I might be alone in being surprised at how easy Klecker made that look. Running sub-4 while looking that comfortable made me think he has a bit more upside that I'd given him credit for. It was pretty impressive how he upped the pace to keep Garcia behind him as well. For a 5/10 guy, that's impressive. The question is still what he has for the last km rather than the first mile, that's what will be decisive when he races internationally.
I might be alone in being surprised at how easy Klecker made that look. Running sub-4 while looking that comfortable made me think he has a bit more upside that I'd given him credit for. It was pretty impressive how he upped the pace to keep Garcia behind him as well. For a 5/10 guy, that's impressive. The question is still what he has for the last km rather than the first mile, that's what will be decisive when he races internationally.
Lots of negative feedback from the Trolls. This is ONE workout in January, covering a few bases - Time-trial at a little more than 95% for an upcoming mile; some Threshold reps (for endurance/volume of work )and some 200's at Race pace. This isn't a synopsis of their whole training for the year. So frankly it doesn't matter what El G or Bekele or the Kenyans might or might not have done on this particular day - they were not there, and it wasn't meant to be the hardest workout they ever did or are going to do. Get over yourselves.
The On Athletics Club hit the track for a workout at CU Boulder on Sunday afternoon. The men ran 1600; 10 min walk/jog; 3 x 2000m w/ 1 min rest; 4 x 200m. Al...
I could do all of that except for the mile. So to me it looks like a mile time trial, a near full recovery (10 minutes is quite a bit), 3 x tempo/LT 2k's, and then a few 200's around mile pace again. This tells me that they are in roughly 3:52-3:54 mile race shape. That's very good, but the rest of the workout is modest, it's all about the mile to start it off.
The times themselves don't really tell the whole story.
In college, one of our staple XC workouts was 6x6mins @ threshold w/ 90s rest. By the end of the third rep, you legs and lungs are burning pretty good. I couldn't imagine doing an all-out mile race, and then having to start that workout with less rest 10 minutes later. This workout was impressive.
If your lungs were burning pretty good after 3 six minute reps @ "threshold pace", you were running at faster than your true threshold.
But I do agree 100% with you that these OAC guys ran an impressive session.
Soulimans 1:45 then 8 mins rest then 1:42 is the craziest workout.
All Aden athletes are non applicable to any discussion regarding training, workouts, or racing. Glad he’s out of the sport; and if you actually love athletics, you should be as well.
I assume you mean the 2ks. But the funny thing is that Ollie Hoare beat the best from Kenya to win the Commonwealth Games, Garcia Romo beat Kenya’s best at the Olympics for 4th place, and both of them would have ranked #2 for Kenya in season’s bests. Klecker can’t compete with the very best from Kenya at 5k/10k yet, but he’s on the right track and has made huge strides since college. I think they know what they’re doing.
It's an uninformed comment anyway. The three top Kenyans in my estimation at 1500 are Tim Cheruiyot, Abel Kipsang and the World Junior Champ Reynold Cheruiyot. All three have been running XC races, and aren't doing indoors. Kipsang we might see in the mixed gender 4x2K at World Cross, Reynold Cheruiyot is doing the Junior Race (8k) and will be in the mix to the win, and Tim has been running low-key XC races in Kenya. So, pretty much apples and oranges to compare.
If you were talking about the 5K/10K cohorts, Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli, Daniel Simiu Ebenyo and most of the studs are running World Cross. Jacob Krop just got a 10K PB of 27:04 on the roads.
Ah yes, a coach actively yelling out splits and supporting his athletes.
What a punchable offense.
Would you want your coach talking at you continuously, non-stop? Splits are fine. But non-stop encouragement is seriously distracting. Maddening really.
3:57 1600 and Ritz is gibbering every.single.second.
If its a medium-intensity workout or a long one, then yeah a coach yelling at you can get annoying. But these are guys are doing a high-intensity rep likely beginning to go to the well at the end. Idk if you've ever ran to that intensity but I would think most people would appreciate any sort of encouragement at that point
If its a medium-intensity workout or a long one, then yeah a coach yelling at you can get annoying. But these are guys are doing a high-intensity rep likely beginning to go to the well at the end. Idk if you've ever ran to that intensity but I would think most people would appreciate any sort of encouragement at that point
These are professional athletes. The best in the world. Adults. They need someone yelling at them in a workout to get the job done?
I suppose it is good training for tuning out distractions.
The On Athletics Club hit the track for a workout at CU Boulder on Sunday afternoon. 2021 Olympian and 2022 U.S. 10,000m runner-up Alicia Monson ran 1600; 3...
If its a medium-intensity workout or a long one, then yeah a coach yelling at you can get annoying. But these are guys are doing a high-intensity rep likely beginning to go to the well at the end. Idk if you've ever ran to that intensity but I would think most people would appreciate any sort of encouragement at that point
These are professional athletes. The best in the world. Adults. They need someone yelling at them in a workout to get the job done?
I suppose it is good training for tuning out distractions.