daniel komen training

That is indeed an amazing race. Komen's 7:20, Bekele's 26:17, and Coe's 1:41 are my favorite of all time.

Komen has such a smooth stride too. It looks so natural.

It wasn't the training that caused him to run 9 seconds faster than Aouita.

In the other most recent Daniel Komen thread it talks about a workout he used to do with Bob Kennedy during race season in Europe. 1600, 1200, 800, and 400 with 3 min recovery jog. He was around 3:54, 2:53, 1:54, and 55 for that workout. So basically he could run a 3:55 mile casually in practice and keep running very respectable times for the rest of the workout.

dr dre wrote:

The guy was incredible!. 7:20 3000m and no one has come close. 3:29 for 1500 and 12:39 for 5000. First one ever to run a sub 8:00 2 mile. smooth as ever just like wilson kipketer if anyone knows anything about his training just reply

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6gLVIAXWQo&feature=related

world record run enjoy

I'd love to think he really was that good, but I'm convinced those silly times in the late 90's were down to EPO.

What did he do after 2000? Couldn't break 7:43 or 13:00, despite being only 24!

are we being realistic? wrote:

dr dre wrote:

The guy was incredible!. 7:20 3000m and no one has come close. 3:29 for 1500 and 12:39 for 5000. First one ever to run a sub 8:00 2 mile. smooth as ever just like wilson kipketer if anyone knows anything about his training just reply

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6gLVIAXWQo&feature=related

world record run enjoy

I'd love to think he really was that good, but I'm convinced those silly times in the late 90's were down to EPO.

What did he do after 2000? Couldn't break 7:43 or 13:00, despite being only 24!

Why because he is black, get the f*** out of here ass white. You ass/whites are all the f***ing same. If a ass/white is not on top, something is not right. Train hard mother f***er!!!

Watch the video of Komen running, he is possibly the most beautiful runner I have ever seen. Look at the guy he was born to run.

As for not being much good after 2000 that is true but it's quite a stretch to blame this on EPO or not on taking EPO anymore.

I met Komen once or twice and whilst physically he was a Ferrari, hell he was a Bugatti Veron? but mentally he was a neon. Komen broke he didn't have the intellect to be a super star. He couldn't handle the pressure and lacked the drive to push himself or understand that he wouldn't always be on top.

I have met several super stars over the years and on the occasions I met him he struck me as physically the most gifted but mentally the most lacking. He was a nice guy and like most Kenyans I have met, he was very genuine but I wouldn't think he would be much of a challenge at a game of chess.

Being a super star requires two main components a strong body and a strong mind, his mind let him down.

This comment may sound a little insulting, its not meant to be but is certainly less insulting than some uninformed jerk accusing him of something that is offensive as cheating.

He was a doper supreme. Guys on the circuit can tell you the behind the scenes stories. Very similar to Noah Ngeny, another product of talent + pinning.

Look up Komen's bs story about his high caffeine levels when he was suspended - lol, never mind what the IAAF wanted to cover up, in order to not appear to be picking on a poor third worlder.

Informed Jerk to puto ini wrote:

He was a doper supreme. Guys on the circuit can tell you the behind the scenes stories. Very similar to Noah Ngeny, another product of talent + pinning.

Look up Komen's bs story about his high caffeine levels when he was suspended - lol, never mind what the IAAF wanted to cover up, in order to not appear to be picking on a poor third worlder.

The retarded "political correctness conspiracy" theory again.

I have written this a thousand times before. National and international sports federations, no matter if it is in T&F or any other sport, don´t give a f***ing shit about political correctness. All they care about is money, money and money.

Why the hell would they cover up East African distance runners, who are largely unknown to most people, while busting

sprinters, who have a huge market value? Please, think before you post!

TRained 3x a day. Mentored by moses kiptanui.beautiful stride was from a lot of hill workouts. toby tanser could elaborate.

WAs an 8:54 steepler at seventeen at altitude. Steeple background helped his form and also with getting help from former wr holder kiptanui.

Dudebb wrote:

are we being realistic? wrote:

I'd love to think he really was that good, but I'm convinced those silly times in the late 90's were down to EPO.

What did he do after 2000? Couldn't break 7:43 or 13:00, despite being only 24!

Why because he is black, get the f*** out of here ass white. You ass/whites are all the f***ing same. If a ass/white is not on top, something is not right. Train hard mother f***er!!!

Idiot!

Where do I mention anything about his color? How do you know what color I am? Moron.

There were just as many white guys taking EPO in the late 90's and running ridiculous times they couldn't achieve later. You're seriously going to tell me that hardly anyone took a drug which they knew would make them seconds faster and which COULDN'T be detected by any drug testing!?

