Oregon Project athletes and sleep

Curious about sleep wrote:

What I'm wondering is: how are they able to sleep that much night after night?

They want it more than other athletes.

That sounds boring wrote:

whatever.......... wrote:

Without a doubt, I'd rather sleep more and be faster like Jordan or Galen.

Take this from someone who is "successful" earning good money. I'd give it all up to run faster.

LIFE IS SHORT - RUN FAST!!!!

How MUCH more would you be willing to sleep to be elite-level fast? What if you had to sleep 14 hrs a day? 18 hrs? etc...

"During Salazar's "boot camp" Centrowitz was so worn out, he was sleeping about 14 hours a day."

This was in 2012, when Centro was recovering from his knee injury.

Radcliffe and Szabo slept 13 hours/day.

Filbert Bayi's coach creditied his success for the "discipline" he had in getting in an afternoon nap. And of course, Kenyans in training camps pretty much sleep or lay around when not running.

Sleep is underrated.

Guys just take melatonin and you too can go to bed early!

Other options wrote:

Guys just take melatonin and you too can go to bed early!

I wish it were that easy. I'm up to 4 tablets (12mg) per night, and it doesn't work anymore.

Unless your roommates wake you up shouting about video games at 1am...then melatonin is a waste of money

Hahaha when do they go to bed? Like 8 or 9? I feel like that's a bit ridiculous.

whatever.......... wrote:

Without a doubt, I'd rather sleep more and be faster like Jordan or Galen.

Take this from someone who is "successful" earning good money. I'd give it all up to run faster.

LIFE IS SHORT - RUN FAST!!!!

I don't think your motto about life, coupled with your other statements, makes sense. You indicate your belief that the ultimate mission, the finest accomplishment in life, is to run as fast as possible.

What your motto and philosophy seems to be saying is "Life is short; knowing the brevity of our time on earth, we should spend as much of it as possible sleeping soundly, so that when we are awake, we can run around in circles slightly faster than we would otherwise have been able to."

You might instead say "Life is short; so make the most of every minute, because you'll have plenty of time for sleeping when you're dead", or something like that. That would make sense at least.

eotbs wrote:

Other options wrote:

Guys just take melatonin and you too can go to bed early!

I wish it were that easy. I'm up to 4 tablets (12mg) per night, and it doesn't work anymore.

Right. You do know too much has the opposite effect? One tablet is all you need. 3-4 and you won't be able to sleep.

with my marathon training volume, sixteen miles per day average, I find myself never being able to get enough sleep, and I probably get an hour nap about 4 days per week. Kids will make it difficult to get very much sleep, but the training makes it very hard to sleep enough under any conditions.

one other note: if you live in a place where there is no electricity, you will find it very easy to sleep 10-12 hours a night, because you adjust to the natural rhythms of night meaning sleep and day meaning being awake. I found it very easy in East Africa to go to sleep at 7 p.m. and wake up at 6 a.m. when the roosters were crowing. That doesn't mean everyone does that and I often did work under candle light until after 8 or 9, but it gives you the opportunity to do it.

jjjjjj wrote:

one other note: if you live in a place where there is no electricity, you will find it very easy to sleep 10-12 hours a night, because you adjust to the natural rhythms of night meaning sleep and day meaning being awake. I found it very easy in East Africa to go to sleep at 7 p.m. and wake up at 6 a.m. when the roosters were crowing. That doesn't mean everyone does that and I often did work under candle light until after 8 or 9, but it gives you the opportunity to do it.

I remember I was unemployed when Hurricane Sandy struck. My house lost power for like 9 days, it was ridiculous. I definitely was sleeping 9-10 hours a night during that period. It would get dark around 6, I'd read by candle light until 8 or 9 and then I'd be like "well I might as well go to sleep now". Woke up early feeling totally refreshed.

When Centro first joined NOP he struggled so much with the compulsory afternoon nap that AlSal sat in his room and watched him, in total silence, until he went to sleep.

Once you hit your 50's you can't wait to hit the hay. Some nights after a hard day its as good of a feeling as a perfect run or a hot shower on a cold day.

Salazar is the OP wrote:

Hola, Bert. Como esta usted?

HAIIIII, BERTY!