The legend grows- Cade Flatt ready to break high school national 800m record on 5 miles per week

interesting if true. although i don't get why you're giving him the benefit of the doubt on one respect - why not call a 'very blatant troll' a liar?

Great talent, no doubt.

Nevertheless, just about all of the top runners with supposed low mileage training have at some point been found to do much more or to only count workout volume or quality.

Quote: "he only runs 5 miles some week" - sounds like a taper week here, a recovery week there. And months full of hard work.

Sometimes Letsrun posters listen to only two words in an interview. It doesn't mean that's all they ever do.

It sounds not too different than Juantorena

Alan

Oh, this kid also high jumps 6ft. He's an athlete who just happens to run a fast 800m.

He will probably get to college and start running too many miles...and get slower.

He should stay in the 400m/800m wheelhouse a la Everett, Juantorena, etc.

However, there always seems to be a pull to move these guys up...especially on LR

Alan

Ovett made the 800m Olympic final in Montreal at age 18. Coe was only a year younger but matured slightly later. Coe had better PBs in 400, 800, 1000, 1500, mile.

Is running fast times off low mileage the new pissing contest? You can only take it so far, though. In the old days, Gerry Lindgren ran about 500mpw. Nowadays, Natalie Cook only runs 20mpw. Flatt is running a near-NR (HS) off 5-mile weeks. Maybe somebody in the next few years will get the national HS record off 0-mile weeks, but then there is no more room for improvement in that area. Everybody will be claiming to not train at all. Unless, perhaps a few of the fast 0-mile trainers will claim to actually try to sabotage their fitness and still be fast, i.e. "I don't train at all, I smoke 4 packs a day, drink every night, and I'm sleep-deprived." Then it would gradually become a battle to be the most undertrained, diseased elite track athlete..."Cade Flatt Jr ran 1:43 despite never having gotten out of bed his entire life and suffering from end-stage brain cancer", etc.

Does the 5 mpw include racing? Because that leaves like 3 or 4 miles for training.

The entire Flatt shtick is beyond old. The mileage claim is a load of crap and when he gets to college he’ll be good but not outstanding. He won’t even win an NCAA title, let alone an SEC title, unless it is as a member of a relay team.

He isn’t the next best thing and he is only a legend in his own mind.

This nonsense started with the Brazier crowd. It varied, but as an example, he claimed he ran as low as 15-20 miles, then they would go on to fantasize as to how much faster he can go if he only added 10-15 miles per week and such. They claimed he would get the world record in no time and likely be the first to run under 1:40. This type of crowd cant stand that a white kid dares to claim an even lower mileage. Hurts them. But the biggest fools to me are the Brazier fans. 5 years later, who's supposed to be the greatest thing the world has ever seen is a dud.

I hope you are under the age of 21. Otherwise this is flat out embarrassing.

Well Brazier has an American Record and a world title to go with his struggles.

says the boomer that spends his day on a high school running forum...too funny!

Citius interview (@29:50) of Flatt with Brenda Martinez the day after the race. He is there to support his pacer Judson Lincoln who wins the 400. Judson is interviewed at 1:37:30.

Flatt says he runs low mileage because he doesn't want to peak in high school. Also that he has talked with Michael Granville who is supportive.

Seriously? I wouldn’t call breaking the American record and winning a World championship a dud. WTAF??? But I will say I’m so thankful that Flatt is headed to Ole Miss, home of the WesFly, rather than 800U.

Struggles? When healthy, Brazier has won every US title since 2017.

Oh ohhhh. Brazier fanboys have really backpedaled. Lowered expectations by quite a bit. Poor things. Reality bites huh?

Supposed to already have run 3 seconds faster than what he has, have the WR, and have two olympic golds. Truly staggering crash in expectations. Is this a bigger crash than bitcoin?

The question is what’s his training now. Not what was he doing two years ago. I think it is you that is not telling the truth