He had just returned from Kenya on Sunday. How the Young Kenyan Athletes are Training. By Knox Robinso n. Photography by … Report Thread. A lady killer, he wrote his award winning senior thesis on Female Labor Force Participation in 1880. Maria Mutola Most college grads are probably sacrificing something financially to pursue their running dreams after college. In preparing his Trials training plan, Lagat and his coach were most concerned about the hills in Atlanta. LRC Supporters Club Member . What About The Sport? The Man Who Took Down Asbel Kiprop A Week With Kenyan 1 500 Meter Stud Ronald Kwemoi Letsrun Com Usatf Men S 800m Semifinals The Favorites Advance To Set Up A Stellar Final Letsrun Com READ The Winning Mind: the Rick Beardsell Story (Part 1) Written by Joseph Ngure and Brother Colm O’Connell. Report Thread Report Thread. Other Running Related Topic. It is a simple training tool and can be modified for your ability or fitness. Eliud Kipchoge born 5 November 1984 in Kapsisiywa, Nandi District is a Kenyan long distance runner, and the 2016 Olympic marathon gold medallist. Remember that all training was done in Kenya, which is at relatively high altitude, and most road runs were over fairly significant hills. Many Runners are Wealthy in Kenya, While 58% of Kenyans Live on Less Than $2 a Day And I saw hundreds of runners trying to run professionally. According to this site and this one, 58% of Kenyans live on less than $2 a day. At Lornah Kiplagat’s High-Altitude Training Centre in Iten, where I spent a couple of nights, ugali, rice, potatoes, and pasta were in constant rotation at lunch and dinner. 2018 Memorial Van Damme – Brussels IAAF Diamond League Track and Field, 2018 Weltklasse Zürich – IAAF Diamond League Track and Field. typically large Kenyan training group (plus two non-Kenyan imposters!) The 45 year-old athlete –who represented Kenya in the 2000 and 2004 Games before representing the USA in 2008, 2012 and 2016– is already one of athletics’s biggest living legends, a man who has racked up five world titles and is still the second-fastest man ever at 1500m (3:26.34). Either I could hurt myself, trying to catch up with them. The incredible Sammy Lelei (59:24 half marathon) has his Sergoit Hill training sessions, a searing scramble up nearly sheer rock near his Eldoret shamba, which … And I feel until you go to Kenya and experience first hand the running scene, you don’t fully comprehend the Kenyan running phenomenon. It’s not hard to see how a guy who has been making $500 a year and all of a sudden has $30,000 could easily get distracted and these distractions could prevent him from attaining success in the future. Elite Kenyan runners run two to three times per day. Kenya Experience and Training Focus Camps are trading names of Running Trips Ltd, a company incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 11427509. A study of 20 elite Kenyan runners produced rather unclear results. In 1998 the 10th fastest Kenyan marathoner ran 2:08:52, this was a great year for the kenyans in the marathon at that time. Let’s take a detailed look at what you’re doing during each stage. Training I’ve always tried to keep reasonably fit and in my late twenties/early thirties I’d run around 8 half marathons semi seriously, with all the times being between 1:37:30 and 1:39:46. First, the chance to make a lot of money leads most Kenyan runners to train by and large for the short term. Popular User Options. Sammy is 44 years old, but in good shape (people thought he was in around 2:16 shape but he ran poorly at Boston). And I’m like, why not? Your Name Optional. In the past, I wondered how it could be profitable. Scores of runners chase riches every day in Kenya's highlands. In two years I ran 6:19 on a very hilly 5k course. Every day of a hard workout in the morning is followed by an easy 40–50 minute run in the evening. Popular User Options. For in reality there are almost two Kenyas, the rural undeveloped Kenya which is barely part of the cash economy where most things are on a small scale – the farms, the stores, etc. Getting destroyed like this is not the best way to train for a number of reasons, but it is my impression on how a lot of guys train in Kenya. For the Trials, Lagat is sticking to a low-key approach. You are reporting this thread to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum. Both men were in Vienna last October to support Eliud Kipchoge’s sub-two-hour marathon exhibition (Lagat was a pacemaker), and Sang encouraged Lagat to train in Kenya for the Trials where he could count on good winter weather, ample training partners, and good hilly routes which would toughen him for Atlanta’s challenging course. Or they are willing to train for part of the day. If the alternative to training full-time is to make a $1 a day, many people are willing to give training full time a shot. He made his debut at the TCS New York City Marathon in 2018, running 2:17:20 five weeks before turning 44. “I was talking to Patrick Sang, and I was talking to Eliud, and Augustine Choge because the thing is with Atlanta, everyone was talking about it’s hilly, hilly, hilly,” Lagat explained. That is 2:08 for 800m, not the marathon. 