I remember he cut a season short a few years back, but other than that... sheesh, the guy has more titles than the Library Of Congress and still seems unfazed by the Injury Demon. Paul Tergat was also impressive, but didn't race nearly as much.
I remember he cut a season short a few years back, but other than that... sheesh, the guy has more titles than the Library Of Congress and still seems unfazed by the Injury Demon. Paul Tergat was also impressive, but didn't race nearly as much.
Low mileage works for the genetically blessed.
50mpw is all it takes on a steady epo regimen
Also his coach james li,
Every day i still wonder why webb did not move to james li.
Just from reading the countless interviews li seems like a very good coach.
I spoke to him shortly before the 2008 5th ave mile and he told me that the achilles injury he had prior to Beijing was the first injury of his career. I think he only missed a month of training because of it, anyway. I think that pretty much answers your question
bill rodgers did not get injured much.
De Castella was free from injury for his career, as I remember it.
I thought he had some nagging injuries going back a few years ago. Nothing major but just kind of nagging. But I'm just dredging that up from the back of my mind somewhere. I could be off base on that.
Generally though, at his age I'm sure he knows his body well. Probably trains very smart. Also, I don't sense that he is a workout addict who has to train even if his body is telling him he shouldn't.
lots of speedwork (which usually comes with low mileage) brings injuries. what kind of prevention work, if any, does he do?
I never thought of this but now that you mention it I don't know of any superstar that has remained injury free as Lagat. Usually to get to that level you have to always ride the line of injuries.
Coe didn't seem to get injured but he had the toxoplasmosis in 1983. Steve Scott never seemed to miss a year from injury and competed at a high level every year from 1977 to 1992. Spivey as well.
Ikke wrote:
Also his coach james li,
Every day i still wonder why webb did not move to james li.
Just from reading the countless interviews li seems like a very good coach.
Who has Li, coached? Oh that's right, no one except Lagat.
jeff galloway a former olympian says he has not been injured in over 30 years since incorporating walking breaks into his running.
dropped in his lap wrote:
Ikke wrote:Also his coach james li,
Every day i still wonder why webb did not move to james li.
Just from reading the countless interviews li seems like a very good coach.
Who has Li, coached? Oh that's right, no one except Lagat.
and..... ?
No injuries, AR's, and more titles than any other current American middle distance runner. I'd take him over Salazar's stable of underachievers.
Why mess up a good thing? Has any one tried to get Li to coach them?
Ron Hill
2:09:28 marathon PR with 112/115 marathons under 2:50.
Boston winner '70
3 time Olympian
multiple WR's
Hasn't missed a day since '64.
Ikke wrote:
Also his coach james li,
Every day i still wonder why webb did not move to james li.
Just from reading the countless interviews li seems like a very good coach.
Please post some links, I would like to read what he says. Thank you.
Daddy-O wrote:
Ron Hill
2:09:28 marathon PR with 112/115 marathons under 2:50.
Boston winner '70
3 time Olympian
multiple WR's
Hasn't missed a day since '64.
He's run on broken legs to keep his streak going.
Lagat has been more consistently successful at the International level (against MUCH tougher competition) than Hill, Rodgers or Deek. Coe definitely had his share of injury woes.
I have trained for both the mile and marathon, and the former is, to me, much harder to do at a high level and stay healthy. The guy is remarkable. Compared to Solinsky, and some of the others mentioned, I sense that he is of the bamboo-like, "bend but don't break" kind of runner, compared to the "Iron Man" type who is just nails. I could be wrong on that. If U.S. runners want to learn the most valuable possible lesson from him, they should tap into his anti-injury strategy, whatever it may be.
Reality Bath wrote:
If U.S. runners want to learn the most valuable possible lesson from him, they should tap into his anti-injury strategy, whatever it may be.
Sorry, but I doubt he'll be sharing his secret cocktail recipe any time soon. We already know about the EPO. HGH is a given. It's the other ingredient(s) we don't know about. Cinnamon? Nutmeg?
Hall's been pretty healthy since at least his senior year at Stanford. Here are a few things about Lagat and Li. In one of them, Li credits Lagat's health for allowing him to build up more miles over time than many of the oft injured higher mileage guys. Ritz would come to mind. One of the workouts that Lagat talks about as indicating that he is in excellent shape is running 5k on the roads in under 14:30 in Germany or Flagstaff, and I'm not sure if he meant doing this right afterwards, but he added that he would know he was sharp when he did 200s in 27 w/45 seconds rest.
http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=19141
furiousxc wrote:
[quote]saucy wrote:
Where on earth do you get your "we already know" from? We don't know, you just randomly pull stuff out of your ass.
Here's something I just pulled out of mine for you to put in yours:
http://www.letsrun.com/2003/lagatepo.php