What is your height, weight and mpw?

Bob the Bod wrote:

bigtime wrote:

5'9

210

30-40 mpw

Holy Smokes...are you a bodybuilder?

Well, I lift like one but I'm drug free so you'll never see me on stage. Of course you'll probably never see me win a race either...

5'8"

115-120 lbs

20-30mpw

4:56/10:59 two weeks ago

I get injured a lot.

Big Man On Campus (BMO" wrote:

6-6

310

20 mpw (all down hill)

7/10 LOL

Evdawg wrote:

5'8"

115-120 lbs

20-30mpw

4:56/10:59 two weeks ago

I get injured a lot.

Most runners seem to even I RosannaRosannaDana who claim to understand Arthur Lydiard! We are a stubborn lot me mateys.

Lydiard coached. wrote:

Wish you had added age. Age 62.

6'0

148

12-15mpw

Also biking 80-90 mpw before the runs. And swimming 8-9mpw. 4-5 hrs lifting. All grown up now.

At age 31.

6'0

130

100+ mpw with little else.

Yeah I'll be 60 soon (47 years a runner) at 195 and 5-9.

I think when I run they should call it Plyometrics!

Dead Serious wrote:

6'4" 204

18:56

Be Ever Vigilant.

Being ever vigilant is import. So is being consistent.

I think too many of us think...well I missed a day, got to make up for it by running 10 miles in 59 minutes (When our PR happens to be about 59 minutes!)

I knew a guy who was 37. He seemed like a great athlete. He could run me under the table when I was only 18. But he took 3 or 4 days off between runs. That catches up to you.

Being consistent is more important than how many miles you run per week.

There is nothing wrong with running 5 miles every day. You do not have to go hard-easy-hard-easy although that is ideal.

Thunder Thighs wrote:

Hail to Miruts Yifter 4127 wrote:

800/1500 guys can be slightly heavier and it helps to be taller in those events but skinny still wins out. 6-0 should probably be 155-160 for the 1500.

So...no more big monsters like Chris Solinsky kicking butt in the 5 & 10? Solinski motivated me to train hard - seeing a huge, muscular guy like that who was very competitive at the world level against the sea of dimuinitives👍. I get tired of seeing the same old cookie cutter 5-3, 120 lb dimuinitive runners dominanting the 5 & 10 distances. Solinski was great at beating some of those flyweights at their own game. A man that size going sub-13 & sub-27...amazing!!! Bring on some more big dudes! 👍

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Solinsky

Chris Solinsky was 6-1 165. That's pretty skinny. He was certainly no monster. Admittedly he did not have a Kenyan physique. What would he have done if he slimmed down? Unfortunately I believe he would have done better. Yes, losing muscle seems to be a necessity for the 5 and 10 at the international level.

kpack wrote:

man, 6-4 and 155 is thin.

I'm 6-1 180

80 mpw most of the year.

It is, I agree. This seems to be were I settle if I'm conscious with what I eat and am running a lot. And I feel "thin" when at this weight.

I move up towards 165 if I'm eating whatever whenever.

6'4

142

80-85mpw

Hail to Miruts Yifter 4127 wrote:

Chris Solinsky was 6-1 165. That's pretty skinny. He was certainly no monster. Admittedly he did not have a Kenyan physique. What would he have done if he slimmed down? Unfortunately I believe he would have done better. Yes, losing muscle seems to be a necessity for the 5 and 10 at the international level.

He's definitely a monster when you compare him to the sea of dimuinitives that dominate the 5 & 10 at the world class level. Look at that Wikipedia photo; the guy looks like a sprinter with that upper body development! And 6-1, 165 is the size of some of the 4 & 5 star wide-receiver recruits coming out of H.S. every year. There's nobody in the history of distance running that has ever come close to that body weight and has gone sub-13 & sub-27👍. Incredible...we'll probably never see this again.

I never saw him in person but 6-1 165 does not sound muscular to me unless all his weight was in his upper body. 6-1 185 can be a very lean weight. It might be that many 5 and 10 guys have a similar build but are not as tall and did not run as fast. I would say that there are tons of 800 guys of this type of build and many of those guys run 8K and 10K CC.

6'

180 lbs

25-40 mpw

8.5 years ago when I was at my best

5'8 115 lbs, 70-75 mpw

I ran a 1:16:18 1/2 marathon

5'9"

147 lbs

50+/-

48 yrs old

I'm 5'8 and 133 lbs. I don't look weak either even though I'm light.

I did about 25 mpw in the spring and will probably hit ~55 to ~60 this summer.

6.3ft

165lbs

28-37mpw

or, in proper units:

192cm

75kg

45-60km/w

In addition I stroll about 7-10km a day.

5'11"

156 lbs

15-20 MPW

wurd wrote:

6'3" - 200 pounds.

80 mpw during summer (5k-10k)

100 mpw during spring and fall marathon blocks

6'3" - 180-190lbs

never get over 100mpw but hover around 70-90 year round.

glad theres other dudes running that aren't twigs.

6 ft, 155, 60 mpw