Kipyegon was warming down with Laura Muir and Ciara Mageean, Jess Hull and Melissa Bryant and continued for another 25 minutes on the grass, rolling along at 8 minute pace after about 15 minutes as one or more had drug testers waiting at the track (as did Kipyegon). Hassan, though? Hassan was running 62-second quarters last night after the 1500m.
She immediately follows up a 1500m Championship race with some quarters at mile pace, and comes back the next day to race a 5000m. Is that sensible marathon training?
"Epo or similar drugs enable the human body to perform successive workouts or very difficult ones with relative ease due to the quick recovery from the epo."
There was a lot said in a short time in that interview.
Worth a watch if you are replying to the thread title and haven't watched it yet.
My take on this is that Nordas does not go into lactic on the last lap like the others do and so he is fresher enabling him to finish faster even though intrinsically he's slower than everyone else. This means that strength is his strength because he does not produce lactic acid even at the end of a 1500 meters according to his words. I like his directness and confidence and he does not mince his words.
If strength is his strength, then how is he getting beat by Brian Fay in the 5k?
POS
NAME
NAT
RESULT
1 KEMBOI Cornelius KEN 13:00.68 2 FAY Brian IRL 13:01.40 3 MCGORTHY SEAN USA 13:02.13 4 HAY Hugo FRA 13:02.62 5 NORDAS Narve Gilje NOR 13:05.38
Likely was training through this race, but I'd imagine any strength based ("slowest guy in the race") 1500 guy who kicks like that in a 3:29 race is running 12:50s or coming ahead of McGorty/Fay. Just seems odd. Others have said he always has had a kick tho