Thought there were some interesting points in here on his training:
“I joined Mike on 6 January. Before that I was doing double threshold work with speed work intertwined with it, and hills. It was a mix of threshold work and all my past training, with a lot more hills.
“When I joined Mike, he does double threshold at 7000ft and it’s a little bit faster than what I was running, so that was also a little step in the right direction, and his rest is a lot shorter than what I was doing. He’s really about building the engine and then sharpening through different ways – short hills and through specific sessions.”
- Feels like this is what Galen Rupp experienced too when he first joined Mike Smith.
Also, it feels like another reason to leave Bowerman was to take more ownership of what he's doing, which might include moving into coaching:
“On Bowerman, I never felt like I had to be a student of the sport, I was part of an elite team and it kind of happened on its own,” he says. “Now I have to take time out of my day to watch races and to figure out my training and things like that.”
And this student could one day become teacher, with coaching also a path that Kincaid can see himself taking.
He also notes he wants to make the DL Final, which will be an interesting saga to watch for BTC/OAC athletes. There's no domestic DL, so will American athletes compete enough to get the necessary points to make it to the DL Final? I hope so.