one_ball_guy wrote:
Bad diet will kill you, age you faster and make you look ugly.
But you will still be fast as a hamster on ferret food if you are talented, well trained and drugged to the gills...
The thing about diet, stretching, ab work, recovery etc is that they are less then "1 percenters", until not doing them catches up to you.
I would say the best percentages would be
10% luck
20% skill
15% concentrated power of will
5% pleasure
50% pain
xxx wrote:
20% speedwork
25% long run
30% overall mileage
20% core exercises/weights
15% recovery running
10% diet and stretching
This is the winner since we all know we always give 120%!!!
Can't believe this passed by everyone else.
20% long run
30% mileage
20% speed workouts
20% sleep and recovery
10% diet and other \"one percenters\"
OR wrote:
50% natural talent
20% training
10% pain tolerance/guts/willpower
20% drug program
the930steepler wrote:70% natural talent/genes
20% training
10% pain tolerance/guts/willpower
these guys have the natural talent thing down. if you start and can only run a 10:00 mile (even off no training at all), i would say that you cannot get anywhere. i was blessed to start with a 7:22 mile in 4th grade off nothing. i think alot of us take for granted the natural talent that we have and think that it is all our hard work.
this doesn't mean you have to be as talented as ryan hall and run a 12 miler your first time out, but most people on here have stuff going for them.
Genetics is something you cannot change...this thread focuses on what you can
soon you can change genetics.
Everyone who is putting sleep/recovery at less than 10% has lost it. Being well-rested is huge. I did basically the same training during indoor and outdoor last year. I was well-rested during indoor but partied a little more and slept a decent bit less during outdoor. Indoor was a better season for me by far. Sure, other things could have caused the discrepancy as well, but sleep was the only major variable that changed.
Baby Bizzle wrote:
Here's how I would do it, I'm probably missing something:
45% Long runs/overall mileage
20% speed work
15% mental toughness
10% recovery/sleep
10% diet
Frank Shorter did this once in his book and he had THE single most important factor in running as "SPEEDWORK" - 30%. I'm not sure how he allocated everything, but I thought his was a surprise. I didn't agree with it, but he's the olympian.
i think you are over looking recovery too much. Most runners over look the importance of recovery runs.
It also amazes me that it took so long for somebody notice it.
It tells me that letsrun posters can't add.
this is correct. People dont think about sleep enough in general i dont think. It absolutely makes a big difference in injury prevention. You naturally produce HGH when you sleep which obv rebuilds your body. I have a wierd schedule so i (usually) have two sleep times per day from like 930-3 and then i take a nap during the middle fo the day for an hour-two hours. Sometimes i will be sore/etc and after the nap feel fine. Actually i think the two sleeps is better for that because I beleive you produce the hgh in the first hour of sleep- anyway it helps so go to sleep!
Also a thing that lots of distance runners(including me) neglect is speed development i think.
22% Latest John Bingham book
33% I-Pod
11% Camelback
5% Custom-made orthotics
10% Dri-fit clothing
8% Gel Packs
1% Long Run
1% Speed Training
1% Threshold Runs
1% Yasso 800s
7% Grinding Teeth
What about a fanny pack?
You also forgot the crucial prefontaine poster percentage and Gallowalking