How do the best 800m runners train? IE: David Rudisha & Abubaker Kaki

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I no Rudisha was coached by Brothe Colm O' Connell. I think there is a copy of his training diary online but no idea where.

I'm pretty sure he coached under the Lydiard philosophy.

It varies

No he never got his athletes running long, Colm is big on Fartlek and speed.

100-120 mile weeks during base. 90 during sharpening and 80 during season.

800m athletes should not be running 120m weeks. 800m requires speed 120m weeks is good for 10K up but it is not specific for an 800m athlete.

I think they probably just run 800 meters as fast as they can every day, and little by little they get better at it. Maybe even twice a day.

had the opportunity to join the sudanese team 4two weeks and also had some nice talks with their coach Jama Aden ...think their mileage depend on the time of the year but at that time it was far away from anything crazy ...most of the time their training days were structured like a run in the morning and some specific work in the evening (either weights or track workouts)

here is is the training of 800m Beijing champ Wilfred Bungei from youth to before the Olympics

http://www.atletiekunie.nl/upload/File/Trainerscongres/engelse%20vertaling%20pp%20bungei.ppt

it's in powerpoint format and some of the english isn't very clear but the general consensus: a lot of technique work, intervals and fartleks

Marius Bakken has Colm O'Connell's training here:

http://www.mariusbakken.com/training-corner/kenyan-training/young-kenyan-training.html

Lots of speedwork year-round. The direct OPPOSITE of Lydiard.

Rudisha was a 400m guy who moved up. More likely to be 400/800 style of training.

Mid D that link doesnt work

Typically the best 800m runners train very well. This helps them to be the best 800m runners.

Is that how you train for your races?

u r on crack yo.

yyy wrote:

100-120 mile weeks during base. 90 during sharpening and 80 during season.

find training info re:kaki here: