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Uploaded by Alex Lohr | September 16, 2012

Speakers: John Hayes, Kyle Merber, Craig Lutz, Ryan Dohner

Categories: Workout

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It's Sunday, which means that it's time to wake up early and go for a long run. The Texas men log some quality miles on the backroads of Austin, TX as the 2012 cross country season starts to begin.

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flyboy6326 3 months ago

I ran at a Big Ten program,and we would run 15 miles every Sunday at 6 min. pace,the idea was just to get the mileage in. It was a nice easy run and no big deal.

Zach Joachim 7 months ago

The song is "The Weary Kind" by Ryan Bingham.

Coward of Anoymity 8 months ago

what is the song at the very beginning?!?!?! ps go merber

Anonymous Coward 8 months ago

anyone know the song?

Christian Noonan 8 months ago

@johnnyboy just trying to convey my point about these guys training to hard, sheesh. And as for the diet, "if the furnace is hot it will burn anything" right?

Dwayne Carter 8 months ago

These guys are strong.

Baby Prefontaine 8 months ago

I run at a D2 college and I just finished a 12 miler at 5:54 pace, after running the first 2 miles in 14 minutes flat (had to wait on some cars at an intersection). So for the last 10 miles I was averaging about 5:41 a mile, which felt really good actually, and I wasn't sore the next day. Anaerobic threshold for me begins under about 5:25-5:30 min/mile, as I ran a 10k steady state in 32:27 (about 5:12 a mile) and even that felt easy through about 4 miles, until I went sub-10 on the last 2 miles (catching a teammate and was over pace at the time). Their turnover does look slow at the beginning, but as it progresses I can tell they are right at 6 flat pace bc long runs look deceptively slow.

Anonymous Coward 8 months ago

They can run 18 milers til the cows come home... The diet must impove!

rubbish 8 months ago

i call bull on them running 6 min pace, that turnoer looks more like 7 min pace

johnny boy 8 months ago

@Noonan cool it with the all caps.

Anonymous Coward 8 months ago

Ryan Bingham is awesome!

research 8 months ago

I get the feeling that not a single person commenting here knows anything about lactic acid

abcrunrun 8 months ago

Yes. Merber transferred for his 5th and final collegiate NCAA eligibility year as Ivy league does not offer redshirt years. Therefore, often times you will see ivy league/hep athletes transfer to a different college so they can use and compete their final collegiate year/seasons.

Anonymous Coward 8 months ago

You don't get any more than four years of enrollment at an Ivy League school. He missed his junior year, so he's running at Texas now, where he hopefully won't have to race against any of his former teammates from Columbia...

Ben Rawe 8 months ago

ok i may be way behind but did Kyle Merber transfer??

pureinsanity and unfrickenbeli 8 months ago

Ok, let me just say....Ed Whitlock is hands down the greatest distance runner in the world today. Maybe ever. 81 yrs old and just ran a 1:38 Half Marathon! Just thought this was an appropriate place to mention it, since there doesn't seem to be a general comment area.

OLD School 8 months ago

Anyone notice the Harlan Lopez Assistant coach appearance. Some quality water handouts that may bring the Longhorns to a championship this year

insert pseudonym here 8 months ago

Flotrack once again promoting the Texas program. Sure seems to be helping with getting transfers.

Can we make an NCAA violation out of this?

haha 8 months ago

I like playing tummy sticks with 13 year old boys.

Lindsay Miller 8 months ago

awesome workout boysssss. the team can take "the ship" this year. STOP LUTZ

Anonymous Coward 8 months ago

It's funny how people who have never run for hayes, never run for the longhorn program or even in texas for that matter can talk like they know what these guys can do and what they can't do. Don't judge what it's like to be an elite runner unless you aren't one...that's my moto

Listentothecoach 8 months ago

If you listen to Hayes towards the end he says after Alex was asking about the workout etc. "They got a little agressive being back in the group today. Their fit but I think they wanted to show off their fitness more than I wanted them to do." So yeah they might have ran their miles a little faster than needed for a long run, but honestly which one of you wouldn't be a little more hopped up having FloTrack filming your workout??

Daniel Gillespie 8 months ago

do you guys think these guys honestly feel good at that pace...they were probably showing off for the cam

Wayne King 8 months ago

@SafariHatMan then at what point pace wise do you think lactate starts to aculate in these guys? I know they know their bodies and how they feel but I do believe 5:30 isn't purely aerobic for these guys. At my peak I could run my longest runs at 5:50 pace. That Christian Noonan guy is trolling for sure

Geoff Mooney 8 months ago

Safari Hat Man 8 months ago

And by "aculating" (which apparently was changed from its original word due to the flotrack filter) I mean building up.

Safari Hat Man 8 months ago

5:30-5:40 is still pretty far away from the point at which lactate starts aculating, though. Sure it'll make them tired, but there's no way it'll cause them to break down or burn out aerobically. If anything they'll have injury problems, and that's only if they didn't train well enough over the summer.

Christian Noonan 8 months ago

@thinkalittlesometimes THAT IS WHAT I'M ARGUING A LOT OF THE RUN HAD TO BE DONE IN THE 5:30-40 RANGE IN ORDER TO GET THAT AVERAGE PACE AND THAT IS SIMPLY TOO FAST FOR THE GUYS. PLUS ARE MERBER AND THE OTHER SPEED GUYS DOING THE FULL 18? I PREDICT A BREAKDOWN COMING...

Anonymous Coward 8 months ago

You guys need to stop the criticism...it's most likely just flotrack syndrome. Ever noticed that workout wednesdays are frequently completed at below goal pace? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that 1000 idiots are guaranteed to make some sort of comment whether it's too fast, too slow, or too perfectly paced. Hayes said it was their first run back, and with the addition of flotrack, maybe they got excited...just relax bro beans

thinkalittlesometimes 8 months ago

I think you guys need to remember that they are running in temperatures above 80 degrees and 90% humidity. I dont think 6 min pace is easy in those conditions. On top of that there whole average was 5:58.. It clearly showed they went out pretty slow for the first 3 miles (19:41) and then 37:43 at 6 miles. So they were gradually progressing as they went, meaning there last half of their run had to be in the 5:30s-40s for an average of 5:58 pace.

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