Metric Miler wrote:
Traffic, mobs of people that recognise him, pollution, narrow roads, journalists, unaware crowds of tourists/Londoners.
No thanks.
Although your answer brings up this question. There must be a fair few serious runners in London what with it being kind of a large city. what do they do for their long runs? I recall that in the past guys like Mottram, Bob Kennedy, etc. used London as a base for their summer seasons. I'd bet they weren't all on treadmills.
They also aren't all Mo Farah!!!!! He is a celebrity in the UK and it would be a pain to have to deal with fans while trying to get a sustained 6 min pace 2 hr run.
oodk wrote:
Metric Miler wrote:This guy is special.
I realise now oodk is a young kid with no common sense or intelligence.
90 minutes! Hahaha! No clue whatsoever! You don't need to do any maths to know that 90 minutes is way, way off the mark.
Anyone that runs at all and has half a brain would know that 90 minutes for 20 miles is more WR territory than an easy run! Yet you also seem to be trying to defend your 90 minute comment! Amazing! Are you forgetting that 20 miles is over 50% further than a half marathon, so to go through the half in nearly a world record DURING a 20 mile run means that the 20 mile run is probably a world record in itself.
I reckon even 6 minute miles may have been a touch too fast for Farah the day after a pretty much solo 12:59. That's 2 hours, in case you can't do the 'math' without your brain hurting.
You guys have really bad reading comprehension. I said "about 90 minutes". I was correct. 5:00 pace for a long run is not unrealistic for a ~26:30 guy who is known to push the pace on easy days. I was also correct on this.
Instead of insulting me, try actually knowing what you are talking about.
Just stop, man. Seriously. You already look clueless enough. You're just making it worse.
Don't even wrote:
oodk wrote:You guys have really bad reading comprehension. I said "about 90 minutes". I was correct. 5:00 pace for a long run is not unrealistic for a ~26:30 guy who is known to push the pace on easy days. I was also correct on this.
Instead of insulting me, try actually knowing what you are talking about.
Just stop, man. Seriously. You already look clueless enough. You're just making it worse.
Bingo!
Gotta burn that epo or it will thicken......
HRE wrote:
Metric Miler wrote:Traffic, mobs of people that recognise him, pollution, narrow roads, journalists, unaware crowds of tourists/Londoners.
No thanks.
Although your answer brings up this question. There must be a fair few serious runners in London what with it being kind of a large city. what do they do for their long runs? I recall that in the past guys like Mottram, Bob Kennedy, etc. used London as a base for their summer seasons. I'd bet they weren't all on treadmills.
No you are right it can be tricky.
Lots go to Bushy park and the like but that would be out of the question for Farah these days, full of people that would recognise him.
There are some lovely places to do long runs in London, especially parts of Greater London nearer to where I live. But Farah was travelling back to Spain maybe the same day so travelling too far around London might have been a pain. Easier to just do that one run on the mill.
HRE wrote:
Metric Miler wrote:Traffic, mobs of people that recognise him, pollution, narrow roads, journalists, unaware crowds of tourists/Londoners.
No thanks.
Although your answer brings up this question. There must be a fair few serious runners in London what with it being kind of a large city. what do they do for their long runs? I recall that in the past guys like Mottram, Bob Kennedy, etc. used London as a base for their summer seasons. I'd bet they weren't all on treadmills.
Also, kind of a large city! London has a population of over 8 million!
Even big by America's huge standards ;).
LetsRun.com wrote:
20-miles on a treadmill? We'd pull our hair out. Aren't there places in London where he could run? Why would he do it on a treadmill.
http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/charlie-grice-we-call-him-mad-mo-48143#e23zZigppxtIx3zS.99"“This morning he was doing 20 miles on the treadmill, people don’t see that side of it,†he adds, with ‘this morning’ being the morning after Farah’s world-leading 5000m win at the Anniversary Games. “He never gets too far ahead of himself. He is very level-headed and is working incredibly hard so he deserves everything he gets.
“He is definitely passing on some good knowledge but it is more me seeing what he does, seeing how tired he gets and yet he still gets the work done. I think that is one of the main things I’ve learnt.
He has been doing treadmill long runs like this for years. Old news.
Spain is such a fun and sunny place to train this time of year before the Olympics.
Why is Mo going to train in Spain now?
Is it for heat adaptation?
Would there be any other reasons to go to Spain now?
