A couple months back articles appeared stating that Kenenisa Bekele was interested in joining Alberto's group. It was quite confusing as previously Kenenisa took shots at Alberto's group, "stating that it's takes more talent and determination to compete by training the old fashion way, instead of using Oxygen tents and other gadgets".
Did the deal with Kenenisa and Alberto fall thru or was it just a rumor that some running sites pick up or started?
What's the deal?
the bekele brothers wanted to be coached by salazar
he considered it and then decided against it
someone had to do it wrote:
the bekele brothers wanted to be coached by salazar
he considered it and then decided against it
Verify please.
According to Runner's World senior writer John Brant, Salazar's success with Rupp and Farah has led African athletes to approach Salazar about coaching them, including a down-low contact from the Bekele brothers, Kenenisa and Tariku. Salazar mentioned this to Rupp, whose response, according to Brant, was "Aren't those the guys we're trying to beat?"
Maybe he's got a thyroid problem and wants to join Sal's support group.
It's "Training Tourism", my friend. Well paid elites can optionally train in many places throughout the year. At OTC we get plenty of tourists for short stints and long stints. Most stay in their country's or club's apartment in Chula or National. Other favorite tourist training spots: Boulder, Malibu, Santa Barbara, Mt Sac, mammoth, Flag, Alb, Redding, and so on.
someone had to do it wrote:
the bekele brothers wanted to be coached by salazar
he considered it and then decided against it
If so, not a good decision on his part.
VoR wrote:
Maybe he's got a thyroid problem and wants to join Sal's support group.
Hmmm, I was going to say that being African should protect him from the Thyroid/acne innuendo.
Justin91 wrote:
Hmmm, I was going to say that being African should protect him from the Thyroid/acne innuendo.
Why would it?
I fully expect someone to come along soon to inform us that people from East Africa don't have thyroid glands at all, though.
Very smart for Galen Rupp if he had any influence in Alberto's decision. Kenenisa Bekele once fully healthy can still beat Galen Rupp in the 10000m; however, I should wait to see how much Galen will improve this 2013 season after his 3:50.9 indoor mile LOL!
If Kenenisa Bekele can return remotely close to his WR form then I still say he's the man to beat in the 10000m and if he was trained by Alberto his WR could again come into play if healthy, even at age 30!
VIPAM wrote:
If Kenenisa Bekele can return remotely close to his WR form then I still say he's the man to beat in the 10000m
If the WR holder can get close to his WR form he'll be the man to beat?
It's a pretty wild prediction, but I do think you might be right.
someone had to do it wrote:
the bekele brothers wanted to be coached by salazar
he considered it and then decided against it
Ventolin, why do you also post under this name?
brogan1 wrote:
http://www.runnersworld.com/rt-columns/2012-year-reviewAccording to Runner's World senior writer John Brant, Salazar's success with Rupp and Farah has led African athletes to approach Salazar about coaching them, including a down-low contact from the Bekele brothers, Kenenisa and Tariku. Salazar mentioned this to Rupp, whose response, according to Brant, was "Aren't those the guys we're trying to beat"
The Bekele brothers are gay?
The Bekele brothers are gay?[/quote]
Wow, You're Funny
Alberto apparently thinks that once Galen gains enough strength after 2012 that he could beat Mo Farah and thus be a threat for Gold; however, IF he was to train the Kenenisa or the Bekele brothers it may push his star pupil back to silver or worse bronze!
Not me wrote:
It's "Training Tourism", my friend. Well paid elites can optionally train in many places throughout the year. At OTC we get plenty of tourists for short stints and long stints.
Same thing happened in the eighties in Canberra, DeCastella was there and was the distance man of the eighties (one of them anyway) and so was the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) which also included the distance runner scholarship holders and other wanabes.
Many world record holders, olympic champs, internationals, etc passed through, some for short stays, some long. Seems Salazar is flavour of the month at the moment.
Moronic wrote:
Same thing happened in the eighties in Canberra, DeCastella was there and was the distance man of the eighties (one of them anyway) and so was the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) which also included the distance runner scholarship holders and other wanabes.
Many world record holders, olympic champs, internationals, etc passed through, some for short stays, some long. Seems Salazar is flavour of the month at the moment.
Replace "flavor of the month" with "one of the best coaches of his time" and your statement makes sense...
Throws, vaults, jumps commonly train together, and stay at each others flats as they move around during the year since it gets boring being in the same place every day. Don't distances do that too?
No actually you'll never see the time when U.S. distance runners share their training secrets as much as Kenyans.
I wonder why Alberto Salazar doesn't want to train the greatest distance runner "Kenenisa Bekele" ever? Especially since Kenenisa have another 3-4 great years on the track if he can stay healthy!
from what I've read on previous threads, here is Rupp's response:
"Aren't those the guys we are trying to beat?"
Also, one thing is certain regarding secrets: in Kenya, what they are doing seems to really hurt a good amount of their athletes (as in some of the worst peaking patterns I have ever seen with elite athletes)