The fact is every event 1500 and up is held by high mileage runners.
The fact is every event 1500 and up is held by high mileage runners.
if we are talking super high mileage, i would say cam levins
Bekele, Geb, Tergat, Kipchoge, Farah
So basically the greatest runners in history
Define high mileage.
420.Mileage wrote:
The fact is every event 1500 and up is held by high mileage runners.
1500, mile and 2000..?
Are you certain?
What was Komen’s mileage?
doot doot wrote:
420.Mileage wrote:
The fact is every event 1500 and up is held by high mileage runners.
1500, mile and 2000..?
Are you certain?
What was Komen’s mileage?
Komen ran a lot. Till he thought he didn't need to do the hard work anymore. Hints his decline. Read this for more info on him:
https://www.podiumrunner.com/what-ever-happened-to-daniel-komen_27486As far as the 1500/mile, Hicham ran upwards of 200 km a week.
****** wrote:
doot doot wrote:
1500, mile and 2000..?
Are you certain?
What was Komen’s mileage?
Komen ran a lot. Till he thought he didn't need to do the hard work anymore. Hints his decline. Read this for more info on him:
https://www.podiumrunner.com/what-ever-happened-to-daniel-komen_27486As far as the 1500/mile, Hicham ran upwards of 200 km a week.
Thanks for the DK article.
I legit thought El Guerrouj was an 80-90 mpw guy with ridiculous anaerobic track sessions. If 200km/week is true he should have really time trialed at 5,000 back when fields could lead and hang into 12:4X low (or maybe better..) territory. He was so strong over the final 600+ meters at 1500m that I think he could have dipped into Bekele, Geb and Komen territory when things get tough after 3k.
420.Mileage wrote:
The fact is every event 1500 and up is held by high mileage runners.
Derek Clayton.
doot doot wrote:
If 200km/week is true he should have really time trialed at 5,000 back when fields could lead and hang into 12:4X low (or maybe better..) territory.
I mean he is a 12:50 5000 runner(moving up to the 5000 after he was a little pass his prime) and he does have the 2nd fastest 3000 time of all time. So he isn't slacking in the longer distance stuff. Me personally I wish Noureddine Morceli explored the 5000 distance more. Only ran once at the elite level in 13:03 and held the world record at one point for 3000 in 7:25.
David Bedford
Redundant question
Saturday Long Run? wrote:
Define high mileage.
Something above 140 week for extended periods of time (10+ week chunks). You will find that very few high mileage runnes have extended periods of success. Most people do better of the medium mileage of around 100.+-20 miles.
Got to cut him some slack wrote:
doot doot wrote:
If 200km/week is true he should have really time trialed at 5,000 back when fields could lead and hang into 12:4X low (or maybe better..) territory.
I mean he is a 12:50 5000 runner(moving up to the 5000 after he was a little pass his prime) and he does have the 2nd fastest 3000 time of all time. So he isn't slacking in the longer distance stuff. Me personally I wish Noureddine Morceli explored the 5000 distance more. Only ran once at the elite level in 13:03 and held the world record at one point for 3000 in 7:25.
I’m defo not criticizing El G in any regard and I have a lot of respect for what he taught the GOAT in Athens. I’m just saying I personally wanted him to stay on the track a little longer to rearrange the AT 5,000 list, but it is really really hard to argue against riding off into the sunset as double Olympic champion...
(By ‘03/‘04 El G wasn’t going to be lowering that 3,000 PR.)
+1 on Morceli.