Lagat's comments after beaten by Farah in the 5000m

we shouldn't care about Lagat. What is going on with the real american Galen ??

we shouldn't care about Lagat. What is going on with the real american Galen ??

coachW wrote:

‎"We will get a lot of training going because for me to be able to beat Mo Farah I need to put my training up a notch," Lagat said. "I am happy with my speed. The only thing I need to work on is the strength. I can see that Mo Farah is a gu...y that is very strong. He is like a racing horse. What I need to do are the things that will get me even with him. I need to go back and do the hill sessions, the longer tempo runs, longer repetitions on the track. Those are the things that are going to help me."

--http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/blogs/blog=blockheadblog/postid=544173.html

Let's see, he just ran the fastest 5k ever by an "american" and he is not new on the circuit and now he says he needs to work harder in the next few weeks to be better?!?! My BS Meter just went off. Decent interview but hardly telling of what actually needs to be done to be the best in the world. Will World's even be a fast race, or a tactical affair? Looking back at Lagat's AR - did he really run a smart race? Could he have made some tactical modifications and shaved a few more seconds? Would that still be enough?

Coach d-

Please share with us your training plan and all of the individual olympians you have coached. Thanks in advance for sharing your expertice.

it's just lagat being his usual media-savvy self - saying something meaningless and neutral

There's really no valid arguement on this message board. To race fast you have to run fast.

XCrunner15 wrote:

There's really no valid arguement on this message board. To race fast you have to run fast.

And to run fast your have to race fast.

Not enough of these guys race hard.

They cherry pick. No guts no glory.

no, it's part of what makes Lagat so good that he repeatedly evaluates his conditioning and training at important points in the season and makes changes that bring him to championship form, just as in 2007, after Lagat was destroyed, and double gold medals resulted.

sk8rh8r wrote:

coach d wrote:

Unlike the negative losers around here, I see a WHOLE BUNCH of Americans who could come back from Deagu with medals (I don't mean to imply that they're all going to win medals, but I think they have a shot):

Lagat

Manzano

Wheating? (not tough enough, I fear, like Rupp)

Uceny

Jenny Barringer (seems to be getting into contention now)

Alicia (Johnson) Montano (world leader last year)

Alice Schmidt

Maggie Vessey

Which of those people run high mileage?

Not a single one.

You are either a troll or a bona fide moron.

Coach D is both a moron and a troll. One thing he is NOT is a coach. Seriously coach 'Douche' - stop posting - you are an embarrassment!!

Rashid Ramzi 2012 wrote:

Lagat sets an AR and says he'll work even harder. Rupp and Sol fall in the bushes and cry like pusses. See the difference?

No part of your statement is correct...you need to rethink and rewrite.