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Craig Engels

Craig Engels

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2021
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2.5K
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Take Slip·Jul 30, 2021
#PMT-2021-0730-15309
Craig EngelsCraig Engels

Most distance runners don't reach their peak performance until they are 30 years old

I'm 27 and most people get real good at running when they're like 30. Why is that? The Kenyan guy could be 45 and know it, but there's a guy from Norway that's 19. That's crazy. So you do have another chance. You're going to have another chance.

Physiological studies and historical data show that many elite long-distance runners peak in their late 20s or early 30s.
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Take Slip·Jul 30, 2021
#PMT-2021-0730-15312
Craig EngelsCraig Engels

The mile world record set in the 1990s was likely fueled by heavy steroid use

The mile world record is three minutes and 44 seconds. The dude with the mile world record right now is so juiced up and liked the 1990s that drug testing—I mean, no one dopes anymore, but this dude was just literally coursing with steroids.

The record still stands and El Guerrouj was never sanctioned, making this an unproven claim, but it remains a point of heavy debate in the sport.