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Jun 2008
1:44pm, 23 Jun 2008
19,461 posts
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Gobi
Biker
I look different or so I have been told but then according to most I never looked fat before yet somehow kgs vanish and I am still heavy for my height.
I'm going to try growing
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Jun 2008
1:44pm, 23 Jun 2008
318 posts
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sLickster
Not read through all this but thought I would chip in with the fact that I'm 5'8" and weigh 61kg. That definitely makes me thin, but not too sure about this 'win' side of things! And strangely enough it seems I am suited to the shorter stuff - I thought 'sprinters' were usually muscle power houses!
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Jun 2008
1:47pm, 23 Jun 2008
19,462 posts
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Gobi
define shorter distances slickster
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Jun 2008
1:48pm, 23 Jun 2008
709 posts
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DrBob
When I was lucky enough to train with some serious athletes, many years ago, you could see the ones who were coming into form because they did look like they'd lost muscle mass particularly from arms and shoulders.
11 stone is light for a six footer, but it's not outlandish for a six foot distance runner and I don't think you should worry too much. I would be concerned about trying to get a lot of running in on a calorie restricted diet cos it can make you ill.
If the main objective is to get better as a runner then the important thing is having a well planned training schedule including tempo running and intervals.
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Jun 2008
1:49pm, 23 Jun 2008
43 posts
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Hey, I thought I was the short fat bastard!!
I weighed in at 79.2kgs yesterday and Im 5`8/9`
I can still shift a bit though - especially downhill
Personally, I have now come to the conclusion that its more to do with strength and training rather than bodyweight
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Jun 2008
1:51pm, 23 Jun 2008
319 posts
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sLickster
Not too sure I have a definition for shorter in a general context, but just looking at my WAVA, as the distance goes up so the WAVA comes down, so I do better at a distance shorter than the next one on my list 
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Jun 2008
1:57pm, 23 Jun 2008
116 posts
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biker
Runnersleep - yeah, but if you were a skinny bastard you could power UP hill too ! So it has its plusses.
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Jun 2008
1:57pm, 23 Jun 2008
710 posts
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DrBob
probably because you're not doing much mileage in training and have natural speed as shown by your 100/400m times slickster. I'm sure you could bring the longer races into line with more training.
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Jun 2008
2:00pm, 23 Jun 2008
710 posts
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Finders
so i spent the last 2 weeks on 1200cals a day, eating a veggie diet and absolutely NO crap at all. The only fats i had were olive oil and avocado. I trained hard (for me) 6 days a week, 2 sessions of each discipline and guess what??????????
Go on guess................
I gained 2.2lbs in weight
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Jun 2008
2:02pm, 23 Jun 2008
711 posts
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DrBob
Ahh! Not good Finders. How did that happen? Keep up the training it'll come good
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