Since American coaches probably don't really know what it takes to run competitive international level marathon anymore (no more Sevenes, Squires, etc.), does anyone on this board know how to go about hiring a Japanese Marathon coach over e-mail, or something like it?
Would they want to? Would they be interested? What if you're willing to pay? Does anyone have any connections? If so, can you share?
Just a thought, but it'd be mighty interesting to share with the board the way the Japanese marathoners train. Better yet, a schedule, say aimed for New York or something like that.
They certainly know what they are doing far East. Behind Kenya, they are the best in mass numbers. I'd love to give it a try. Anyone with any info it would be greatly appreciated. Be nice to see how "connected" members on this board are.
Thanks.
Hiring Japanese Marathon Coaches
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Wake up tommorrow morning at 5am. At 6am go out running for 1 hour at 8 minutes per mile. DO this EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 4 MONTHS.
Eat a load of raw fish after your morning jog.
At 11am, go out for about 10-20 km, again about 7-8min. per miles. Again, repeat this workout everyday.
At 4pm, select from the following workouts:
(1) 10x2000 meters, 2 min. rest
(2) 15x1000, 1min. rest.
(3) 40 km at 3;30per km.
(4) 30 km at 3;30per km.
(5) 2x5000 at 15;00 each.
Enjoy. Jason -
That is a great link! He ran around 140-170mi per week. I think this is the kind of training that can develop 14:00 type guys into world-class marathoners... Impressive.
Thanks Hodgie. -
Japanese training. I've looked at the training of the Japanese guy. I would think only Morris and Lawson have done anything as extreme as this. And not coincidentally they are the only Americans other than KK to break 2:10 since Kempainen.
The interesting component is the walks. I've always gone on the theory that you would benefit from being completely off your feet at all times not running. I wonder if these are planned in the training but only occur when he was too fatigued to do a planned running session.
If he ran 14:21 in high school that's major talent but to see that he ran only 13:36 and 28:40 and hit a 2:06 marathon is impressive. Maybe there should be a more organized and concerted effort to persuade our 28:20 to 29:00 collegiate 10k guys to immediately move into a program like this the second they graduate. Or at least encourage them. -
Everyone should read Hodgie's links as there are also links to Bordin's and Seko's training. The Japanese do a lot of miles and a lot of it at marathon effort. Morris I believe is quoted somewhere as saying 2-3 times a week they did longish workouts/runs at marathon effort.
Alan
