Shizzy wrote:
There is a part in this article that is suspicious to me.
"In March, Bekele turned inward, secretive, as he sometimes had at the height of his career. He declined to tell Pitsiladis about his training regimen. He would not allow his physiotherapist to weigh him."
My initial thought was, he's struggling he's starting to dope. I hope it's just a Quentin Cassidy moment of escaping to train hard and not the something darker.
All together the first part of this article and this are a great read. In Part 1 they mention that there isn't much science behind elite training methods. How true is that?
Also, as an aside, Bolt visited Munich for a week during the end of winter. The Letsrun guys need to get on Snapchat and Instagram, you can learn a lot about elite athletes habits on there.
If Bekele was not telling Pitsiladis about his training regimen before the London marathon, then Pitsiladis should not try to take credit for the success of Bekele at the London marathon.
Bekele has a 5k PR of 12:37 and a 10k PR of 26:17 compared to Mo Farah with a 5K PR of 12:53 and 10K PR of 26:46 with his "scientific" training approach involving "push ups", "sit ups", "core work", and "weight training".
Is that approach really the "secret" to improve the running of the greatest runner of all time on this planet? Probably not, although it may help with rehab of his injuries.
The article also does not seem to mention if the decision to see "Healing Hans" in Germany was made by Bekele himself or Pitsiladis. That is definitely a reason for concern.
I also personally think Pitsiladis is a nutcase who wants to be famous.
Do you or anyone else know if Bekele has seen "Healing Hans" in the past before this recent visit?