..only on LR could a pleb post that Rupp is through after running a 2:09:36 (4:56 mile pace) for 26.2 miles. Can you run 1 mile in 4:56? Do you have any idea how fast that is?
You left out, "My high school can beat up your high school".
..only on LR could a pleb post that Rupp is through after running a 2:09:36 (4:56 mile pace) for 26.2 miles. Can you run 1 mile in 4:56? Do you have any idea how fast that is?
His parents are named Barb and Gus, you figure it out. Maybe rooting for white people is not enough, you can always narrow it to the best runner with straight hair. Do the old South African pencil test.
Major props to Levins. He said in his interview that he was putting in 170-180 mile weeks. This is a full decade after people were saying he would burn out from his high mileage training then.
Levins was famous on these boards more than decade ago for running 3 times a day and close to 200mpw and going from a 4:20 HSer to an NCAA legend.
Now he's back baby.
Here is what he said after the race. From our marathon recap article which is about to be published.
Cam Levins: “This was the race of my life”
Last year at the Olympics, Cam Levins was horrible as he finished 72nd out of 76 in 2:28:43. He came into today ranked 786th in the world with a 2:09:25 personal best, but that 2:09:25 came way back in 2018 in the first marathon he finished. Since then, he'd never broken 2:10.
So to run 2:07:10 today and finish 4th was an incredible turnaround. Levins explained how he did it after the race.
“This was the race of my life. I had a really incredible build up. I learned a lot from the Olympics last year, when I was one of the last finishers. I realized I needed to be better in every conceivable way as an athlete, so everything had gone right. It's probably the first World Championship that I was like, I couldn't have done anything more coming into today. So when I was there late in the game, I was like, I deserve to be here. I want a medal. I'm gonna medal. I just barely missed it but I gave everything I could.”
When asked specifically what he changed between last year and this, Levins said almost everything.
“I'm running more miles than ever, I'm lifting better than ever. I'm taking on harder workouts and doing double workout days as well. Just like anything I could think of I just did more of and tried to do higher quality, and I mean, I still got more quality to gain out of it, but as far as workload goes, I don't think I can do any more than I'm doing right now.”
As for what the mileage was, Cam said, “I've been most weeks 170 to 180 miles – so I'm running lots.”
Back in college, Levins became a messageboard legend as he was known for running A LOT of mileage, up to three times a day. As a member of the Nike Oregon Project, he toned it down but he’s now back to his old ways and it’s paying off.
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Some American guys could learn from this (and from Rupp). Train and live like a professional. Do everything you can to get better. Stop partying, posting on instagram, and start training harder. We have 2:10 guys who could be running 2:07, 2:12 guys who could be running 2:09, etc. Raise the bar here in the USA and, like we've seen in distances like the 5000m, pretty soon the depth is there and you have to be almost a medal contender to make the team. 2:10 isn't a good time anymore.
Last year at the Olympics, Cam Levins was horrible as he finished 72nd out of 76 in 2:28:43. He came into today ranked 786th in the world with a 2:09:25 personal best, but that 2:09:25 came way back in 2018 in the first marathon he finished. Since then, he'd never broken 2:10.
Cam wasn't horrible at the Olympics. He went for it and ran with the lead pack for a lot of the race - blew up late in the heat.
This is a wonderful come-back story. Cam showed so much potential out of college. I always thought he'd do some damage on the international scene and felt bad for him as his career went along and nothing was really going right. But this guy is an absolute beast who doesn't give up. He has to be the hardest working guy in distance running with the kind of preparation he puts in, and great to see it finally start paying off in his pro journey! Also seems like a super nice, down-to-earth, humble person representing our sport extremely well. I hope there will be more great performances to come!!!
So to run 2:07:10 today and finish 4th was an incredible turnaround. Levins explained how he did it after the race.
2:07:09
"Missing the medal podium by one place was the unlikely figure of Canada’s Cameron Levins, who had the consolation of setting a national record of 2:07:09"