Renato when you have a moment could you please update us on the training and plans for Wilson Kiprop as of late. Also any comments on the cross country season that Joesph Ebuya is having would be interesting.. Thank You in advance for any comments you would have time to give.
Bump... Hoping Renato will answer!!
Wilson is currently injured. He had a stress fracture in his left knee at the middle of November, but didn't understand how bad was the injury, for about two months.
During a session of easy run, when he was very near the training camp, during his warm-down, he went in a hole of the road, and felt suddenly a strong puncture where there is the patella's insertion (tuberositas tibialis). He stopped training for two weeks, after started again, but every time he wanted to push a little, the pain was the same. So, when I came back to Kenya after the Charlotte Summit, we went for MRI, and we discovered this stess fracture.
At the moment Wilson is in Italy (from yesterday) for reabilitation with w very good physio. He has to stop running till half of March. It's clear that this injury changes all the seasonal programs : no World Cross, probably no World Championships in 10000m (because probably he cant be ready for Kenyan Trials, and I don't believe in miracles), but a full Marathon in October.
Anyway, we will see his evolution, and after can decide.
Renato:
Did you guys go to the MRI facility in Eldoret? How is it? I've seen it a couple of times when passing through town and was just curious about how it is and if people are making use of it. It seems like it would be a great thing to have - when I lived there in 2000 my roommate had to fly to the US when he needed an MRI and it wasn't available there.