So all disagreement about running and different sports aside, we're all pretty much in agreement it was a bloody stupid thing to say.
I actually agree with you Bob, when I was 16 I played for the School on a Saturday morning, and amateur side in the afternoon, and then a Sunday league side on a Sunday.
I guess I did to, I played till I was 38 both Saturday and Sunday for a Div 1 amateur league side as well as Div 1 side on a Sunday. Worked all week as well as played Squash 3 times a week.
Marathons and football shouldn't be compared in any way, shape or form. At below average fitness I could manage 13k in around 80 minutes but you're running a pre-planned route for most of which you're running in a straight line with no distractions. I don't think I need to explain how different to football that is.
I don't think it's unreasonable what he's saying. The pace football is played at in this country is insane and no matter what you did when you were 16, it isn't the same as English professional football. They're up there with the other top athletes.
Two days ago on iPlayer he was being interviewed by Burnsey. Burnsey even mentioned that Dawson had run further on Saturday than during any match for the past 5 seasons.
Chester was funny today, he told Burnsy that his mum listens to his morning show................but she thinks it's a bit boring.
13k is indeed a short distance for me these days. I've levelled out at 10 miles on average, but I only do it once a week with maybe an 8k midweek. I am going up to half marathon distance this week. I personally wouldn't like to run 13k every three days, my knees would hurt and I'd soon start to feel fatigued, but I'm not an athlete. If it's your job to be fit, and you don't sit in an office 5 days a week, I see no reason why that level of running can't be maintained. What needs to be remembered, I think, is that football isn't just pure running though is it? You take bashes to the body all the time, and it's not a constant paced jog, you are bursting into sprint pace pretty often. Probably comes down to the core fitness of the individual, and their natural resistance.
It's not just about fitness and getting tired either, it's the knees and ankles and everything. Competing in the way footballers do is unlike any other sport, all the accelerating and deccelerating, twisting and turning isn't easy on the joints at all and they do it every day, and at massive intensity on matchdays. Completely uncomparable to constant-speed, long-distance running.
True, but his point is that our players are running more than the others. That should bring results, and it probably would if we didn't keep conceding two stupid goals a game.
You obviously have no knowledge on how the professional game effects the body and how the human body recovers from exercise. If you did you wouldn't come out with this drivel!
Its not about the distance or how often they run. Its about the fact that people expect a professional to play aswell three days later at the same performance level, when it is physically and scientifically impossible. You can all do what you want, but if you play a football match at the peak of you ability on Saturday and run 13K, you will not be able to run 13k in a football match on Tuesday at the same performance level, its physically impossible and has been proven. I am not saying its not the same for all teams, as it is.
Spot on, the body cannot fully repair the micro tears to muscle fibres caused by professional football within 3 days, unless you take HGH or something similar. The human body has limitations and all the nutritionists and massages in the world can not change that. Obviously all teams are in the same position although 13km is above average for a typical player.
