Josh McAdams @ 4:00.59!

[BYU grad]

I've been watching BYU grad, Josh McAdams the past couple of months as he now has a contract with New Balance and is training in Provo. He ran 2 indoor mile races this winter in the BYU Smith fieldhouse, the first just over 4:07 and the second just under 4:07. When I was running at BYU we used to always say whatever you could run (the mile) indoors in Provo @ 4500 feet and no competition, you could run 5-8 seconds faster with competition and low altitude.. And that's what Josh did...almost 7 seconds faster with his 4:00.59 in New York!

Look for Josh to be in the 8:20-25 range in his specialty this outdoor season. He is looking really good. He is strong built and compact, like another BYU steepler who did pretty well .

[dsrunner]

Then again, Pat Porter, who also trained at high altitude, was no faster at sea level in the mile, which tells me that muscle factors, not oxygen delivery was more likely the true limitation on his performances.

[BYU grad]

I wonder though...how many times did Pat Porter get into a good competitive mile at sea level. He rarely competed in mile races at low altitude, or high altitude for that matter. I think it's been proven that oxygen uptake is always a major factor.

[dsrunner]

Pat Porter didnt run many mile races, did he? He mightve been able to go faster. His distance pbs though, are in line with other similar runners, who did race more often at sea level in the mile/1500 and who also had trouble breaking 4 minutes for a mile

Oxygen limitation in exercise is more controversial than you might think.

A good overview written by Noakes and others, is linked below along with a good article on hyperoxia and the minimal effect it has on V02peak.



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[malmo]

Re: Josh McAdams @ 4:00.59!

I've been watching BYU grad, Josh McAdams the past couple of months as he now has a contract with New Balance and is training in Provo. He ran 2 indoor mile races this winter in the BYU Smith fieldhouse, the first just over 4:07 and the second just under 4:07. When I was running at BYU we used to always say whatever you could run (the mile) indoors in Provo @ 4500 feet and no competition, you could run 5-8 seconds faster with competition and low altitude.. And that's what Josh did...almost 7 seconds faster with his 4:00.59 in New York!

Look for Josh to be in the 8:20-25 range in his specialty this outdoor season. He is looking really good. He is strong built and compact, like another BYU steepler who did pretty well .

I can only imagine how fast those legs must have been moving (I'm thinking Mike Slack here)?

If you're thinking 8:20-8:25, I think you're selling the kid short.