable to their height such as 130s/140s?
This calculator gives an estimate of 46 seconds dropped per 8.8 lbs lost.
Sounds like it could be accurate as long as one's BMI stayed healthy at >18.5
I'm a touch under 5'10". My peak racing weight is 160 lbs, but when I'm coming back from a break it's not uncommon for me to be near 170 for a while. I can go sub-17 at this weight. It's not so crazy.
From there with 6-10 months of uninterrupted training I can get close to 15:30. I'll usually drop 10 pounds over this time due to the training. I make no dietary changes.
Getting to the 130s/140s would be insane for me. I look pretty darn skinny at 160.
Dude. You are built like a brick sh*t house. And I don't mean that in a negative way.
Losing weight for your body composition will always help you drop time.
At 5'6 170lbs I can run 17:59 at only 20-30 mile a week. Even when I was in top running shape I was always 'big' at 140-43 even running 100-120 miles a week.
If I put in 40-50 consistently and trained for it I might be able to break 17 at 160-170...similar comparison to your example since I'm 2in shorter.....just not sure I care to put in that much effort..I got heavy stuff to pick up off the floor I'm more focused on ..pick it up put it down. Repeat
Alan
At 5'9" and 164 pounds I've run 15:56 road and 26:48 8k. At 145 pounds and my athletic peak I ran 14:40, 30:37, and 1:08:21.
aaasf wrote:
I'm a touch under 5'10". My peak racing weight is 160 lbs, but when I'm coming back from a break it's not uncommon for me to be near 170 for a while. I can go sub-17 at this weight. It's not so crazy.
From there with 6-10 months of uninterrupted training I can get close to 15:30. I'll usually drop 10 pounds over this time due to the training. I make no dietary changes.
Getting to the 130s/140s would be insane for me. I look pretty darn skinny at 160.
It still wouldn't be insane as me. I'm 6'3'' at 140. I look like a an Auschwitz victim.
At 5'10" and 180 i ran 4:29/16:04/26.43 this year. Goes downhill fast from there. Would be lucky to break 1:18 in a half.
Think a lot of it depends on your running history.
one upperer wrote:
At 5'10" and 180 i ran 4:29/16:04/26.43 this year. Goes downhill fast from there. Would be lucky to break 1:18 in a half.
Think a lot of it depends on your running history.
I don't know how much you train but if you ran miles/tempos/striders and lost weight I think that you could run a hell of a lot faster. If you dropped 20-25lbs you could possibly run pretty fast.
That's child's play for faster mid-D runners. Many years ago, I ran 14:55 at 6'0" 165. I was primarily an 800m runner (1:48).
5 years ago about a year into my latest "post college comeback" I ran 16:43 at about 165 lbs (I am 5-9) and a week later ran 1:15:36 for the half.
This year I ran 1:07:44 for the half at 147 lbs.
Weight doesn't matter so much if you're only 5'8 because you're closer to the ground and don't have to lift the weight as high.
ok that's pretty good wrote:
one upperer wrote:At 5'10" and 180 i ran 4:29/16:04/26.43 this year. Goes downhill fast from there. Would be lucky to break 1:18 in a half.
Think a lot of it depends on your running history.
I don't know how much you train but if you ran miles/tempos/striders and lost weight I think that you could run a hell of a lot faster. If you dropped 20-25lbs you could possibly run pretty fast.
I run about 25-30 mpw. All quality miles. I ran more miles when I was younger, but I don't enjoy running more than 30/week any more. So, I do have a strong base. I'm not fat, just have a larger frame.