Subject: RE: slow runners pity partyIf you're third off teh bike, and only 10 people pass you...you can't be THAT slow. That being said, there are a lot of folks out there who train and train, and are still running 10, 12, 15 whatever minute miles, and they say "But I am young, fit, in shape, have trained...why can't I run faster???" For some folks, I think, yes, there IS a genetic ceiling effect--although I doubt few people every do enough to completely achieve it. But for a lot of people, I think they just don't know how to run. Whether it's missing a key portion of training/rest/recovery, or whether it's just they've never quite cracked that "suffer" barrier, hit that last gear...or aren't even aware it's there (which is most often the case). |