Julien Wanders is finished for good

He will most likely toe the line, possibly finish the race and definitely not get the standard.

European coach and manager. Based in Kenya. Coach says EPO has no benefits on elite long distance runners at altitude. Nothing to see here.

He's staying in Iten

Julien Wanders comes from a long lineage of Geneva, Swiss, patrician stock. Old Swiss money will go a long way in Kenya.

JS is good, but the Swede's sweet spot is coaching sub elite guys who only have time for minimal mileage, example 50-60 miles per week.

Coach JS also has his hands full coaching up to a dozen runners in Keroka and Kericho, Kenya. These include famous Sammy Nyokaye, a 1:02:00/2:14:00 stalwart and former pacer in China.

It would be fantastic if Julien Wanders retired young and lived an undeserved life in Kenya spending his family's Nazi gold fortune.

JS, be quiet. It's embarrassing for a man your age to write these posts.

Besides, you have a horrible record coaching marathon runners.

He has not.A woman at your age should be ashame to write this garbage you do.Crawl back to your cave.He is a great coach and you are just jealous.

Crawl back to my cage? So that's how you treat women, Jan? Embarrassing...

So has JS coached exactly? Actual names.

That can be proven? Sammy Nyokaye.

He will tell you he coached Victor Kipchirchir to his 2:07 but what he did was send a training plan to one of Victor's training mates.

He can't even prove that other guy did his training but he will claim Victor's 2:07 as a result of his coaching.

JS coaches around 30 runners based in Keroka and Kericho with a flexible program allowing some modifications from the Kenyan runners. It is a hybrid program using part of JS's philosophy and their own input with local Kenyan coaches. I know this because I was right there for 5 weeks last year in April/May 2022. Check out Meguara Runners on WhatsApp to see what these guys do and numerous references to JS. Let's look at the good points. Thank you.

So if you send me a training plan and I do something different because of what other coaches tell me, you will claim to be my coach and take credit for my good results?

That's not how it works.

Do you have any proof for such a horrific statement?

What a beautifull home! Good to see that he is able to live a comfortable life despite giving everything for his running, maybe with a bit hit and miss when it comes to the results. I had the impression ((based on nothing to be honest) that he was close to poverty but that is obviously not the case.

Looks like he's thinking long-term. Maybe coaching or even his own stable.

Re Julien Wanders: Kenya is his life. His wife is Kenyan, most of his friends are here. Even though his Kiswahili language skills are very limited (compared with Jake Robertson, for example) he is at home here and highly respected. With regard to Kiswahili, it is not necessary to be fluent in that language to do well in Kenya, although it certainly helps from an economic point of view, as you will get better prices in the markets and overall kudos from Kenyans. In addition you will understand the mores and psyches (of Kenyans) a lot better once you begin to attain fluency in Kiswahili. It is certainly not the most challenging language to pick up, being about mid level of difficulty in the languages learning chart. The famous Italian coach (sorry - his name escapes me momentarily) who lives in Eldoret (who was a disciple of Professor Canova) takes private Kiswahili lessons and sometimes acts as an interpreter when overseas for his athletes.