1 2. In retrospect, that time –a USA masters record by 10 seconds– didn’t much matter in terms of Olympic qualifying because a top-5 finish at the Trials will be an automatic Olympic qualifier (the race is a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race meaning that a top-5 finish yields an Olympic standard regardless of the time). American and Western runners often get nice endorsement contracts, but for many Kenyans the money often only comes in for performance. (20-Feb) — With five Olympic appearances behind him, including two medals and two additional top-5 finishes, Bernard Lagat seemingly has nothing to left prove. A runner needs to make an immediate quick impression and most likely running relaxed is not the way to do this. as 3/4 of Kenya’s top runners are Kalenjin, which represents only 10% of the Kenyan population, NBIGP Recap: Olli Hoare (3:32) Wins Fast 1500 as Sam Tanner (3:34) Breaks NCAA Record, Ajee’ Wilson Returns & More, Donavan Brazier (800), Bryce Hoppel (1,000), & Elle Purrier (2-Mile) All Break American Records At 2021 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Oregon Ducks Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker Run 3:50 to Destroy NCAA Record in the Mile, Sydney McLaughlin Has a New Coach, Donavan Brazier Loves the Treadmill & More from the NBIGP Press Conference, NBIGP Preview: The Best US Indoor Meet of 2021 Season Is Saturday, On Running Gets Into Sprinting by Signing NCAA Runner-Up in 400 Chloe Abbott, How to Watch the 2021 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. Financial Pressures = Short Term Success? They tried to stay with Sammy on each interval. Your Name Optional. He came to prominence in 2003 by winning the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, setting a world junior record over 5000 metres on the track and then becoming world champion at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. Back To … By David Monti, @d9monti The average income per person in Kenya is around a $1000 a year. Their first run is usually done first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. Your Name Optional. He continued: “We did a good test today and everything went according to plan. Now he is a multimillionaire. I’m happy with the way things are.”, NBIGP Recap: Olli Hoare (3:32) Wins Fast 1500 as Sam Tanner (3:34) Breaks NCAA Record, Ajee’ Wilson Returns & More, Donavan Brazier (800), Bryce Hoppel (1,000), & Elle Purrier (2-Mile) All Break American Records At 2021 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Oregon Ducks Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker Run 3:50 to Destroy NCAA Record in the Mile, Sydney McLaughlin Has a New Coach, Donavan Brazier Loves the Treadmill & More from the NBIGP Press Conference, NBIGP Preview: The Best US Indoor Meet of 2021 Season Is Saturday, On Running Gets Into Sprinting by Signing NCAA Runner-Up in 400 Chloe Abbott, How to Watch the 2021 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. By 2008 the 10th best was 2:07:21. Hill training is also a characteristic of training in Kenya. Report Thread Report Thread. Weldon Johnson, aka Wejo, has run 28:06 for 10k. I’m in good shape. May 23, 2014 10:16 AM. Ironically, Lagat ended up doing much of his running alone, he said. You are reporting this thread to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum. I counted 54 runners on the dirt track in tiny Iten one day in the morning and heard that over a hundred is more often the norm. New Thread. He has been homeless, lived basically as an indentured servant, and lived on 30 cents a day. “When I’m running in these marathons, when I get to a hill everybody kind of goes away and I’m left kind of maintaining the same pace and not picking up. I Was Bored, So I Went Back and Watched the 1998 NCAA Cross Country Championships, Bernard Lagat & Leonard Korir Speak, Video of the Alphafly Room, & More From the Olympic Trials in Atlanta, 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials Preview: The Men’s Underdogs – From Bernard Lagat to Jim Walmsley. Great stuff from letsrun Renato Canova Coach RE: RENATO, can you comment on the 2011 World Championships preparation 9/5/2011 7:59AM - in reply to Zeb-Zebby Reply ... win easy" of Kenyan in "Training wellm win easy". Athletics Kenya all set for National Cross ... Short BBC Video On Indian Sprinter Dutee Chand Chand talks about her training as well as the controversy over her hyperandrogenism. Eliud Kipchoge’s training camp bedroom which he shares with another athlete. Ethiopian Training vs. Kenyan Training. The ice-cool Kenyan-born Dane won three world titles and broke Seb Coe’s 16-year-old world record in 1997, running 1:41.24 in Zurich. Ethiopean/Kenyan Training Book. As a result, most of them were seen jogging home after the second and third interval (of five) as they could not keep up. A third session is often completed in the afternoon. You are reporting this thread to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum. Iten