60:24 was no fluke. Callum Hawkins goes insane in Japan and runs 60:00 half!!

And it looks like he ran 8:21 when he was ~17. Not bad.

it's called testosterone wrote:

...the Michael Cera clone army that made up your suburban high school XC team.

Haha, that's a good one. Well done.

astonishing to see a 60 flat from a guy with pr's of 3:54 1500m, 14+ 5000m, 29:2x 10k.

Why do people have to talk so childishly on here - insane - out of his mind.

Are you a teenager. If not grow up and if you must at least use appropriate superlatives

Doclove wrote:

Why do people have to talk so childishly on here - insane - out of his mind.

Are you a teenager. If not grow up and if you must at least use appropriate superlatives

cuz its lit on these boards fam

Ringthesponge wrote:

Crap dude is fit. Shows u what kind of shape korir is in

Shows you where his head is.

Physical ability is not the major differentiator. Its mental toughness.

Very few of you on your boards ever get close to your potential. And I am referring to the potential you have already stored via your current condition. Not the imaginary one you are trying to aspire to.

You don't have the head for elite performance. It shows cos you turn up here for laughs and advice.

If you change the settings to age graded he was actually still 16 when he ran that!

Check out his progression here:

http://www.runbritainrankings.com/runners/profile.aspx?athleteid=14191

It's been pretty steady, really. Bad year in 2012 with the knee issues, but otherwise he's just been continuously getting better each year.

Any idea what training Callum does? mileage,sessions etc? i find it crazy how fast he has got over the longer distances.he must be in low 27 min 10k shape surely?

John Morris wrote:

Any idea what training Callum does? mileage,sessions etc? i find it crazy how fast he has got over the longer distances.he must be in low 27 min 10k shape surely?

Lydiard training from what others have said on these boards. That makes me think that he is clean.

Him and his brother have been on a podcast I heard. They are trained by their dad and basically said they do loads of miles and go faster than most at their level would on long runs. They reckon they're made of sterner stuff that most and öare less likely to get injured than average.

Scots go fast wrote:

Him and his brother have been on a podcast I heard. They are trained by their dad and basically said they do loads of miles and go faster than most at their level would on long runs. They reckon they're made of sterner stuff that most and öare less likely to get injured than average.

Really???

“It was a good race to be part of and sort of a stepping stone going to Japan and running 60-flat,” he said, referencing the thrilling finish at Great Edinburgh where Korir nipped him steps from the line. Hawkins‘s improvement boils down to one thing, he says: mileage.

“It’s just CONSISTENT MILEAGE THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, having consistent training, very LITTLE INJURY and moving up to the marathon and that bit of mileage,” he said.

“That big step seems to have sparked and made me bloom. It’s CONSISTENT TRAINING really, nothing special. It’s the culmination of 100-PLUS MILES A WEEK. That’s all.”

High Volume-High Intensity Training???

That is an interesting idea... but Callum needs to add heavy squats and Yoga to his training.

Callum Hawkins also needs to come to Flagstaff so he can train at altitude with Feyisa Lilesa (2016 Olympic Marathon Silver Medalist…and the guy who just beat Callum by 4 seconds at the NYC Half-Marathon in 1:00:04. I hope that Callum can remember running against Feyisa (from Flagstaff) Lilesa at the NYC Half-Marathon race…and seeing what Feyisa looked like from behind at the finish line after Feyisa sprinted past Callum FOR THE WIN!!!)

Unfortunately, LetsRun.com spelled the name 'Feyisa Lilesa" WRONG AGAIN on their FRONT PAGE headline.

= Hilarious fun from the Ivy League.

Some of his training is on Strava now.

https://www.strava.com/pros/19837380

Lots of 10-20 mile runs at 5:30 pace.

I see Hawkins is in Boulder at the moment. Anyone know who he is training with?