Kipchoge pre-London workout: UNREAL

Blowhards wrote:

Ps- the "intermediate altitude" comment gave us a good laugh. You kind of showed your altitude experience hand there. I've got to get to work. Good luck, man!

Not those of us who understand the sport. Careful throwing out wild bets. There are a lot of 2:30 guys who might take you up on that one.

Deeker wrote:

People forget that many of these fast marathons come down to a kick and the runners are at 60 second pace.

That's not going to appear out of nowhere at the end of a Marathon if not practiced.

Even Deek pulled off a 61 at the end of Rotterdam in '83.

You clearly haven't watched London 2018; you should.

Blowhards wrote:

*to the guy that owns the video, how much rest was taken between the mile repeats and the 400's?

It says right at the beginning of the video... 90 seconds between the miles and 45 seconds between the 400s

It was also mentioned quite a few times by posters in this thread

Pay attention

Blowhards wrote:

where can you be a 2:30 guy and win money? I want in on that. When you're ready to meet in westcliffe, just bump the thread. Shoot, I'd even let you come here to alamosa to do it on the all weather track...or even at the park.

There are several RnR's where 2:30 routinely wins $500. Can I bump the thread too? I want in on this bet.

Hardloper wrote:

might not be Kipchoge wrote:

The purpose of this workout should be clear to anyone with a lick of training sense. It also shouldn't be surprising that a completely developed runner can handle it. It's actually more believable than some of Rupp's documented workouts.

The way the NOP does workouts, this sounds like an average day at the office for Rupp TBH

Rupp completed a similar workout before Rio:

Not a Coach wrote:

Blowhards wrote:

*to the guy that owns the video, how much rest was taken between the mile repeats and the 400's?

It says right at the beginning of the video... 90 seconds between the miles and 45 seconds between the 400s

It was also mentioned quite a few times by posters in this thread

Pay attention

Yes, but he was asking what the rest was for the transition from miles to 400m reps.

Not a Coach wrote:

Blowhards wrote:

*to the guy that owns the video, how much rest was taken between the mile repeats and the 400's?

It says right at the beginning of the video... 90 seconds between the miles and 45 seconds between the 400s

It was also mentioned quite a few times by posters in this thread

Pay attention

Yes, thank you. I'm well aware of that. I should have phrased it "between the set of miles and set of 400's"- i.e. after the 8x1mile was done, how much rest was taken before the 4's were begun?

some 2:30 guy wrote:

Blowhards wrote:

where can you be a 2:30 guy and win money? I want in on that. When you're ready to meet in westcliffe, just bump the thread. Shoot, I'd even let you come here to alamosa to do it on the all weather track...or even at the park.

There are several RnR's where 2:30 routinely wins $500. Can I bump the thread too? I want in on this bet.

I'd love to see this done. Westcliffe, CO...dirt track...let er rip! Where do you live at?

jezebel wrote:

Blowhards wrote:

Ps- the "intermediate altitude" comment gave us a good laugh. You kind of showed your altitude experience hand there. I've got to get to work. Good luck, man!

Not those of us who understand the sport. Careful throwing out wild bets. There are a lot of 2:30 guys who might take you up on that one.

Understanding the sport has nothing to do with it. Spend 5 years with Dr. Vigil, and you'll understand that doing this apparently unimpressive workout at 4000ft and 8000ft is significantly different.

Well....that was not the best I have heard about done by Kipchoge. Right before the 2 hour project race he did together with

Kamworor 15 x 2000 m at 5:40 with 200m jog rest !

-COACH J.S -