what do pro runners do when they're not running?

Rehab, strength training, etc. but yes probably eating and resting and just hanging out would be my guess.

They need to be breeding!!!

The future of American distance running depends on it!

tro676 wrote:

Rehab, strength training, etc. but yes probably eating and resting and just hanging out would be my guess.

More like this, they watch TV, watch movies, scroll through instagram, and nothing super productive. Or some of the guys play a bunch of video games all day.

The running itself only takes about 2 hours per day, and then a couple days a week they'll have a 30-60 minute session in a weight room, and a couple other days they will have some other injury prevention stuff. If they spend 4 hours per day doing running-related things they are doing a TON. So they have a whole bunch of time to do whatever they want.

Very few are at this level though, only the people with real contracts that don't need a job, like the Nike group athletes like Bowerman and former NOP athletes, the handful of rogue asics/adidas/saucony athletes, and a couple of other groups that can get by without working a regular job like NAZ, On Fitness (former ZAP), and Hansons.

All in all for 5k and above there are approximately 50 combined men and women in the country that can have a schedule like that, these people are spread out from 5k to marathon. To be that type of person you need to be someone that is likely to finish top 6 in your primary event at a US championship to potentially make a world or olympic team.

There are plenty of 'pros' that are running 62 half marathons, or 13:20's 5k's that are fitting in a job to go with their training. They'll make some money, but not enough to live off which is why they have a regular job as well.

apparently they whine incessantly on social media.

edumacation rulez wrote:

apparently they whine incessantly on social media.

I am amazed that no one has yet mentioned doping on this thread ...

doping enforcer wrote:

edumacation rulez wrote:

apparently they whine incessantly on social media.

I am amazed that no one has yet mentioned doping on this thread ...

I honestly believe in America there is very very very very little doping among distance runners. All of the best runners emerge during the NCAA, these athletes are surrounded by their teammates, and live with their teammates. How would they hide doping? If doping was common, you'd hear a bunch of stories about it from their teammates. And then these people continue training post-college and stay in touch with all of these former teammates and have new roommates that are their teammates, and it's more of the same, it would be very difficult to hide the fact that you'rd doping. These people have roommates that could easily see shady things going on.

Going through the NCAA and USATF it is pounded into your head through all of the clean sport stuff that you do not dope, and you will get busted, and people are educated on what to look for, so any roommate of an athlete could easily tell that their teammate was cheating.

Netflix

Star in porn movies.

I usually post all of my former workouts and pictures of myself with really cool hashtags. I can't wait to blow up at the trials and go back to posting about my 25k record (solo, ICYMI).

Guys play video games and girls visit social media.

Plant potatoes.

Run hotels.

Anxiously anticipate Jamin's next post on LRC.