In Preparation for 1990 European Championships
July 23- Moderate 30 mins "until 3:07"
July 24- 50 mins
July 25- 3 x 3 x 300m rec. 30" w/800 btw sets(39”2 – 42” – 41”8 * 40”5 – 41”8 – 41”8 * 41”5 – 40” – 39”2)
July 26- 60 mins
July 27 3000m (8’26”) rec. 1200 + 8 x 200 (25”8/24”2)
July 28- 60 mins
July 29- Set 1: 2 x 800 rec. 40” (2’00” – 2’04”) rec. 600 + 400 (54”7) Set2: 2 x 800 rec. 40” (2’04” – 2’05”) rec. 600 + 400 (53”)
July 30 6 x 150 (50 forti + 50’ lenti + 50 forti)
July 31- 50 mins
Aug 1- 2000 (5’24”) rec. 1000 + 2x 500 (1’09” – 1’10”) Workout stopped because of wind
Aug 2- 60 mins
Aug 3- 50 mins
Aug 4- 5 x 1000 (2’42” – 2’26” – 2’28” – 2’34”(final 400 in 54”3) – 2’32”(24”4)) rec. 600
Aug 5- 50 mins
Aug 6- 1600 (4’18”) rec. 800 + 600(1’29”)/300(40”3) rec. 100 rec. 600 + 1200 (3’09”) rec. 600 + 500(1’14”)/300(40”4) rec. 100 + rec.600+400(57”)/200(24”9)rec.100+rec.600 400(24”8)/100(11”8) rec. 100
Aug 7- 50 mins
Aug 8- 50 mins
Aug 9- 6 x 400 (56”4 – 56”8 – 56”9 – 57”3 – 57” – 53”8 (final 200 in 25”3)
Aug 10- 40 mins
Aug 11- 40 mins
Aug 12- Race 1500 in 3’38”12 1st (Pieksamaki, Finland)
After this, he went on to finish 4th in Koln on the 19th and then a Silver medal at the European Championships in the 1500.
Then on September 9th he ran the still standing Italian 1500m record of 3:32.78 in Rieti beating Morceli.
Ran 1:45.8 on July 7th (winning the race), his career best over 800m.
1.)How much has the Italian system of training 1500m runners changed since 1990?
2.) Is this a similar system that you use to train the Kenyans (Silas Kiplagat, Kimmewich)?
3.)What about Gennaro's training would you have changed? Feel free to make anyother comments on his training.