Veritas Blue
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No wonder those that actually "make it" are so few, the battle is over before it's even begun. The moment the analogies come in, i.e. excuses, people subscribe to it. Genetics is the first one, and then they give up.
No one's saying genetics play no part in it, genetics play a huge role, however this is mainly in the start. I'm naturally a sprinter, my endurance is very poor. There have been periods where my endurance was very good because I trained it, and now after 2 years of very little cardio exercise I'm piss poor at it. I used to run the beep test huffing and puffing during my school days at an abysmal 6.0 when most other guys would come in at about 8.0 - 10.0. I was always skinny/slim, and never suffered with any weight problems.
100m, 200m sprints no problem at all, endurance no thanks. Then I read a book by Keith Fennell (Australian SASR) and he notes the difference between people who make it at the top level in anything and those who don't are the people who give up at the start, the people who give up about halfway, and the people who stick to it until they completely screw themselves up from trying, and then try some more.
Then for a few months I ran every day, 1.6km runs, 3km runs, 7km runs, 10km runs. Then I used to run with a pack on my shoulders, several runs a day. I particularly hated it when it started raining, I ran then. Then I used to set an alarm at 4 a.m, shock my system and run some more. I eventually hit about level 12.5 in the beep test just after a few months of training. I started "working" and doing this and that, and then the excuses took over. Now I'm back down to my piss poor level when I first started.
Sprinters can train to be endurance runners, but it takes a lot of hard work and training, it requires rebuilding your muscular system to start developing the slow twitch muscles fibres in the majority that an endurance runner needs.
No one's saying genetics play no part in it, genetics play a huge role, however this is mainly in the start. I'm naturally a sprinter, my endurance is very poor. There have been periods where my endurance was very good because I trained it, and now after 2 years of very little cardio exercise I'm piss poor at it. I used to run the beep test huffing and puffing during my school days at an abysmal 6.0 when most other guys would come in at about 8.0 - 10.0. I was always skinny/slim, and never suffered with any weight problems.
100m, 200m sprints no problem at all, endurance no thanks. Then I read a book by Keith Fennell (Australian SASR) and he notes the difference between people who make it at the top level in anything and those who don't are the people who give up at the start, the people who give up about halfway, and the people who stick to it until they completely screw themselves up from trying, and then try some more.
Then for a few months I ran every day, 1.6km runs, 3km runs, 7km runs, 10km runs. Then I used to run with a pack on my shoulders, several runs a day. I particularly hated it when it started raining, I ran then. Then I used to set an alarm at 4 a.m, shock my system and run some more. I eventually hit about level 12.5 in the beep test just after a few months of training. I started "working" and doing this and that, and then the excuses took over. Now I'm back down to my piss poor level when I first started.
Sprinters can train to be endurance runners, but it takes a lot of hard work and training, it requires rebuilding your muscular system to start developing the slow twitch muscles fibres in the majority that an endurance runner needs.
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? Perhaps it's in their blood to get those stunning wrist movements at top speed to corner well. 
