I can't believe she told Kyle Merber the key to being good as a pro distance runner. I'd think she'd want to keep it to herself but she's shared it to the world.
I copied it down real quick and started this thread in case she changes her mind.
Here it is: Double and run more.
I've never really done double days before. Well, I did back in like 2013, but I was just injured all the time with the steeplechase. I just did too much volume and was trying to hurdle and it just wasn't right. I wasn't doing enough gym work....
Some years I was only running 40 miles a week and still able to muscle it out and make it to a championship, but it was obviously not optimal for what I was doing. It was just getting there. Last year was a little bit of an increase to getting up to maybe 65 miles. And then this year we've gone up and the last five weeks I've averaged 80 to 85 miles a week.
What a talent. In some ways, it reminds me of an interview Rupp gave at the end of college. He said something along the lines of how he like doing intervals and needed to learn how to do continuous thresholds. I was like "My god. If he's that fast while not doing tempos - imagine how good he's going to be. Tempos are distance running."
If she was that good on 40-60 mpw, imagine what she's going to do if she actually can stay healthy on 80-85 mpw.