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And you were proud of YOUR monthly PR! (Read 200 times)


Mostly harmless

    A picture of Meb Keflezighi's Garmin:
    (taken from his Twitter feed)

     

    Just for fun I plugged his numbers into a pace calculator.

     

    December 195 miles in 20:22:33 (6:16 average pace)

    January 335 miles in 36:13:57 (6:29 average pace)

    February 379 miles in 39:28:09 (6:14 average pace)

     

    "It doesn’t matter how often you do it or how much you accomplish, in general, not running is a lot easier than running." - Meb Keflezighi

    Little Blue


      So, December was his cutback month? Big grin

       

      Holy moley.

        He averaged a Half marathon PER DAY in February. Hot damn.

        They'll tell you that failure is not an option.  That's ridiculous.  Failure is always an option.  It is the easiest and most readily available option.  It's your choice though.

        Docket_Rocket


          Same thing went through my mind.

           

          So, December was his cutback month? Big grin

           

          Holy moley.

          Damaris

           

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          Nevrgivup


            Wow! and that is why he is a world class runner. I can't imagine running that many miles per week. He is a professional though.

            Running is my mental-Ctrl-Alt-Del. 

            happylily


              What is impressive is not so much his monthly mileage, because I think many of us could run as much if we didn't have full time jobs. What is truly impressive is his average pace for the mileage he runs!

              PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013

                      Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013

              18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010

              onemile


                We have the same Garmin!  (Probably the only thing we have in common)


                Mmmmm...beer

                  Definitely impressive!

                  -Dave

                  My running blog

                  Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!

                  kristin10185


                  Skirt Runner

                    What a slacker in December!!! Shameful!!! Tongue

                    PRs:   5K- 28:16 (5/5/13)      10K- 1:00:13 (10/27/13)    4M- 41:43 (9/7/13)   15K- 1:34:25  (8/17/13)    10M- 1:56:30 (4/6/14)     HM- 2:20:16 (4/13/14)     Full- 5:55:33 (11/1/15)

                     

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                    Uffda

                      One thing that popped in my mind is that he was running a little over an hour a day in those 3 months (sort of on average). That's what normal people run. He just runs a lot faster than us. Smile

                      - Andrew

                      FSocks


                      KillJoyFuckStick

                        One thing that popped in my mind is that he was running a little over an hour a day in those 3 months (sort of on average). That's what normal people run. He just runs a lot faster than us. Smile

                         

                        Excellent point.

                        You people have issues 

                        Goorun


                          I'm actually surprised that it is so low Surprised

                          I think he runs some recovery miles without his Garmin.

                          Slow and steady never wins anything.

                          happylily


                            I'm actually surprised that it is so low Surprised

                            I think he runs some recovery miles without his Garmin.

                             

                            That's what I thought as well...

                            PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013

                                    Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013

                            18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010

                              I'm actually surprised that it is so low Surprised

                              I think he runs some recovery miles without his Garmin.

                               

                              Recovery miles = 6:45 pace?

                              Dave

                              Goorun


                                 

                                Recovery miles = 6:45 pace?

                                In my competitive years my recovery pace was around 6: 40, LRs 5:45 - 6:20.

                                6:45 is slow jogging for Meb.

                                Slow and steady never wins anything.

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