I'm exhausted just from watching you two, let alone the Kenyans, no idea how you managed it! Looks like you had a great time, they really are amazing powerhouses 💪🏻
Just imagine you have been running with some absolute elite runners in the world. And half of them are just not good enough to make it into the Kenian WL team.
Wish I could give this a thumbs up twice. After reading Running the the Kenyans and Out of Thin air. The running culture in Kenya and Ethiopia is totally mental. What seems like entire countries of Olympic standard runners. If anyone has to read 2 x Running books, these are the ones I would recommend.
This was incredible to watch! What a beautiful place, and an incredible experience that must have been. I've always been uncertain as to the value of sponsored teams. I now realize that, in order to compete on the world stage, they're critical. Most talented runners i know of have to have a job to support themselves, and sometimes have a family to tend to. If the incredible Kenyans are able to focus 100% on their training, and more importantly on their recovery/ down time between demanding workouts, it would be practically impossible to compete with that level of 100% dedication to training without being a fully sponsored athlete. Food for thought...
Lol...99% of the people on this planet would not be able to become an elite long distance runner EVEN if they were fully sponsored and did not have any other responsibilities in life. GENETICS is the most important thing, and if you don't have the genetics to become elite, you will NEVER reach that level no matter how much you train.
Thanks for sharing. Good edit. Well presented and a decent amount of humility shown. Not intending on that being patronising. By the sounds of it it had a really positive impact on you both. Why not both of you do the half marathon. Would be good to see how you both approach it and may make for an even better feature.
The Idea of waking up at 5.20am for a speed session is displeasing to me. Severely...!! 😁😁 As for which presenter should tackle a half marathon later in the year, I'm Team Jess all the way. Although Tom would be pretty cool too. Hell! Have them both run it, blow the budget 😉
What's the difference between intervals and the fartlek session? In this case the intervals were a shorter distance, higher tempo and the fartlek was for 3 minutes on with 1 minute off, so a longer time and probably lower tempo (although still reeeaally fast). From other videos of TRC I understood that the fartlek run is just a run, where you change your tempo frequently - in comparison to a steady zone 2 / zone 3 run. They often made examples like "speed up to the next road crossing", which sounds like there is no structured interval in it, just as you go and how you feel on that day. In this video, the fartlek sounds just like an interval session with longer intervals to me?
Really enjoyed seeing Mo put to the test, I always picture him pacing someone else to help with their own pb but this was all about him (and James obv)
🙏Towards the end of video, I love how he asked about “family “ I can tell Family is very important to u. That’s exactly the way it should be. Balance and knowing the need of investing in your relationships*❤
I also can't run when I'm not fasted, I tried once and ended up vomiting. Well actually I can't have food in my stomach if I'm trying to do any form of exercises even walking.
Its crazy how the logic of running for the Kenyans works ... Ideally .. when u train for something .. u try to simulate what u training for, in training like a batsman from cricket, footballers training as close to match like intensity Theese kenyans train at altitude and come down heere at sea level where the oxygen is more plentiful and " what they training for " is literally easier than race The kenyans will be dominating long distance running for a long time
I went to Uganda and couldn't run for more than 6K in the whole time I was there (6 months), Its tough in the heat and higher elevation (but not as high as yours - its like 2000m). I usually run 20K weeks in and out but not in the heat! :) Would have loved a longer video or multiple videos of Kenya - very expensive 15 minutes I think - or you wanted a holiday to Kenya! 😂
What an awesome opportunity for you two--and an awesome video you've made out of it!🙌I'd love to find out more about the training diet you and the athletes were eating at the 42 House. Did you learn about how closely they track and match their carb, protein and energy intake et al to their training? Or is their strategy simpler than that?🤔Just curious!
What an experience, and what a lot of work these guys are putting in! A follow-up with Andy, about how this training compared to his back in the day, would be very interesting. I get the feeling that these guys are putting in more hours and miles than the pros used to, but is that perception correct?
What an awesome video. That could have been longer and still interesting…although Mo and James were probably too wiped out to film much more. Huge respect.
Hé Mo, is there a video coming on you completing the Tokyo marathon? I also ran Tokyo this year, and believe i saw you during the run. Would be nice to see your experience during that marathon. Keep it up!
never showed what they ate. The diet, most important aspect is missed out. I guess The Running Channel needs a better director. The juice of the video is missed out, like seriously?
The big difference between running in the UK and Kenya is that for them, running is their only chance to make a decent living. There is very little recreational running in these areas, the only people running are those trying to make it internationally. Here, running is fun, there it's everything.
You're mad seek a psychiatrist that's how madness kicks in... Running is not the only thing done here in Iten we do farming and business in ELDORET town... Where did you get that madness that runners in Iten their only hope is running🤔
The use of doping is very important in Kenya, no one will ever be tested in their country, their government protects their athletes at all costs. Don't be so gullible!
kindly less of you videoing yourselves and more of the other athletes working out or running. You can voice them as you show what they are doing rather than us looking at your faces while something else is going on. my opinion.
