Paul Tergat around 6'0 and 134 ibs
Bill Rodgers 5'9 and 130 ibs
Paul Tergat around 6'0 and 134 ibs
Bill Rodgers 5'9 and 130 ibs
2:18:54
6'2" / 157 lbs.
157 and 2:18:54 nice. Curious do you think you could run it at 167lbs?
Thanks G.O.i...Definitely the journey so far. Had a blast the past 5-6 years running and still having some fun. Adding some extra discipline couldn’t hurt. I remember Avocado# posting about uphill treadmill and water running last year. Always looking for advice and ideas. I know Kevin Castille is out there still running crazy fast in his late 40’s, but again he is super lean. Meb and Abdi aren’t exactly huge either.
Sorry Bro wrote:
That rando wrote:
That means I ran a 1:06 half.
A 1:06 indicates you were a 1:06 guy, not an OTQ runner.
No. 1:06 means he is a 1:06 guy. It indicates he could run a otq.
He explicitly said he wasn’t an otq, so I’m not sure what you are going on about. His post was clear.
Lopes was 37yo at the LA84 games when he broke the finish tape in a OG record; that next year at 38yo in Rotterdam he set a new world best of 2:07:12...
I'm 6'0" I was probably around 165 to 170 when I ran 2:15. I'm fairly certain I was the heaviest guy in the field.
nj your a beast.
Curious what would have happened at 155 or 185lbs?
2:15, 6'1", 150
Nj your a beast wrote:
nj your a beast.
Curious what would have happened at 155 or 185lbs?
I ran faster when I was lighter but anything below about 160lbs and I wouldn't stay healthy very long. I've only run at 185lbs after time off to injury. I'm guessing it would slow me and also that I would had a real good chance of getting a stress fracture or other injury from heavy training.
However I didn't slow, or speed up, all that much with a change in weight of 10lbs or so, maybe a couple of seconds per mile.
2:16 146lb
so close wrote:
6'1"
180 lbs - 2:29
170 lbs - 2:24
160 lbs - 2:22
165 lbs - 2:19
Looks like you ran 10 minutes faster (2:29-2:19) by decreasing your weight by 15 lbs (180-165). What do you think you could run if you got your weight down another 15 lbs?
I found that I was able to run 13 minutes faster (3:31 to 3:18) after decreasing my weight by about 15 lbs (from 200 lbs to 185 lbs) and then another 13 minutes faster (3:18 to 3:05) after decreasing my weight by another 15 lbs (from 185 lbs to 170 lbs).
I'm just a 'hobbyjogger' by time but I'm 19.5 BMI ~ 5'10 / 135-137 lbs. I wish I could be OTQ just from weight but not talented enough.
So Close: nice effort for 2:19 at 165lbs.
To go from 2:29 down to 2:19 is awesome. We’re they run in that order?
2:17. 5'9 130lbs.
Good question. My normal training weight is more like 162-166, so 157 was light for me. I have to think it helped with the 2:18. But I suppose it depends on the composition of the 167. If I had 10 more lbs of muscle in the right places on race day, it might have still been possible.
Avocado- did you have to cut weight to be 132 6ft? Or was that just walking around weight.
Otq dreamer wrote:
Avocado- did you have to cut weight to be 132 6ft? Or was that just walking around weight.
When I was running reasonably well, my usual training weight generally didn't go much above 135. On race day, my weight would typically be somewhere around 132 -- probably slightly below my average training weight, but that was primarily because I didn't eat much solid food during the day or so immediately before a race, not because I was trying to lose significant weight in the days or weeks leading up to a race.
Avocado thanks...definitely lean at 132-35.
When you made your attempt to come back we’re you still 135?
Otq dreamer wrote:
Avocado thanks...definitely lean at 132-35.
When you made your attempt to come back we’re you still 135?
There were more attempted comebacks than I can possibly remember, but I think you're referring to my return to training and racing when I was forty, after six or seven years of very little running. I think I was about 140, maybe a little higher, but I quickly returned to somewhere around my earlier training and racing weights. Not having to go through a long period of gradual weight loss -- or, worse, a shorter period of faster weight loss -- made it much easier to ramp up my training very quickly without breaking down. I find this sport difficult enough without having to deal with the bigger loading forces of a much heavier running body or the stress of training through long periods of significant negative energy expenditure to lose weight.
I’m a D2 female runner. Our coach explicitly told us not to visit LetsRun forums.
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
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