would be my place to start if you get the opportunity. It can also bring plenty of pitfalls, as fame and wealth often do. Eliud Kipchoge’s training camp bedroom which he shares with another athlete. If this kid thought he could be a star, no wonder so many Kenyans ended up being world beaters, they all believed it is possible. Report Thread. This goes hand in hand with the Kenyan philosophy that “you should run to how you feel”. "It makes me incredibly happy to see the world running as one this weekend," said Kipchoge the day before his run. They helped him knock 1:22 off his 10k PR in one race and will definitely help you, too. Yet, the competitive flame still burns in Lagat’s belly, bright enough that he left his home in Tucson just after New Year’s Day to live sparsely in Kaptagat, Kenya, and put in a six-week training block in advance of the USA Olympic Trials Marathon scheduled for Saturday, February 29, in Atlanta. Your Name Optional. You are reporting this thread to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum. Once a runner starts to show some promise, agents are immediately in competition for the runner. “When I think of Tucson (which is flat), if I really wanted to have a go at it in Atlanta I wanted to get to a place where I could just get some good hills and have groups of people who can kind of take me along those long runs. With his wife, Gladys, son Mika, and daughter Gianna with him, he plans to stay focused, keep his head down, and just do his job. He had only recently started running and talked of running professionally or getting a scholarship to the United States. 2018 Memorial Van Damme – Brussels IAAF Diamond League Track and Field, 2018 Weltklasse Zürich – IAAF Diamond League Track and Field. He only plans to arrive in Atlanta two days before the race and doesn’t want to get caught up in any of the pre-race hype. Join the Supporters Club … Popular User Options. Wouldn’t It Be Nice If Donavan Brazier & Bryce Hoppel Raced Each Other Once This Season? Cheruiyot’s story is one of the greatest in sport because he came from total abject poverty and his situation shows the financial incentives and pressure many Kenyan runners face. Huge financial success in any society can lead to distractions and that definitely is the case with runners in Kenya. Report Thread. China’s top runners are training under an Italian coach in a small Kenyan town that has produced some of the best marathoners in history. Create An Account Sign In Look up Forgotten Username Reset Password. One day after going to the track in Iten, Kimbia’s Godfrey Kiprotich remarked, “Some of the guys were training extra hard for the mzungu (white person) today.” I asked him what he meant, and he said some of the guys on the track assumed I was an agent and were trying to make a positive impression. “Then Rio came, and I made the team and I thought I’m done after Rio,” Lagat marveled. Training in Kenya is characterised by extremely intense training at high intensities (the most potent producer of aerobic development), made only more intense by the affects of the altitude. Unlike many coaches, Canova gained a reputation for openly sharing his training programs, which were transmitted by word-of-mouth among legions of aspiring Kenyan athletes who didn’t have coaches, as well as through Canova’s own posts on LetsRun.com, a leading running website. It meant the realisation of a long-time dream that began in her native village in West Pokot in Northern Kenya, where the track and field athletics discipline was a way of life. The financial opportunities available through running, whether it be $20,000 at the end of the year or even $1000, help explain why many Kenyan runners are only around the top of the sport for a short time. Pamela Jelimo (born 5 December 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, specialising in the 800 metres.She won the gold medal in 800metres at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing at the age of 18. While in Iten and Eldoret, I heard numerous discussions about young runners switching agents and quickly saw that the financial side of things is big business not only for the runners but also for the agents. Create An Account Sign In Look up Forgotten Username Reset Password. The study categorized the runners as either high-speed training (HST) or low-speed training (LST). In America and the West, when we think of Kenyan runners, we think of them being spread out all throughout the country, but perhaps in reality we should call them Kalenjin runners, as 3/4 of Kenya’s top runners are Kalenjin, which represents only 10% of the Kenyan population. Fortunately, Tanui intervened and decreed that Cheruiyot stayed in the group. If I can drop a minute and a half on a Mile race then anyone can train hard enought to drop a minute or two on their 5k given they train their heart out and have a healthy diet. He continued: “I trained for New York and then Gold Coast. The workout was 5*3k with 2k harder and 1k easier, so a fartlek type of workout. Training . So in essence, what you see in Kenya is that by and large