So much for soccer pros all being fast distance runners

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

Unimpressive. Discus.

Dude, he went out for a jog. That 10k run was about 6:30 mile pace. Even if that was a race, it would prove people right who say that soccer players can run way better than the average person off of just soccer training.

Not bad for someone that does not work on sustained effort, I’m actually surprised it was so quick.

I would of thought football players are more 800m runners

The players from the team I support,Celtic,have been doing 5k runs as part of their lockdown training programmes.

One of them broke 17 mins for 5k after a gym workout in the morning,few others ran low 17 minutes also as their 2nd session of the day.

That's pretty decent considering they do no specific training and it was solo after a gym session.

bikeignorant wrote:

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

Unimpressive. Discus.

Dude, he went out for a jog. That 10k run was about 6:30 mile pace. Even if that was a race, it would prove people right who say that soccer players can run way better than the average person off of just soccer training.

I do not think that it is a very good result for an athlete who is paid several thousand dollars each week to do a sport which is basically running around a grass field for 90 minutes. I would be expecting to see something like at least 31 mins for a 10k for a full-time professional athlete in an endurance sport. As a comparison, top professional triathletes these days get paid far less money and they can run around 28 mins for 10k and their sport is only 1/3 running.

Jesse is a winger / attacking midfielder. The ability to repeatedly sprint for four or five seconds is what matters for him and his like.

A pure midfielder / defending midfielder, they have to do some serious amount of running.

I was also not impressed though, and I hope Ole sell him at first chance.

Yeah triathletes are paid to run 10Ks, soccer athletes are paid to score or defend against goals. No idea if this guy is good at soccer, but given you never have to run more than 70m at a time, it really is a totally different type of fitness. Agility is a better measure.

assuming this is a minimal effort training run, this sounds about right. soccer players have no reason to be good at 5k/10k or even track events longer than 200m.

soccer stadiums spread covid 19 wrote:

I would be expecting to see something like at least 31 mins for a 10k for a full-time professional athlete in an endurance sport. As a comparison, top professional triathletes these days get paid far less money and they can run around 28 mins for 10k and their sport is only 1/3 running.

Did you just compare soccer and triathlons? Lolololol.

Soccer - technical sport

Triathlon - endurance sport

people like you are responsible for huge misconceptions. there exist marginally few triathletes who ever broke 30 on a proper measured course (brownlee is certainly an an exception with 28)!!! moreover, footballers need fast twitching muscles for sprints, which are detrimental for endurance!!! you better inform yourself, before you make such baseless claims...

Your spelling is unimpressive. Your analysis is worse.

FatScottishJogger wrote:

The players from the team I support,Celtic,have been doing 5k runs as part of their lockdown training programmes.

One of them broke 17 mins for 5k after a gym workout in the morning,few others ran low 17 minutes also as their 2nd session of the day.

That's pretty decent considering they do no specific training and it was solo after a gym session.

Do you have a link to that mate?

Who was the fastest player?

soccer stadiums spread covid 19 wrote:

bikeignorant wrote:

Dude, he went out for a jog. That 10k run was about 6:30 mile pace. Even if that was a race, it would prove people right who say that soccer players can run way better than the average person off of just soccer training.

I do not think that it is a very good result for an athlete who is paid several thousand dollars each week to do a sport which is basically running around a grass field for 90 minutes. I would be expecting to see something like at least 31 mins for a 10k for a full-time professional athlete in an endurance sport. As a comparison, top professional triathletes these days get paid far less money and they can run around 28 mins for 10k and their sport is only 1/3 running.

31 minutes? Are you insane?

Anna Emilie Møller ran a certified 10 k course in 35:xx, before she startet running seriously. She was a basketball player. When I was playing soccer some of teammates could run a 10 k in 35:xx - 37:xx. That was on plain soccer training

bikeignorant wrote:

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

Unimpressive. Discus.

Dude, he went out for a jog. That 10k run was about 6:30 mile pace. Even if that was a race, it would prove people right who say that soccer players can run way better than the average person off of just soccer training.

Yeah those are pretty decent training paces. How many people on this board think training at 9 min/miles is ok? It isn't like this was a race..

True believer wrote:

Anna Emilie Møller ran a certified 10 k course in 35:xx, before she startet running seriously. She was a basketball player. When I was playing soccer some of teammates could run a 10 k in 35:xx - 37:xx. That was on plain soccer training

Møller also happens to be the greatest native running talent Denmark has ever had, so she's obviously a special case.

But there are certainly soccer players with very good middle or long distance marks without special training. I think the around/sub 17 min 5 k runs someone mentioned above are more typical for what professional soccer players run than merely 19 min. They need to have a good kick in 30-50 m so they will rarely be at their best at 5k and longer. But they also need decent endurance and speed endurance and for many midfield soccer players 800m would be their best event. Quite a few national to world class middle distances runners were soccer players as teenagers, e.g. Nils Schumann.

Stupid post. Totally different sport. Would like 1 of you on here to beat him over 20 yards and with a ball on your foot. That effort demonstrates good fitness.

Have him do an 800 and mile.

Moritz Bauer,the right back we've got on loan,was the one who broke 17 minutes and Greg Taylor ran 17:12 I think it was.

I saw it on Greg Taylor's instagram but looks like he's on strava so probably find it there.

BJK