Almgren ran 1:01:57 for his New York second half
Andreas Almgren covered the second half of his winning New York debut in 1:01:57, unrabbitted. Now the fueling plan behind it is going around, and the headline number comes with an asterisk.
Races and results
Race result
Almgren's New York splits land: 1:01:57 second half
David Monti says Andreas Almgren ran 1:01:57 for the second half of his 2:06:01 New York win.
I thought I had a shot of winning this, but I didn’t want to make any moves myself.
Race result
Molke says one line at 40 miles turned his Javelina race
Javelina 100 Mile champion Rob Molke says something Matt Zupan told him around 40 miles snapped him out of a bad patch and he started picking people off on the third loop.
The guys ahead of you... like, you're in it, but the guys ahead of you don't look as good as you right now.
How they train
Hype check
Magness and Bitter say the zone 2 fight is fake
Steve Magness says the zone 2 (easy aerobic pace) argument was settled by coaches in the 1940s and 50s, and that no single zone is magic. He was answering P.D. Mangan, who said zone 2 has no unique mitochondrial benefit that harder work cannot deliver faster.
Most of the people standing on zone 2 grave right now with, "I told you so" type commentary were never truly arguing against it.