there are a ton of runners or potential runners concentrated in a very small area. New Thread. All around in the Iten and Eldoret area, there are quite a few wealthy people who had made their wealth from running (all the money for the runners is creating a boom economy in Eldoret) In America, generally (apart from the stars), there is not a lot of money in running. Although the reasons for this practice are practical rather than scientific, recent science indicates that doing a portion of one’s training in a low-glycogen state (i.e. It was fairly easy to tell some of the stars apart because they trained in the new shoes, the new Nike half tights. He had run 2:08. Large training … Have a question for Wejo? Lagat’s longevity surprises even him. In Iten fartlek training is a staple diet for distance running. Its registered office is The Point, Granite Way, Mountsorrel, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 7TZ. So, I trained for that a little bit and I think I’m fully prepared, better prepared, for a course that is hilly.”. Distance Running Tour to Kenya - Form Session by Coach Timo Limo This pressure and need to compete many times in a season can lead to very short careers. New Thread. The runners of Kenya constitute the most indominable force in modern middle distance and distance running. About eight months later, he flew to Australia and ran the Gold Coast Marathon where he clocked 2:12:10, 40 seconds short of the World Athletics qualifying standard of 2:11:30 for the Tokyo Olympics. Report Thread. And most people in Kenya trying to run are often very poor especially by Western standards, but they are trying to improve their lot financially and they see running as their one shot to make a lot of cash in their lives. Twenty-thirteen was to run in the circuits in Europe, and a few road races and say bye-bye.”. Maybe, just maybe, all of his accumulated experience will give him just enough of an edge to break into the top-3 and make another Olympic Games. By Jon Rosen. I would not have actually thought of it, like, at the age of 45, 2020, trying to get another one. So we flew to Kipchoge’s ultra-rarefied Kenyan training ground to meet the man who pulled off the impossible. Ask Wejo Round 1 High Mileage Base Training Stop Watches And Dean Karnazes Ryan Hall Women S 800 Meters 2017 Rio Olympics Letsrun Com Women S 800 Meters 2019 Usatf Outdoor Championships Letsrun Com Official 2020 Impossible Games Discussion Thread Team Cheruiyot Vs Ingebrigtsen The Man Who Took Down Asbel Kiprop A Week With Kenyan 1 500 Meter Stud Ronald Kwemoi Letsrun … A training calendar might look something like this. Kenyan runners in active training had 68 +/- 1.4 ml.kg-1.min-1 at altitude and 79.9 +/- 1.4 ml.kg-1.min-1 at sea level, with individuals reaching 85 ml.kg-1.min-1. ↵ BROWSE ALL +65 ATHLETES / Eliud Kipchoge. Email him at [email protected], talked about the crazy, incredible crowds at the race, shared hundreds of my photos from my travels to the training camps after the race, all the money for the runners is creating a boom economy in Eldoret. There has been much speculation as to the origin of their stupendous success, with much emphasis placed upon the benefits of the rarefied high altitude air, and a supposed genetic superiority. Later that year, in Cologne, he lowered the mark to 1:41.11. Which “Old Guy” — Dathan Ritzenhein, Bernard Lagat, or Abdi Abdirahman — Does the Best at the Olympic Marathon Trials? Now I see some of these guys will be content to go back home with a very small amount of money at the end of the summer. The money and financial incentives definitely affect how many of the Kenyans train in a couple of ways. I think it is hard to understand the Kenyan running phenomenon until you go to Kenya and witness the country first hand. Training Advice/Discussion. For more on Cheruiyot read this incredible Boston Globe profile and Rojo’s editorial on him. Despite … “I remember I used to say, that I would run the marathon it would be only for fun,” Lagat said. Create An Account Sign In Look up Forgotten Username Reset Password. 1 — Loading. In 1998 the 10th fastest Kenyan marathoner ran 2:08:52, ... Nate. In Kenya, Even in very small towns like Iten, there are hundreds of people walking around, making the streets of the little village look like parts of New York City because saving money is much more important than saving time. A top-3 finish there would give him is sixth Olympic team berth, something that no American has ever done in the sport of track and field. But to all of them running represented an opportunity they should not pass up. Points concerning the training of Aouita are outlined below: Aouita deeply believes in the value of altitude training. He was careful to balance the amount of time he trained on Kenya’s reddish dirt roads, which were more forgiving for his legs, with running enough on pavement, which is necessary for establishing the feel for marathon pace and related toughness. Kenya's Version Of Morgan Uceny: ... LetsRun.com's Weldon Johnson gives his top 10 training tips in this letsrun.com classic