How do you win?
"Olympic medallists did what most would do: they opened their phones & started scrolling through goodwill messages
All except one. Kipchoge placed his phone in front of him & never touched it,sitting there —for hours— in contented silence irishexaminer.com/sport/otherspo…
"Olympic medallists did what most would do: they opened their phones & started scrolling through goodwill messages
All except one. Kipchoge placed his phone in front of him & never touched it,sitting there —for hours— in contented silence irishexaminer.com/sport/otherspo…
What about gadgets? For the best in the world? Nope.
Learn to listen to your body
"His athletes don’t wear heart rate monitors or measure blood lactate, as so many do in Europe, but he instils the need to gauge effort via their internal monitor — challenging yet controlled.:
Learn to listen to your body
"His athletes don’t wear heart rate monitors or measure blood lactate, as so many do in Europe, but he instils the need to gauge effort via their internal monitor — challenging yet controlled.:
Routine— Same routine, essentially repeated for months.
“By 9pm, I’m in bed,” says Kipchoge, whose alarm will sound at 5:45am the next morning to start the whole process again.
This is how he lives, week in, week out, for four to five months ahead of every major marathon."
“By 9pm, I’m in bed,” says Kipchoge, whose alarm will sound at 5:45am the next morning to start the whole process again.
This is how he lives, week in, week out, for four to five months ahead of every major marathon."
Consistency. Stress + Rest = Growth
"(He) does 3 sessions a week during his typical 16-week marathon build-up, and the rest of his training is relaxed, easy running — a pattern of stress-recovery, stress-recovery, that makes physiological sense"
"(He) does 3 sessions a week during his typical 16-week marathon build-up, and the rest of his training is relaxed, easy running — a pattern of stress-recovery, stress-recovery, that makes physiological sense"
Consistency over heroic efforts.
"I try not to run 100% (any day)...I perform (at) 80% on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday and then at 50% on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.”
"I try not to run 100% (any day)...I perform (at) 80% on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday and then at 50% on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.”
Diet= simple
"He drinks about three litres of water each day, and his diet is basic but healthy: small amounts of meat with lots of local vegetables and homemade, fortified bread, which he helps to bake. The one big change a nutritionist made when observing the group a few "
"He drinks about three litres of water each day, and his diet is basic but healthy: small amounts of meat with lots of local vegetables and homemade, fortified bread, which he helps to bake. The one big change a nutritionist made when observing the group a few "
What about supplements. The worlds fastest marathoner must be on a lot:
On his 40k long runs, Kipchoge will consume a Maurten energy drink, but beyond that he says he doesn’t take any supplements.
“Nothing?” I ask.
“Nothing.”
On his 40k long runs, Kipchoge will consume a Maurten energy drink, but beyond that he says he doesn’t take any supplements.
“Nothing?” I ask.
“Nothing.”
Small habits
“If you’ve been using a tiny gym for all your success, then the day you become successful and go to a huge gym, I don’t think you’ll be better, Small habits are what make me successful. I’m sticking to where I started and I’m confident I’ll end my career here.”
“If you’ve been using a tiny gym for all your success, then the day you become successful and go to a huge gym, I don’t think you’ll be better, Small habits are what make me successful. I’m sticking to where I started and I’m confident I’ll end my career here.”
An excellent deep dive into the master of performance. Highly recommend reading the full piece by @Cathal_Dennehy.
What's amazing is arguably the best athlete on the planet gets there through simple, good, consistent hard work stacked month after month.
Nothing fancy.
What's amazing is arguably the best athlete on the planet gets there through simple, good, consistent hard work stacked month after month.
Nothing fancy.
And for those interested in what else we can learn from the philosopher king of running, Eliud Kipchoge, I chronicled some of my favorite takeaways here:
https://twitter.com/stevemagness/status/1438221631743270923
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