Do you think marathon runners can hit their potential without a traditional runners body?

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Meb Keflezighi · Answer

That's a great question. Ron that I think marathon runners can reach their potential without additional Runners body. Well, that is not traditional body. There's no perfect person or perfect bodies. As just got to maximize your god-given talent. Like, for example, in 2000 Olympics, Haile, gebrselassie from Ethiopia, 55 and Paltrow got roughly about from Kenya that is about 62 or 63. They was great to on the 10,000 meters and Heidegger. Flash. Someone most people think that the longer legs, you have the color that you are, you going to have, you're going to be the wind, most likely, but that's not the case for everything about to maximize that potential can have an effective race and tactics. So just as long as you use your traditional body kit got it given talent and get the most out of it. You will have a great race and special in the marathon so best wishes and good luck.

Dave McGovern · Answer

I think marathon runners can hit their potential without a traditional Runners body. I don't even know what that is. I mean I've coached thousands of marathoners and half marathoners and they all had different bodies. My goal as a coach is to help them to achieve their potential, whatever, that might be. And kind of the fun part about all this is, you don't really know what your potential is until you work at it and try to see where your how far you go. But I've been surprised at how fast some people with non-traditional bodies, if you can even call it that, Heavier people taller people, you know, people with you know, look like they should be linebackers rather than runners in some people's estimation. And they've done some amazing things. So I just think the key is trying to figure out how to make your body go as quickly as you can if that's what your goal is and you don't have to necessarily go fast to be a marathon or if you want to be a marathoner, go do a marathon and you don't have to run, you can walk it. You can run it in, walk it You know, if your goal is to be a marathoner and less than 1% of the US population has done that. I think it's less than a tenth of a percent, go out. Sign up for a marathon training. Try to build up to 20 miles and training and you'll become a marathoner. Will you be the Olympic champion? You know, there's only going to be one every four years and two male and female. Everybody else is, you know, trying to see how fast they can go and others. It's not even that it's just trying to, you know, get that metal get the T-shirt so you have the potential to be a marathoner I think just about everybody does. So don't worry what your body looks like you. No worry about what the Finish Line looks like, and how you're going to get yourself there.

Deena Kastor · Answer

Everyone has running potential. It's just our job to find our own. A try exercising, your speed and your endurance throughout the week. No matter your age, your motivation, your Fitness level, you can Aspire and climb to Great Heights in this sport one step at a time, your potential is out there, waiting for you to find it.

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"Do you think marathon runners can hit their potential without a traditional runners body?"