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I can't sprint that fast nowadays. When I was in the Marines 20 years ago, my 3-mile pace was slower than that, and I still had a class "A" run time. This is am

I can't sprint that fast nowadays. When I was in the Marines 20 years ago, my 3-mile pace was slower than that, and I still had a class "A" run time. This is amazing.

loeg 7y ago
He's literally the fastest distance runner in the world. It's not surprising you were slower than him. (I am too!)
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- jazoom 7y ago
  Likely the fastest human distance runner that has ever lived on this earth.
- JshWright 7y ago
  It's still amazing to point out that the pace he runs over 26 miles is a pace that most people wouldn't be able to maintain for one lap around the track at their local high school.
Merrill 7y ago
In the Marines you may not have been 5' 6" and 126 pounds with a BMI of 20.3. Kipchoge and his pacers have a similar physique. https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/10/12/09/2019-10-12T060016Z-1102317129-RC1CCDB87D90-RTRMADP-3-ATHLETICS-KIPCHOGE.JPG https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/imag...
ralfd 7y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRYtn0j5ccA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRYtn0j5ccA
SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
It’s a whole different thing to try and picture it than see it! I ran a 1/2 marathon where a highly ranked runner was competing in the full. He passed me at mile 11 of the 1/2, so about 23 of the full. His pace for 26 miles was absolutely faster than I can run for one, maybe two blocks. Just giant effortless strides, with a damn smile on his face. Iirc, his marathon time was 2:12.
ErikAugust 7y ago
What was the "Class A time" for the Marines 20 years ago? No offense but if you broke 18 minutes (6:00 mile) for the 3 mile I'd be surprised. Kipchoge just ran a 4:30 mile for 26 miles. Hell, the best marathoner the US had in the 2000 Olympics ran a 2:30. Literally a half hour slower than Kipchoge.
- llimllib 7y ago
  > No offense but if you broke 18 minutes (6:00 mile) for the 3 mile I'd be surprised. Curious, but why? That's an extremely achievable time for anybody who is athletic and trains. (no disagreement that 4:30 pace is vastly more difficult than 6:00)
  - ErikAugust 7y ago
    “Who trains”, yes. Not saying that someone couldn’t do that in a PT test but more often than not, people aren’t training to the level they’d achieve that. If they were running distance in high school, sure. It’s an ordinary time for a high school varsity cross country runner.
    - llimllib 7y ago
      shrug I think 6:00/mi for 3 miles is very achievable for a normally athletic male who practices running a small amount. (Just went back to my logs: when I picked up running at age 34, it took me four months of running ~4 days a week to run a 5k at <6:00/mi. I say this not to brag, but to say that it's a pretty pedestrian time, especially for a young presumably fit marine)
    - bandrami 7y ago
      I mean, you do run a whole lot in the Marines, you know?
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    > That's an extremely achievable time for anybody who is athletic and trains. Right, a number of people in my high school did that regularly in PE class (unfortunately, I’d usually come in a half-dozen minutes later…). This isn’t anything special.
jhayward 7y ago
Back in the 1980's I lived next to a park that had a wonderful 5K loop that many people used. One morning I was out running my usual 5k, on track for close to a personal best when someone passed me so quickly and quietly that it startled me. There was a noticeable breeze from her passing. She lapped me twice in the course of my 5K (meaning she did close to 15K). I found out later she was the current world record holder at 10K meters. And she wasn't pushing it that day. These folks can run like you wouldn't believe.

I can't sprint that fast nowadays. When I was in the Marines 20 years ago, my 3-mile pace was slower than that, and I still had a class "A" run time. This is amazing.

loeg 7y ago

He's literally the fastest distance runner in the world. It's not surprising you were slower than him. (I am too!)

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jazoom 7y ago
Likely the fastest human distance runner that has ever lived on this earth.
JshWright 7y ago
It's still amazing to point out that the pace he runs over 26 miles is a pace that most people wouldn't be able to maintain for one lap around the track at their local high school.

Merrill 7y ago

In the Marines you may not have been 5' 6" and 126 pounds with a BMI of 20.3. Kipchoge and his pacers have a similar physique. https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/10/12/09/2019-10-12T060016Z-1102317129-RC1CCDB87D90-RTRMADP-3-ATHLETICS-KIPCHOGE.JPG https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/imag...

ralfd 7y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRYtn0j5ccA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRYtn0j5ccA

SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

It’s a whole different thing to try and picture it than see it! I ran a 1/2 marathon where a highly ranked runner was competing in the full. He passed me at mile 11 of the 1/2, so about 23 of the full. His pace for 26 miles was absolutely faster than I can run for one, maybe two blocks. Just giant effortless strides, with a damn smile on his face. Iirc, his marathon time was 2:12.

ErikAugust 7y ago

What was the "Class A time" for the Marines 20 years ago? No offense but if you broke 18 minutes (6:00 mile) for the 3 mile I'd be surprised. Kipchoge just ran a 4:30 mile for 26 miles. Hell, the best marathoner the US had in the 2000 Olympics ran a 2:30. Literally a half hour slower than Kipchoge.

llimllib 7y ago
> No offense but if you broke 18 minutes (6:00 mile) for the 3 mile I'd be surprised. Curious, but why? That's an extremely achievable time for anybody who is athletic and trains. (no disagreement that 4:30 pace is vastly more difficult than 6:00)
- ErikAugust 7y ago
  “Who trains”, yes. Not saying that someone couldn’t do that in a PT test but more often than not, people aren’t training to the level they’d achieve that. If they were running distance in high school, sure. It’s an ordinary time for a high school varsity cross country runner.
  - llimllib 7y ago
    shrug I think 6:00/mi for 3 miles is very achievable for a normally athletic male who practices running a small amount. (Just went back to my logs: when I picked up running at age 34, it took me four months of running ~4 days a week to run a 5k at <6:00/mi. I say this not to brag, but to say that it's a pretty pedestrian time, especially for a young presumably fit marine)
  - bandrami 7y ago
    I mean, you do run a whole lot in the Marines, you know?
- saagarjha 7y ago
  > That's an extremely achievable time for anybody who is athletic and trains. Right, a number of people in my high school did that regularly in PE class (unfortunately, I’d usually come in a half-dozen minutes later…). This isn’t anything special.

jhayward 7y ago

Back in the 1980's I lived next to a park that had a wonderful 5K loop that many people used. One morning I was out running my usual 5k, on track for close to a personal best when someone passed me so quickly and quietly that it startled me. There was a noticeable breeze from her passing. She lapped me twice in the course of my 5K (meaning she did close to 15K). I found out later she was the current world record holder at 10K meters. And she wasn't pushing it that day. These folks can run like you wouldn't believe.