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You know it is possible to google this stuff and find answers that way.

However fine I'll do it this time. There is a few weeks of training of Komen in the book "Run to Win: The training secrets of Kenyan runners"

Here is the training for Komen the week he set the 2 mile WR:

July 13th: 30 minute warm up, 3 sets of 4 x 400m with 60 second recovery, 3 minutes between sets. (59, 58, 59, 58), (58, 57, 58, 59), and (55, 57, 56, 55). Then 40 minutes

July 14th: 40 minutes

July 15th: 42 minutes

July 16th: 30 minute warm up, 2 x 400m in 55 seconds, 1 minute recovery, 2 x 800 in 1:58-1:59, 90 seconds recovery, 2 x 600m in 1:27-1:28, 1 minute recovery. 3 minutes recovery between sets.

July 17th: 42 minutes

July 18th: 30 minutes

July 19th: 30 minute warm up, 2 mile 7:58.61 world record, 400m splits (58.6, 2:00.4, 2:58.9, 3:58.4 (3:59.8 mile), 4:58.2, 5:56.7, 6:57.5, (7:27.3 3000m)).

The Waterboy wrote:

You know it is possible to google this stuff and find answers that way.

However fine I'll do it this time. There is a few weeks of training of Komen in the book "Run to Win: The training secrets of Kenyan runners"

Here is the training for Komen the week he set the 2 mile WR:

July 13th: 30 minute warm up, 3 sets of 4 x 400m with 60 second recovery, 3 minutes between sets. (59, 58, 59, 58), (58, 57, 58, 59), and (55, 57, 56, 55). Then 40 minutes

July 14th: 40 minutes

July 15th: 42 minutes

July 16th: 30 minute warm up, 2 x 400m in 55 seconds, 1 minute recovery, 2 x 800 in 1:58-1:59, 90 seconds recovery, 2 x 600m in 1:27-1:28, 1 minute recovery. 3 minutes recovery between sets.

July 17th: 42 minutes

July 18th: 30 minutes

July 19th: 30 minute warm up, 2 mile 7:58.61 world record, 400m splits (58.6, 2:00.4, 2:58.9, 3:58.4 (3:59.8 mile), 4:58.2, 5:56.7, 6:57.5, (7:27.3 3000m)).

Mouth watering stuff...

German fan wrote:

TRained 3x a day. Mentored by moses kiptanui.beautiful stride was from a lot of hill workouts. toby tanser could elaborate.

He just trained 3 x a day for shorter times. I asked him this question when we chat a couple of times. "Did you really train 3 x a day, Daniel, as it can be read in some online information about your training?" Daniel- " No, mostly I trained 2x a day. "

Why don’t you prescribe 2x a day to your runners JS?

supragraf wrote:

Why don’t you prescribe 2x a day to your runners JS?

I know of experience it`s enough to reach individual top capcity on just 5-6 sessions per week,

and I have done great coaching for many runners on that low mileage. The only elite runner I have coached on 6 sessions per week is a Kenyan that already just did that before my coaching . I got him to run as a pacemaker in a big marathon and pass through 30 k at 1:32. He told me after he felt still strong at that point and probably could have finished in 2_09-2:10 . A single easy run of 70-90 min gives more aerob effect than doubles e.g 40 + 60 , and also more recovery.

All the elite runners I have coached ( except one) are used to do 2 x a day training and it won`t hurt their results because they have all day for their training and time to recover. With some of them I sometimes cut the easy morning run when they will do the main workout interval later on to get a more powerful and effective interval.

When a young runner I advice to first see what he/she can do on singles.

My experience after now 50 years as a national elite runner and a coach for five years is summarized in this sentence " To reach individual optimum capacity in running isn`t mainly a question of how many miles the runner does, it`s more a question of HOW the runner does the miles.... " - J.S -

are we being realistic? wrote:

dr dre wrote:

The guy was incredible!. 7:20 3000m and no one has come close. 3:29 for 1500 and 12:39 for 5000. First one ever to run a sub 8:00 2 mile. smooth as ever just like wilson kipketer if anyone knows anything about his training just reply

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6gLVIAXWQo&feature=related

world record run enjoy

I'd love to think he really was that good, but I'm convinced those silly times in the late 90's were down to EPO.

What did he do after 2000? Couldn't break 7:43 or 13:00, despite being only 24!

What happened? The word is alcohol ...... lot`s of party and a lot of new "friends" . Same problem for many of the great runners ( e.g Henry Rono) .