when the site first launched. Intense track sessions were the backbone of Aouita’s training. Typical kenyan training involves a steady early morning run, followed by hard intervals or hills mid-morning. At 45, he needed to be careful not to push too hard and wanted to stay with the program he had worked out with his longtime coach, James Li. Photo: LETSRUN. Kenyan 800m training. Photo: LETSRUN. I could switch the word opportunity with the word money, but in the West that would imply greed. The two concepts are not exactly the same thing. He realized that his career was far from over. I can still basically do the mileage I used to do back then. Popular User Options. With 50 miles being the average. legs are feeling it after this one... INSTAGRAM:TheAthlete Special WHY LANE 3? The athletes led by Saif Saeed Shaheen formely Stephen Cherono were in the company lawyers representing the coach. Most training calculators would suggest that Ryf run his easy mileage in the 6:15 to 6:40 range, but he just can’t do it. The financial side of running also comes into play once a runner gets fairly successful. juicyfruit 7 months ago 04/05/2020 10:52am CDT. That was the decision to go to Kenya.”. Former Kenyan athletes led by Yobes Ondieki and Joseph Cheromei engaged Standard cameraman Peter Ochieng in a scuffle trying to stop him from taking pictures of Qatari athletes that Canova has been coaching. Often the names of runners who were stars in the last couple of years would come up. LetsRun.com's weekly podcast where we go behind the scenes of the professional running, marathoning, and track and field world. Shadrack Biwott, second from right, returned from his base in California to train ahead of the recent Boston Marathon. Report Thread Report Thread. Recently, an experienced team of Kenyan experts including Yiannis Pitsiladis of the University of Glasgow and Daniel Lieberman from Harvard decided to test the early-training theory. Eliud Kipchoge, known to some as “The Philosopher” for his running wisdom, has been described as “the greatest marathon runner in history”. This leads to overtraining and overracing. I talked about the crazy, incredible crowds at the race and have shared hundreds of my photos from my travels to the training camps after the race, but I haven’t put to words many of my experiences. “Then road racing started, becoming so much fun. Report Thread Report Thread. Ethiopian Training vs. Kenyan Training. It is a simple training tool and can be modified for your ability or fitness. “Normally, I just stay here in the U.S. (for training),” Lagat told Race Results Weekly in a telephone interview today from his home in Tucson. Who can take the chance of looking two years down the road, when the opportunity to make say perhaps ten years of wages ($5000), is immediately before you? What About The Sport? The best Scandinavian runners … The full length 3 part video is presented at full length. When the average life expectancy at birth is 47.5 years and living is often a grind day to day, long term thinking is often rightfully not a priority. 16:00 5k races are usually run by elite high school cross country runners at the end of the season or your area’s finest 5k road racers. In my post- world championship travels I spent the majority of my time in the 30 mile area between the city of Eldoret (200,000) and the small running town of Iten. For more on Kipchoge's workout click here: http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/05/day-olympic-marathon-champion-eliud-kipchoge-part-tuesday-morning-track-workout/ Lagat says he was inspired to go train in Kenya when he spoke to Patrick Sang and Eliud Kipchoge at Kipchoge's sub-2 hour run. (Sadly this study did not have any breakdown between Lactate Threshold or High Intensity Interval Training.) Success in a major long-distance race can lift a Kenyan runner out of poverty overnight. However, for the key workouts –his fartlek runs, 30-K and 40-K tempo runs– Lagat got the benefit of running with a group. Lagat is still a marathon newbie. Report Thread Report Thread. In some ways, I thought he was delusional but in some ways it was refreshing to see the Kenyan confidence in running. One day I watched a workout of Sammy Nyangincha, who was training full time to try to win the $10,000 first place prize for the top masters runner at Boston. Many training programmes set runners up to perform “like superman” for a period of time and then leave them burned out for years so when comparing the two systems a section must be dedicated to the likely long-term positive and negative effects of undertaking the prescribed regimes and workouts and include a look at the longevity of today’s generation of “superhuman” Kenyan runners. At altitude sedentary adolescent Kenyan boys had a mean maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) of 47 (44-51) ml.kg-1.min-1, whereas similarly aged boys regularly walking or running but not training for competition reached above 62 (58-71) ml.kg-1.min-1 in VO2max. The best Scandinavian runners were not significantly different from the Kenyan runners in VO2max