Jos Hermans said Bekele runs 80-90 mpw

80 mpw FTW wrote:

During the 10,000m race at Pre Tim Hutchings (?) said he'd spoken to Jos Hermans earlier that morning and Jos had said that Kenenisa ran 80-90 miles a week, all fairly high-quality. This was mentioned as a contrast to Haile's 130-140 mpw.

I found it a bit strange he was only doing 80-90. I figured he'd be in the 110s or so.

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Well, the drugs are always going to get more potent, right?

So mutts like Hermans can proscribe less training.

yes

jos knows all about spanish doctors

80 mpw FTW wrote:

During the 10,000m race at Pre Tim Hutchings (?) said he'd spoken to Jos Hermans earlier that morning and Jos had said that Kenenisa ran 80-90 miles a week, all fairly high-quality. This was mentioned as a contrast to Haile's 130-140 mpw.

I found it a bit strange he was only doing 80-90. I figured he'd be in the 110s or so.

I'm sure he was doing 100+ when he was younger. The older you get, you don't need all those miles. He has a lifetime of miles on his legs, he can bring it down and be okay.

Check: Bernard Lagat. No need to run as much like you're 20.

Adam Prime wrote:

I'm sure he was doing 100+ when he was younger. The older you get, you don't need all those miles. He has a lifetime of miles on his legs, he can bring it down and be okay.

Check: Bernard Lagat. No need to run as much like you're 20.

No need to make up information to fit your ideas about training.

It has been known for quite some time that Bekele has run 80-90 per week. Check the archives on this site. Bekele himself has given that figure, as well as people who have trained with him and were asked about his (bekele's) training.

Lagat's mileage was in the 50s when he was a 1500 guy. Now that he runs the 5000 he tops out at about 70.

Kada, El G's coach had said in a BMC interview that hicham ran no more than 70-75 per week. Keep in mind however he was an endurance trained miler who could have broken Komen's 3k WR if the pacing in his PR race hadn't been so poor.

Peter Coe said in a BMC interview as well that the most seb ever ran was 70 during the winter. And that that was a career peak, not something he did every winter. Average was lower.

Aouita's mileage was in the 50s and he ran a 1:43 800 and 27:26 10k

Of course, the mileage obsessed types around here would have you believe that these are not the "real" totals. That these athletes must have done morning runs which they never counted or lied about their training or did 30 extra miles per week in warm up/cool down jogs. After all, Saint Lydiard proved long ago that all distance runners MUST run 100 miles per week to succeed and anything less just won't work.

Not that I believe the thread posted at the bottom but:

Sebastian: "Hey I told that Martin guy that I used to run 100 mile weeks!"

Peter: "Ahhahaha we've got them going again!"

Sebastian: "We sure do."

Peter: "I'll slip another email to Bakken and remind him you never went over 50!"

Sebastian: "Ahhhahahaha... stop!!... my sides are hurting from laughing so much!!"

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=884832&page=0

For me, the point is not about exact milage numbers of Bekele, Lagat, El G, Coe, Aouita but whether they did more or less work than their competitors. The answer is clearly more.

typically they don't count the morning jogs (just like Lydiard 100mp+additional morning runs) and so his mileage

is probably 110+

yyy wrote:

typically they don't count the morning jogs (just like Lydiard 100mp+additional morning runs) and so his mileage

is probably 110+

You´re just making up stuff to fit your ideas about training.