Mega props to Catriona Bisset who overcame an eating disorder, anxiety and depression to break Australia's 43-yr old 800 NR

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rojo wrote:
Bisset doesn’t own a car, so will often ride 50 minutes to and from training on her bike. She’s also studying a double masters and working four days a week in a consulting firm.

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rojo wrote:

An update from her agent:

Bisset’s agent Sean Whipp also told us that Bisset doesn’t own a car, so will often ride 50 minutes to and from training on her bike. She’s also studying a double masters and working four days a week in a consulting firm.

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MrGambinus wrote:

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rojo wrote:

An update from her agent:

Bisset’s agent Sean Whipp also told us that Bisset doesn’t own a car, so will often ride 50 minutes to and from training on her bike. She’s also studying a double masters and working four days a week in a consulting firm.

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So what to do with all these information, be suspicious or amazed by this sheer amount of talent and dedication?

My take: Working 4 days a week, doing a double masters degree, commuting nearly 2 hours without having done any training is just not possible. At least something has to be overstated or neglected. Either the work is not really 4 full work days a week, the biking-to-workout- thing is more of a rare occasion or at least the standard period of her studies is 'extended' by several semesters.

You have to be careful, young people read this stuff and believe that anything is possible but ultimately run themselves into the ground trying to do too many things in parallel.

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YMMV wrote:

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MrGambinus wrote:

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rojo wrote:

An update from her agent:

Bisset’s agent Sean Whipp also told us that Bisset doesn’t own a car, so will often ride 50 minutes to and from training on her bike. She’s also studying a double masters and working four days a week in a consulting firm.

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So what to do with all these information, be suspicious or amazed by this sheer amount of talent and dedication?

My take: Working 4 days a week, doing a double masters degree, commuting nearly 2 hours without having done any training is just not possible. At least something has to be overstated or neglected. Either the work is not really 4 full work days a week, the biking-to-workout- thing is more of a rare occasion or at least the standard period of her studies is 'extended' by several semesters.

You have to be careful, young people read this stuff and believe that anything is possible but ultimately run themselves into the ground trying to do too many things in parallel.

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This does seem a bit much. However, training for the 800 can be very time efficient, running say 35 miles/week without the many hours in the weight room spent by sprinters. Some people are very good at multi-tasking, and she may be an outlier in this regard.

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Cathy ha? wrote:

So Cathy ran 48 during an era of poor testing, super human times that present runners can't touch and this girl has the same coach and suddenly makes massive gains. Goes from flabby middle class white girl to world class runner in a month. Not a year goes by without a Rugby League or Aussie Rules team being involved in a doping scandal.

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