Strength & Conditioning For Distance Runners

This guy has no idea what he's talking about. Here's a quote he misues from Lagat:

“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 guy 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'm sure Lagat meant weights when he said "strength". Didn't read further on since this guy has no clue what strength means in distance running.

It seems it is in fact you who doesn't have an idea what you're talking about.

I've read the article and its a good insight for the distance runner thinking of introducing 'weight training' into their schedule. It outlines the benifits and sets out a basic intro programme.

Read it properly before you criticise people in future.

Thanks to the OP for the link, I have already been using weight training in my schedule for the past year and have seen massive benifits, not only in terms of strength but also injury prevention.

You're clearly not the OP responding under another moniker... Nope, that's definitely not what is happening here...

And, by the way, contextz IS right. The "strength" Lagat was refering to in those quotes was aerobic strength. He got beat in a kick at Monaco by Farah but only because he was a bit too far behind at the bell to make-up the needed distance. He cited a need for more strength (i.e. aerobic power) so that he could run a faster pace (thus being more towards if not in the front of the race) and then kick from there. He even gives examples of what he means when you look at the full quote:

Yes, weight training is a key part of a good amount of elite distance runners' training. However, the OP clearly took what Lagat said out of context in order to hock his own blog/training.

There's the link for the full quote too

The plan seems reasonable.