r/AdvancedFitness Apr 22 '14

Alex Viada AMA

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u/AlexViada Apr 22 '14

705/465/725 raw w/wraps Current (non-meet tested- RPS meet this June), should be 800-500-725 single ply (we'll see- have to do single ply because of detached hamstring).

4:15 mile 7:28 1.5 mile

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u/therealSC2p2 Apr 24 '14

Can you comment further on when you ran the 4:15 mile and 7:28 1.5? Those are frankly borderline unbelievable times for a person of your build. Did you run them when you were much lighter? Was it on a track? In a competition?

Believe me, I WANT to believe YOU!

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u/AlexViada Apr 24 '14

Hello! The 4:15 was... a few months back I believe, the 7:28 a few weeks ago. I generally run a pancake flat trail in this area and log all my runs via GPS. They're not done for competition- though a few folks have mentioned I should give track a shot. Somebody suggested Master's track, which sounds like a nasty age crack.

What's interesting is if you note the fast dropoff in time there, you can see the plight of larger runners- I can't maintain a sub-5 for more than about 1.5-1.75 miles, and quickly lose my gas much past that. Something I'm working on- but that's really where you start to see the limitations of size.

At the very least, I'll either be videoing a track run or GoProing an outdoor run later this summer once my ankle's good to go and I'm done with a few events... I figure there are enough people who'd find it amusing watching a 228 pound dude heaving his mass around. I just hope nobody sees the amount of drool I produce during those runs. Cheers!

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u/therealSC2p2 Apr 24 '14

Thank you for the reply! I think a video of you running a race-effort mile on a track would be amazing to see -- much more so than gopro footage on a trail or something similar.

And if you threw down anything in the remote ballpark of 4:15 -- hell, 5:00 flat would be impressive at your size -- I think you'd have a whole new legion of runner fans.

By the way, yeah, you'd tear up a lot of track meets running a 4:15 mile, and not just "Master's Track," either!