How did this dude train, work, and only sleep 3-4 hours a day?

Doping.

Basically by not being a whiny little b*tch.

What was his best time for the marathon?

millenial falcon wrote:

Basically by not being a whiny little b*tch.

+1000

He's a bada$$. This was back when men were men. Absolutely serious.

ukathleticscoach wrote:

What was his best time for the marathon?

has a lifetime marathon personal best of 2:14:42

Beast Mode

Sir runs a lot wrote:

http://www.runwashington.com/2017/10/19/general/

Why I come to LR. Thanks for that.

Test him wrote:

Doping.

I don't know if you're trying to be funny or if you really believe this but if it's the latter you should be ashamed of yourself. If you read the article and know what he did day after day for years on end to make himself a good runner and to earn a decent living and can only make some demeaning comment like that you should take a hard look at the sort of person you are.

HRE wrote:

Test him wrote:

Doping.

I don't know if you're trying to be funny or if you really believe this but if it's the latter you should be ashamed of yourself. If you read the article and know what he did day after day for years on end to make himself a good runner and to earn a decent living and can only make some demeaning comment like that you should take a hard look at the sort of person you are.

+1

HRE is the best poster on letsrun.com ..... by far.

Come on Brits--read the link!! wrote:

ukathleticscoach wrote:

What was his best time for the marathon?

has a lifetime marathon personal best of 2:14:42

Beast Mode

There are always these outliers although few and far between. Athletes with tremendous talent that can run optimal times under very difficult living conditions.

He was obviously able to recover very quickly. Yuki Kawauchi is another as we know, he is able to run more than the typical two fast marathons per calendar year and recover.

The thing that I am interested in is why do these top flight american runners today with all the best training facilities and coaching available only able to run in the 2:12-2:15 range?

Steve Jones was wrestling with jet engine parts full time when he ran 2:07.

Brendan Foster was a teacher who ran to and from school and probably at lunch too. He also lived in the golden era of no showers and you could look and smell like a hobo while teaching kids,

Full time hobo wrote:

Steve Jones was wrestling with jet engine parts full time when he ran 2:07.

Brendan Foster was a teacher who ran to and from school and probably at lunch too. He also lived in the golden era of no showers and you could look and smell like a hobo while teaching kids,

Jones was a full time pro when he ran 2:07

Foster was a factory worker who ran on his lunch break.

broken arrow wrote:

Come on Brits--read the link!! wrote:

has a lifetime marathon personal best of 2:14:42

Beast Mode

There are always these outliers although few and far between. Athletes with tremendous talent that can run optimal times under very difficult living conditions.

He was obviously able to recover very quickly. Yuki Kawauchi is another as we know, he is able to run more than the typical two fast marathons per calendar year and recover.

The thing that I am interested in is why do these top flight american runners today with all the best training facilities and coaching available only able to run in the 2:12-2:15 range?

I wonder what times this guy would have run had he been allowed the best coaching and training facilities, along with a sound sleep schedule, etc.

Sir runs a lot wrote:

http://www.runwashington.com/2017/10/19/general/

It's pretty obvious he is a genetically low-sleeper.

Nobody can make it a month let alone years on 3-4 hours of sleep a night unless they have the low sleep gene. That will kill most people or cause severe long term issues, let alone training at an elite level throughout.

If you can get away with 3-4 hours of sleep, you already know it. If not, you're not going to be able to get to that point barring some incredible advancement of science.

I support crackheads wrote:

broken arrow wrote:

There are always these outliers although few and far between. Athletes with tremendous talent that can run optimal times under very difficult living conditions.

He was obviously able to recover very quickly. Yuki Kawauchi is another as we know, he is able to run more than the typical two fast marathons per calendar year and recover.

The thing that I am interested in is why do these top flight american runners today with all the best training facilities and coaching available only able to run in the 2:12-2:15 range?

I wonder what times this guy would have run had he been allowed the best coaching and training facilities, along with a sound sleep schedule, etc.

Yes....you have to think he would have run at least 2:11, maybe faster. But in the article he felt as if he was in 2;12 shape at some point. Still 2:14 is incredible considering his work schedule.

Glad he is getting some wide spread recognition now.,

broken arrow wrote:

Come on Brits--read the link!! wrote:

has a lifetime marathon personal best of 2:14:42

Beast Mode

There are always these outliers although few and far between. Athletes with tremendous talent that can run optimal times under very difficult living conditions.

He was obviously able to recover very quickly. Yuki Kawauchi is another as we know, he is able to run more than the typical two fast marathons per calendar year and recover.

The thing that I am interested in is why do these top flight american runners today with all the best training facilities and coaching available only able to run in the 2:12-2:15 range?

Phil Coppess probably wonders the same thing.

Thanks so much!

Amazing runner and sounds like an even better human being.

Or, perhaps, he’s exaggerating his workload. An old man recounting something from a few decades ago is certainly not going to be accurate.

Don’t believe everything at face value, peons.

Sir runs a lot wrote:

http://www.runwashington.com/2017/10/19/general/

That's an awful lot of work and sacrifice to not really have anything to show for it.