How To Be A Better Runner

Hey nick, I'm a 15yo sophomore from Europe trying to go sub 4 on the 1500 this year. That's 1:04 400m pace so I think I can manage it. But here's the problem, I don't have great speed at all, honestly I think I would struggle to break 14 on a standing 100m and my 400m is around 55 or 56. I try to be like you because you don't have the best natural speed and turnover and you weren't the best as a high schooler but you still managed to become great. I really love track and I don't see myself doing another job in the future, in facts, I would consider everything else a failure, even if I become rich by doing another job. But I know that I am very limited with my 400m speed, because world class 1500m runners can run almost 4 laps at my top 400m speed, and you need at least 50 standing 400 to be world class in the 1500m. So I wonder if I should focus on my 400m time and try to lower it while I'm still young so I have the potential to run a fast 1500m one day? Or should I just run the 1500 and the 800 with some strides after my runs and eventually 800 strength and getting older will help me to lower my 400m time? I'd love to hear from you because I know what I do now will make me the runner I am at 25yo.

PS : don't worry about fun, I have great teammates and I really enjoy running and all that kind of stuff and preparation, and I enjoy even more the fact that the work I put in now will define my results at the finishing line.

PS2 : sorry for bad English, I'm not a native speaker

epicTCK wrote:

why did you choose to include a chapter on sex and masturbation?

If you've been a runner (esp. on a team), you know why. Heard of the three-day rule?

Anyways, he explained why this chapter exists on his Youtube Channel.

One of the most common questions he gets is regarding how masturbation/sex affects running performance. He figured he'd answer it once and for all.

Nick/anyone who purchased- what format is the ebook. Mobi or something else easy to import into a kindle, hopefully?

Real Nick Symmonds wrote:

Yes! Have had a lot of requests for a steeple. 100% going to run one this spring. CANNONBALL!!!

Oh, Please, Please, Please run one, and PLEASE don't cut the video to shreds to hide your real time. PLEASE let us enjoy the full, uncut beauty as you waddle your way over those barriers. I'll bet that you can't run faster than Emma's 9:02.35. If you win, I'll buy and chew an entire box of your disgusting gum without throwing up and if I win, you have to send me the full, uncut drone footage of that "sub 2:00" 800 that you "ran."

Deal

Or

No Deal?

Boulder bro

Real Nick Symmonds wrote:waste an opportunity due to mental mishaps, lack of conviction

END

PS: to my fans and haters on these boards, I APPRECIATE YOU!! Both have been a huge source of motivation for me during my career on and off the track.

Hi Nick I'm a fan.

High school cross country season, 2001. Lost a 5k race because I didn't believe in myself enough.

Accepted 2nd place.

Thanks Nick. Been a BIG fan since 2007.

I used to run the half mile in the 70s. Damn it was murder, and huge fun.

I remember one time I saw you walking near UW Medical Center carrying a tall boy in a paper bag. What was the deal with that?

Thanks for posting Nick! Back in HS I remember watching your try to break 4 in the mile at the Nike track when you were still running for Willamette and have been a fan ever since.

Sick Nymmonds wrote:

if I win, you have to send me the full, uncut drone footage of that "sub 2:00" 800 that you "ran."

I really don’t get why some people are so skeptical about stuff like this. Frankly, I was always more skeptical when Nick would say stuff like “I probably can’t break 2:15 now!” (Not sure if he ever said that exactly, but you get my point.)

My PR is 9 seconds slower that his, I stopped running competitively after college, and I could break 2 with pretty minimal running until I was in my early 30s. Even now in my late 30s I know I can run under 2:05 with just a little bit of work.

Acting like Nick, a rather recently retired pro with a 1:42 PR who is still obviously fit, would have to resort to camera tricks to run under 2 doesn’t make sense to me. And what would be the point?

Bro stop wasting your time by answering dumbs people like him. Hate and jealousy are in the definition of Greatness, you can't be great if you don't have haters, and you'll always have. You've just got to ignore them and live to make proud the peoples who like you, and prove WRONG those haters.

shrugged wrote:

Acting like Nick, a rather recently retired pro with a 1:42 PR who is still obviously fit, would have to resort to camera tricks to run under 2 doesn’t make sense to me. And what would be the point?

What was the point of the PR stunt date with Paris Hilton or the made up serf-serving feud about branding on Team USA kits ? It's all about self promotion and cha'ching cha'ching making that cash register ring. He relies on the gullible sheep like you to keep him relevant and stroking his ego; and me of course, to keep mentioning him and posting his videos here. He probably loves me because I send more views from LRC to his vids than anyone.

You're welcome!

Nick, I'm surprised by your rather paltry 5k pr given that you've run sub 4 in the mile. Do you just avoid 5k's and 10 k's or is your wikipedia page not updated to reflect your actual pr's in those distances?

Mile indoors - 3:56.72 (Seattle, Washington, January 13, 2007)[34]

Mile outdoors - 3:54.9 (Oregon, January 31, 2020)[35]

Beer mile - 5:19 (August 21, 2012)[36]

5k road - 15:49 (Boise Idaho, November 27, 2014)[37]

Marathon - 3:00:35 (Honolulu, Hawaii)[38]

Sick Nymmonds wrote:

shrugged wrote:

Acting like Nick, a rather recently retired pro with a 1:42 PR who is still obviously fit, would have to resort to camera tricks to run under 2 doesn’t make sense to me. And what would be the point?

What was the point of the PR stunt date with Paris Hilton or the made up serf-serving feud about branding on Team USA kits ? It's all about self promotion and cha'ching cha'ching making that cash register ring. He relies on the gullible sheep like you to keep him relevant and stroking his ego; and me of course, to keep mentioning him and posting his videos here. He probably loves me because I send more views from LRC to his vids than anyone.

You're welcome!

Yeah, a sub 2min 800 is such an effective PR stunt...

troll police wrote:

^^^^

Do not respond to this guy.

Get a life

Nick are you going to run another marathon? Seems you were so close to breaking three hours would be a shame not to give it one more shot.

Do you think the hobby joggers will ever embrace running the mile? There are tons of 5,10 k and all the way up to the marathon distance races but hardly any mile road races. Or 800. Do you have any interest being a race director?

Thank you for chiming in Nick. A few questions:

1) If you run a half or even longer distances beyond 1600m, what are some common mistakes you see pros make so we can avoid them?

2) Does eating McDonalds or fast food really impact your speed? I've heard it has no bearing on it.

3) What's good hydration for you when training for a longer race? Or does it vary based on the race?

Do you still think betting would help grow the sport? Any idea how to make that work? Any other ideas? More elimination mile races?

Real Nick Symmonds wrote:

Oh, your questions is fine! My a$$head comment was for the person talking about jerking off with both hands lol.

Re your question. There is no doubt that people who placed higher than me at global championships were most definitely on drugs...some of them have subsequently tested positive. Others never tested positive, but it would be laughable to assume they were not on drugs.

One of the hardest parts of running professionally was competing on a playing field that definitely was not level. Systemic doping, doping aided by federations and even governments! I tried to bury my head in the sand and ignore it. I would guess I lost out on AT LEAST several hundred thousand dollars due to drug cheats. Possibly millions.

Wait. Do you think all of them were on drugs or just a few?