I read BR COLM said, "even the schoolgirls are training 3 times per day" true?

ROOODISSHA wrote:

I read am pretty sure I heard or read this

"even the scholgirls are training 3 times per day" in response to how much one should train.

but cant find it. Is it true - can someone find a link to it please?

He might be referring to the running to school (1), training for sport/running while at school (2), running home from school (3).

Umm... It all depends on the definition of "training". I'm sure Brother Colm "train" his schoolgirls three times per day.

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run to school, train with him, run back

It must be that he mean the run from and back to home as 2 times. I have now during about 2 years of coaching kenyans only one example of a runner that for shorter times used to train 3 times a day. All the runners I coach or have coached rest one day in the week....saturday or sunday.

COACH J.S

ROOODISSHA wrote:

I read am pretty sure I heard or read this

"even the scholgirls are training 3 times per day" in response to how much one should train.

but cant find it. Is it true - can someone find a link to it please?

In his book, "More Fire: How to Run the Kenyan Way," Toby Tanser included a number of fairly random quotations about the Kenyan approach to training and racing. The quotation from Brother Colm can be found on page 116: "Remember, even 13-year-old girls are training three times per day."

Colm is a perv wrote:

Umm... It all depends on the definition of "training". I'm sure Brother Colm "train" his schoolgirls three times per day.

Which, to me anyway, tells more about you than Brother Colm.

From 1989 to now the Kenyan Junior women have won 25 gold or silver medals and 1 bronze at the World Championships Cross Meet.

Training 3 times per day?

Sounds true.

Regarding the running to school thing - while there's every reason in the world to run to school to avoid being late, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to run home from school. None!

Since it seems that every Kenyan has to run 10k to school, I suggest that they build the school 10k closer to where people actually live. That would avoid all this useless running.

El Keniano wrote:

Regarding the running to school thing - while there's every reason in the world to run to school to avoid being late, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to run home from school. None!

Well, you get home faster. Maybe you've got stuff you want to do...

El Keniano wrote:

Regarding the running to school thing - while there's every reason in the world to run to school to avoid being late, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to run home from school. None!

I concur. I always ran home after practice. It is boring to walk. I was already sweaty. I didn't feel like waiting to get home to shower. Running only makes sense, unless you have a car.

Don't his students live at the school?

Gvybgbyygggby wrote:

Since it seems that every Kenyan has to run 10k to school, I suggest that they build the school 10k closer to where people actually live. That would avoid all this useless running.

It would then move it 10k away from the people currently near it, and maybe 20k for someone else, try to use your brain

What makes no sense is for a monk who knows nothing about running to coach the two fastest 800m runners in history.

Thanks Avocado

I knew I'dread it somewhere. But I don't have that book perhaps it is in train hard win easy too. I have that.