I agree. Running on the treadmill was probably mostly about reducing impact.
oodk wrote:
maths r guud for yew wrote:90min/20miles = really frickin fast pace for a 20 mile long run. i.e., faster than wr pace for the 1/2 marathon. I will agree to cut you some slack if you were born after 1990, as apparently all of the good ole' USA has gone to sh** in the math department.
I said "about 90" minutes because I was guessing without doing any math:
20 x 5 is 100 minutes which is about 90 minutes. That's 5:00 per mile pace. That is not "really frickin fast" nor is it faster than half marathon wr pace.
As for literally 90 minutes? That's 4:30 pace which is indeed "really frickin fast", but it is not faster than the half marathon world record pace. Half marathon world record pace is 4:27 per mile unless my math is wrong.
Perhaps it is you who was born after 1990.
This might be the stupidest post ever made on this website. That is saying something.
oodk wrote:
Metric Miler wrote:This guy is special.
I realise now oodk is a young kid with no common sense or intelligence.
90 minutes! Hahaha! No clue whatsoever! You don't need to do any maths to know that 90 minutes is way, way off the mark.
Anyone that runs at all and has half a brain would know that 90 minutes for 20 miles is more WR territory than an easy run! Yet you also seem to be trying to defend your 90 minute comment! Amazing! Are you forgetting that 20 miles is over 50% further than a half marathon, so to go through the half in nearly a world record DURING a 20 mile run means that the 20 mile run is probably a world record in itself.
I reckon even 6 minute miles may have been a touch too fast for Farah the day after a pretty much solo 12:59. That's 2 hours, in case you can't do the 'math' without your brain hurting.
You guys have really bad reading comprehension. I said "about 90 minutes". I was correct. 5:00 pace for a long run is not unrealistic for a ~26:30 guy who is known to push the pace on easy days. I was also correct on this.
Instead of insulting me, try actually knowing what you are talking about.
Whoops, I spoke too soon!
Quit it with your DONALD Trump logic: everyone is wrong and I'm right even if they give me facts or use my own words to prove me wrong.
That stupid kid will just change his unregistered name to hide the fact that he is an idiot.
Cowardly children on this site use unregistered names to post nonsense, get proved extremely wrong, then hide.
Only posters with balls use a registered name 24/7 for all their comments.
And before anyone starts, only stupid people use their real name on this site.
coach deez nuts wrote:
oodk wrote:I said "about 90" minutes because I was guessing without doing any math:
20 x 5 is 100 minutes which is about 90 minutes. That's 5:00 per mile pace. That is not "really frickin fast" nor is it faster than half marathon wr pace.
As for literally 90 minutes? That's 4:30 pace which is indeed "really frickin fast", but it is not faster than the half marathon world record pace. Half marathon world record pace is 4:27 per mile unless my math is wrong.
Perhaps it is you who was born after 1990.
This might be the stupidest post ever made on this website. That is saying something.
My favorite part is when he says he quickly calculated ~100 minutes, and that is the same as ~90 minutes.
It's my favorite probably because I do the same thing with my marathon PR, which is ~2:05.
LetsRun.com wrote:
20-miles on a treadmill? We'd pull our hair out. Aren't there places in London where he could run? Why would he do it on a treadmill.
I don't know
Let's run, wejo, rojo.....
Why are you pandering to an obvious drug cheat? Are you supporting drug cheats? This post certainly seems like you are
Really???????? wrote:
Spain is such a fun and sunny place to train this time of year before the Olympics.
Why is Mo going to train in Spain now?
Is it for heat adaptation?
Would there be any other reasons to go to Spain now?
Hey moron despite what you're trying to imply you're way off as Font Romeu isn't even in Spain.
Could also be argued that running on the treadmill for longs runs may have contributed to him getting crushed at the World Half Champs and not running up to his potential in the marathon.
As for your B.S. about him getting mobbed. Give me a break I've seen Meb running in Boston along the Charles river before the marathon and not get mobbed. Who do you think Mo is the Beatles?
More than likely Salazar had him on the mill as you call it for softer surface recovery purposes.
It appears you are the childish person calling people stupid.
I agree wrote:
I agree. Running on the treadmill was probably mostly about reducing impact.
Exactly. I have a dodgy knee and can run fine on a treadmill, but it hurts on land. Treadmill is MUCH lower impact.
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RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
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Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year