The key to his progress is consistency in training, on and off in Kenya, since age 18.
The key to his progress is consistency in training, on and off in Kenya, since age 18.
How does one convince his parents to send him to Kenya instead of college?
Great video of his life at home in Kenya. One of the more insightful videos of this kind; includes a short cameo by Sondre Moen. These two are the real deal. Also, notice how generally well-liked and accepted they are, by the locals.
http://www.athle.ch/2018/02/07/reportage-video-exclusif-julien-wanders-a-maison-kenya/
Actual video:
Better video of the Barcelona Half.
He does three key sessions per week. The rest is steady, and core and weights plus daily massage.
Can we please discuss Julien in ONE thread? I actually started a thread before the Barcelona half and it got only a handfull of responses. Now, there are about five threads and this makes it very silly to follow.
Can the Brojos put them together? Actually did the Brojos even notice this performance? If that was a college athlete with a similar time in the mile or 5k...
So what’s next?
El Keniano wrote:
So what’s next?
Works half marathon champs, then outdoor track season.
A young Julien in the back of the Robertson's car:
Winning wrote:
How does one convince his parents to send him to Kenya instead of college?
I don't know but I know that his parents are pretty wealthy, not every 18 years old promising young runner can train in Kenya full time
mountainrunnerrr wrote:
Winning wrote:
How does one convince his parents to send him to Kenya instead of college?
I don't know but I know that his parents are pretty wealthy, not every 18 years old promising young runner can train in Kenya full time
I lived in iten off and in for 3 years in the early 2000's. My coat was MINIMAL. For example:
Monthly rent in shared house- $40
Electricity shared- $4
Maid/cook- $20 (a bit higher than typical)
Food- ~$100 (high because of my insistence on meat 4x wk)
Gas- $0
My point being, it certainly doesn't take wealthy parents to live and train there...not in the least.
Oh my god Ghost really does pick them! As soon as he pins his colours to a particular mast I start having doubts! The guy is nuts.
Yes it is cheap to live in Iten but a 18years old can't train there full time without financial support, it is well know his parents are wealthy and support him, the guy is pretty talented but not everyone has the opportunity to train full time like a pro when you are a junior athlete.
3:57.xx wrote:
mountainrunnerrr wrote:
I don't know but I know that his parents are pretty wealthy, not every 18 years old promising young runner can train in Kenya full time
I lived in iten off and in for 3 years in the early 2000's. My coat was MINIMAL. For example:
Monthly rent in shared house- $40
Electricity shared- $4
Maid/cook- $20 (a bit higher than typical)
Food- ~$100 (high because of my insistence on meat 4x wk)
Gas- $0
My point being, it certainly doesn't take wealthy parents to live and train there...not in the least.
just another addition to my previous response, you don't have to be rich to live in Iten but I don't know so many parents who would let their child train full time as a pro athlete in another country just to train without scholarship.
I mean this is the biggest weakness of long distance running in Europe we don't have enough big clubs to support the athletes financially unlike cycling. In cycling if you aren't the best rider of your country it's fine you can still earn a pretty decent salary, if you are at the bottom of the top 100 even top 200 in somes countries like germany/Spain/France/Britain you can still earn between 1000/2000 euros per month + sponsorships appareance fees etc. It is enough to live. In running the number of athletes who are earning enough money to live correctly is quite small. The 200th runner in Britain probably doesn't earn enough money in a year to pay a rent for a student room in London.
The situation is pretty similar in the US, who can train full time without having a part time job after college?
But once again Wanders is an amazing athlete, I really want to see what he's going to do in the half marathon WC in march, in the video he said that he will try to stay with the leaders and fight for the win. Morever 1h for the HM at 21 years old on a race which isn't so fast is amazing, he will probably break 2.06 for the marathon in a few years.
mountainrunnerrr wrote:
just another addition to my previous response, you don't have to be rich to live in Iten but I don't know so many parents who would let their child train full time as a pro athlete in another country just to train without scholarship.
I mean this is the biggest weakness of long distance running in Europe we don't have enough big clubs to support the athletes financially unlike cycling. In cycling if you aren't the best rider of your country it's fine you can still earn a pretty decent salary, if you are at the bottom of the top 100 even top 200 in somes countries like germany/Spain/France/Britain you can still earn between 1000/2000 euros per month + sponsorships appareance fees etc. It is enough to live. In running the number of athletes who are earning enough money to live correctly is quite small. The 200th runner in Britain probably doesn't earn enough money in a year to pay a rent for a student room in London.
The situation is pretty similar in the US, who can train full time without having a part time job after college?
Is there a point to all your whining?
Winning wrote:
How does one convince his parents to send him to Kenya instead of college?
I don't know. But as a life achievement running a 60 min 1/2 marathon is a significantly tougher life achievement than pretty much any college graduate or post graduate degree. Even running something like a sub 15 minute 5K is a tougher achievement than at least 90% of college degrees.
Sadly though society is not advanced enough to recognize this and award such achievements appropriately so it will be difficult to convince most parents.
You know what this guy, Sondre Moen, and the Robertsons (and Bob Kennedy, the original live and train with the Kenyans guy) all prove? The culture and altitude of Kenya result in the...results.
Now if we could get some American cheaper training camps at altitude, we would be better.
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