Running is an interesting sport in the sense that a lot of the fans are training along side the athletes they watch and have dreams of one day breaking through. What's stopping you from becoming a sponsored athlete, and what training would you do in order to maximize your chances of becoming a professional runner?
WhyNotGoForIt wrote:
Running is an interesting sport in the sense that a lot of the fans are training along side the athletes they watch and have dreams of one day breaking through. What's stopping you from becoming a sponsored athlete, and what training would you do in order to maximize your chances of becoming a professional runner?
Great idea. I'll quit my six figure job so I can run 100 miles per week and live below the poverty line. At least I'll have a 2:20 marathon to boast about.
Income, of course, I am still working part time to make the windfall,
And then the rich man renounced the world like Jesus and St. Thomas say.
It requires massive resources and time commitment to see hefty training through over months. I assume, or, drug cheats. But assuming natty hard work and savvy wins, then it is like canova says, lifestyle and training capacity
WhyNotGoForIt wrote:
Running is an interesting sport in the sense that a lot of the fans are training along side the athletes they watch and have dreams of one day breaking through. What's stopping you from becoming a sponsored athlete, and what training would you do in order to maximize your chances of becoming a professional runner?
Great idea. I'll quit my six figure job so I can run 140 miles per week and live below the poverty line. At least I'll have a 2:35 marathon to boast about.
great idea fantastic wrote:
[quote]WhyNotGoForIt wrote:
At least I'll have a 2:20 marathon to boast about.
The OP said ELITE!
Vo2 tested in the high 40s (I'm female) when fully fit/been training hard for 4 years so I may not be at my potential but I am definitely near my upper end.
Some people just can't yo... Engine matterrs. And I'm fine with that because I enjoy running and I admire anyone who aspires to be elite and my lack of natural talent drives me to try harder.
Competed to the best of my ability as a d1 sprinter in college--i will never be that fast again and it wasn't good enough then. At least I have my fallback engineering career to fallback on
Gobble, gobble m*therfuker
Listen, the secret to running immortality is moving into a cabin in the woods to run 100 miles per week on soft trails. Key sessions include a sub 4 mile in a workout and 60x400. Then, and only then, will you be prepared to face the greatest miler in history
What stopped me from becoming elite was picking the wrong set of parents.
because I want to become like Rich Froning
ArthurNotInMyYard wrote:
What stopped me from becoming elite was picking the wrong set of parents.
Parents have nothing to do with your running unless you have a disease or they did not let you run or something similar.
Quest for wrote:
ArthurNotInMyYard wrote:What stopped me from becoming elite was picking the wrong set of parents.
Parents have nothing to do with your running unless you have a disease or they did not let you run or something similar.
Really? So you're saying that genetics have no bearing on running ability?
Only talent and hard work.
In response to your question, drinking.
WhyNotGoForIt wrote:
Running is an interesting sport in the sense that a lot of the fans are training along side the athletes they watch and have dreams of one day breaking through. What's stopping you from becoming a sponsored athlete, and what training would you do in order to maximize your chances of becoming a professional runner?
There is a common believe that you must sacrifice yourself and train fulltime to reach international topclass. When I first started coaching 2 years ago I went out with a question at a running social media : " Is it possible to reach world top of running with just 6 workouts per week? ". The first comment was : "Do you believe in Santa as well? "
There are some "living proof" out there who shows it`s possible to succeed in just single workouts per day. Yuki Kawauchi,the marathoner,is the most famous example. Mike Mysioki , a former medalist and top roadracer, is another. I once trained with Suleiman Nyambui, silver OG Moskva 5000m 1980, and he told me he mostly just trained once per day. He said his body didn`t like to do the easy morning runs,he was to tired mostly. Another great runner is Nick Willis who before many years did high mileage but last years mostly do single workouts to get time for family and other interests.
Already tried wrote:
At least I have my fallback engineering career to fallback on
Gobble, gobble m*therfuker
Why do engineers seem to be so arrogant? My friend knows a lot of engineers and says that they can be kind of arrogant and lazy. I know a fair number too. The money, starting mean income of 65k a year just out of college, is solid.
But they tend to plateau at around 100k unless they get into managment or consulting. So not a ton. And it's just a bachelors with an employee-sponsored masters many times.
There's a LOT careers that offer more money and especially prestige than engineering. They're little fish in the universe.
Quest for wrote:
ArthurNotInMyYard wrote:What stopped me from becoming elite was picking the wrong set of parents.
Parents have nothing to do with your running unless you have a disease or they did not let you run or something similar.
lol. 0/10
If I would give some figures in % how much talent and genetics means for topclass performance I would say: To reach international elite about 80 % talent/genetics and 20% effective work. In other words ,without needed talent there is no chance to reach status professional runner.
Really it is 100% because everyone trains hard at that level.
skewed ratio wrote:
Really it is 100% because everyone trains hard at that level.
No. It`s very close to 100% if we talk about breaking world records. Otherwise you can manege with lower % for the level professionell runner.