Any man with enough training can achieve the women world record times from 800m to the marathon.

Libertarian vegan wrote:

Can any male with enough training in his athletic prime achieve the world record times for the woman? Assuming he's not too short or too tall and weighs around 60 kilograms give or take 15 kilograms.

From the 800m to marathon:

800m 1:53

1000m 2:28

1500m 3:50

Mile 4:12

2000m 5:23

3000m 8:06

5000m 14:11

10000m 29:17

3000m steeplechase 8:52

Half marathon 1:04:51

Marathon 2:15:25

Can any male with enough training achieve these times?

You think any man regardless of talent level can run a 29:17 10k if they train good enough?

Don't ever be a coach. You'll be so disappointed that your guys aren't breaking 30.

Yeah, OP, If a man could put in literally limitless training without getting injured, he could do a lot of stuff. But we can't.

If Jenny Simpson could average 200 MPW, do an interval workout every day, lift like a sprinter, and never experience overtraining, injury, unnecessary bulking up, or sickness from doing so, she'd break all those records too.

NO WAY.

The top women are genetic 'freaks', not just for men but for all humans. Genetics will prevent a large number of males from even getting remotely close to the top female times .

Height and weight are not always good indicators of genetic ability.

I do not believe "any" men would have a difficult time getting close to national class times in the US for that man's best event.

Lets just use the mile as an example. There are thousands and thousands of men that would not be able to get anywhere near 4:12, even with years of training.

Not everyone was born to run.

Any man? Fvck no.

The bell curves for male/female performance are just slightly offset. The best females marks are better than something like 98% of all males.

So, no.

Lmao Juan Luis Barrios, a medium-level runner who hardly beats third-class Kenyans has broken almost all the women's world records you mentioned.

https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/mexico/juan-luis-barrios-181932

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Luis_Barrios

TrulyLame wrote:

Libertarian vegan wrote:

Can any male with enough training in his athletic prime achieve the world record times for the woman? Assuming he's not too short or too tall and weighs around 60 kilograms give or take 15 kilograms.

From the 800m to marathon:

800m 1:53

1000m 2:28

1500m 3:50

Mile 4:12

2000m 5:23

3000m 8:06

5000m 14:11

10000m 29:17

3000m steeplechase 8:52

Half marathon 1:04:51

Marathon 2:15:25

Can any male with enough training achieve these times?

You think any man regardless of talent level can run a 29:17 10k if they train good enough?

Don't ever be a coach. You'll be so disappointed that your guys aren't breaking 30.

I've heard of this kid who was decent but not great freshman year of high school. Ran mid 16 XC 5k, 4:4x, 9:3x and played some soccer too. Thing is, he stuck with the same coach, got quality care for any illnesses that popped up and has since smoked every single one of those woman's WRs (except the steeple). Think his name is Gavin or Gallant or something like that

this and this wrote:

Not everyone was born to run.

Yep...and that's why we're called "Hobby Joggers." ?

No not every single man is capable of breaking 4 in the 1500 or something comparable.

Rtghuy wrote:

I've heard of this kid who was decent but not great freshman year of high school. Ran mid 16 XC 5k, 4:4x, 9:3x and played some soccer too. Thing is, he stuck with the same coach, got quality care for any illnesses that popped up and has since smoked every single one of those woman's WRs (except the steeple). Think his name is Gavin or Gallant or something like that

A freshman boy runs 9:30's for 2-mile in high school and you call that decent but not great?? That's a phenomenal time for a 14 or 15 year old boy.

Rtghuy wrote:

I've heard of this kid who was decent but not great freshman year of high school. Ran mid 16 XC 5k, 4:4x, 9:3x and played some soccer too. Thing is, he stuck with the same coach, got quality care for any illnesses that popped up and has since smoked every single one of those woman's WRs (except the steeple). Think his name is Gavin or Gallant or something like that

This thread wouldn't be about super talented guys like Gavin but rather the 30 minute freshman.

waltertompatton wrote:

xcvxcvxcv wrote:

Fewer than 200 U.S. males break 1:05 HM in every trials cycle, so you have to think that not that many more would do it if every young man trained hard.

How many men can run 10 miles in 65 minutes, let alone 13.1!

There could be thousands upon thousands of guys that run a sub 65 half if the current culture was different. There is no value to the youth of today to dedicate themselves to running.

Our current best runners are mostly a self selected group of people. There is no true off season, it requires more dedication than most sports with how you diet, how you train, and your lifestyle. If there was value in doing that, if it was seen as prestigious, there would be many many more guys running "elite" times.

Think about it...if there were 10,000 guys running sub 65 every year in the US, that is still just 0.006% of the male population! Truth be told I'd bet there are 100,000 (which is just .06%) males in the US that could run those times if the dedication was there from say middle school on.

A man has to be a very good runner to beat any of the women's bests.

The best women are physically much better runners then even the average man.

Most people lack the speed to ever break 2 mins for 800m never mind 1:53.

Post is nonsese

You are right. Some people have no clue how fast certain times are and they discount how difficult it is to achieve fast track times.

Oh Please wrote:

Think about it...if there were 10,000 guys running sub 65 every year in the US, that is still just 0.006% of the male population! Truth be told I'd bet there are 100,000 (which is just .06%) males in the US that could run those times if the dedication was there from say middle school on.

Are you counting toddlers and octogenarians among the male population? No one under 15 or over 45 has ever run a sub 65.