Depends where you live. Thats an olympic time in many countries (though a lot of those guys admittedly have day jobs)
14 isn’t really that close to Olympic standard Mens 5K Standard for Paris 2024 - 13:05 OP was right in describing himself as sub-elite (fast collegiate background, faster than basically all other amateurs, slower than all professionals)
My mistake, I guess the parcours/dynamics in these 5k races are off cause the gold medal winner didn't even crack 13'05"
All good, it’s deceiving if you just look at the times But “championship” racing for medals is often very different than time trial style racing for PB
Imagine how depressing it must feel to have a vo2 max in the top 1% and then get 79th place in your local turkey trot.
Should have stopped at 69
/uj
Bullshit
/rj
Is this what staying in zone 2 is?
Bro said his 5k time was 14'00 so maybe this is just a pro flexing online
A 14min 5k isn’t pro. OP said they run in college which makes sense
Depends where you live. Thats an olympic time in many countries (though a lot of those guys admittedly have day jobs)
14 isn’t really that close to Olympic standard
Mens 5K Standard for Paris 2024 - 13:05
OP was right in describing himself as sub-elite (fast collegiate background, faster than basically all other amateurs, slower than all professionals)
My mistake, I guess the parcours/dynamics in these 5k races are off cause the gold medal winner didn't even crack 13'05"
All good, it’s deceiving if you just look at the times
But “championship” racing for medals is often very different than time trial style racing for PB
Damn
Breathing oxygen is nothing to brag about.
Imagine how depressing it must feel to have a vo2 max in the top 1% and then get 79th place in your local turkey trot.
A noble pursuit, I can think of nothing higher
A noble pursuit, I can think of nothing