both at altitude and at sea level, but none of the Scandinavians reached as high individual values as observed for some Kenyan runners. Eliud Kipchoge, known to some as “The Philosopher” for his running wisdom, has been described as “the greatest marathon runner in history”. I’ve always said, that’s where I wanted to end. New Thread. Ethiopian Training vs. Kenyan Training. Training a couple of years down the road may make sense for a lot of people in the West, but in Kenya where you may be dropped from your group if you do not produce results, this long term approach often is not a possibility. During these fartleks there are no splits to hit, no-one to beat, no coach … The long term success stories in Kenya, the Paul Tergats, even the Robert Cheruiyots, seem to be the exception to the rule. But Lagat won the 2016 Olympic Trials 5000m, locking-in his fifth Olympic team berth, then finished a remarkable fifth in Rio in a sizzling 13:06.78 at age 41. The course has 1389 feet of climbing and 1382 feet of descending. a state of semi-depleted muscle carbohydrate stores, as occurs after an overnight fast) enhances some of the fitness-boosting adaptations that occur in response to workouts. A solid improvement but the bigger difference at that point was up front as the world lead had gone from high 2:06's to 2:03's. The other guys trying to do the workout did not try to do the workout on their own terms which would be best for them long term. So I’m like, why not?”. It is from the rural part of Kenya in the highlands that most of the great Kenyan runners come. Cheruiyot is now the top marathoner in the world, having won two straight Boston marathons, with a LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon in between, to go along with his Boston title in 2003. First off, my apologies for not sharing more of my impressions of my incredible trip to Kenya and the World Cross Country Championships. $1000 a year is nothing, but many people live on much less than that. His coach wanted Cheruyiot out of the group because he thought he was more interested in eating than running and was not showing enough progress. Other Running Related Topic. I think my first 5k was around 19 minutes. Running in Kenya is by and large about one thing: money opportunity. But Cheruiyot almost never got his chance at stardom, even after he had overcome his dire circumstances to get in a training group run by Kenyan marathon star Moses Tanui. Reply. The same incentive to train all-out in the short term (which I would call overtraining) presents itself to guys trying to catch on with a training group. For more on Kipchoge's workout click here: http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/05/day-olympic-marathon-champion-eliud-kipchoge-part-tuesday-morning-track-workout/ (There are 2 surfaced tracks in all of Kenya, so those of you who think a surfaced track is necessary to train, think again.). Lagat was spurred to train abroad after a conversation he had with legendary coach Patrick Sang, the 1992 Olympic steeplechase silver medalist. When he was tearing up the track in his 20’s, he never thought he’d still be running competitively in his 40’s, and he actively avoided road racing (the only road races he did prior to 2013 were road miles). The Kenyan ran 10.5k in 31:28 seconds, not the fastest time on the leaderboard, but this event was about much more than running fastest or coming first. Reply. As I approached my mid-thirties, and with a young family keeping me busy, these times slowed slightly so I decided I was over the hill and stopped entering races. In Kenya, Lagat was able to address what he saw was his weakness on hills. This will be my weekly training and other ramblings during what I hope is my build up to my long hoped for return to the marathon. Iten Athletics training camp, December 1998. Six weeks is not enough to train with people full-time, people who live there. I've had the training schedules sitting around for some time, but I've just now gotten around to copying them to a calendar and translating them into relevant paces. “It’s exciting every single time I go out there,” Lagat said of his racing appearances. In Iten fartlek training is a staple diet for distance running. “I realized that that was my weakness,” Lagat observed. Since they work so well for the elites, it’s no wonder why many “regular” runners question if they could benefit from running twice per day. “I wanted to be smart. one thing you quickly learn is that time is not very valuable, hence the concept of “Kenya time” where a lot of things run late. Doubles are a training staple for elite athletes – I can’t think of an Olympic athlete 1500 meters and above who doesn’t do them. In general, fartlek training combines the physiological benefits of track repeats and tempo runs, so it is often used as a way of developing speed and strength without the pressure of hitting times and splits before the race season gets underway. But following them on the track might be a slew of guys in older T-shirts and older shoes.

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