Dieter Hogen is known for being a coach for Kenyan runners in Kenya and Boulder. Duncan Larkin did a nice interview with him for RunningTimes.[Photo: Dieter Hogen with Evans Rutto, Timothy Cherigat and Rutto's son Dieter Ruttto - no kidding!]
Running Times: You’ve coached European athletes and you’ve coached Kenyans. What are the differences in how you’ve worked with these two types of runners?
Dieter Hogen: There are no big differences, first of all. Why would someone who has the same goals want to train differently than some other type of runners? That’s the advantage of a strong training group. They all can benefit from the group.
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Actually, since reading "The summer of the caveman" I am a big fan of the interviewer Ducan Larkin. "The summer of the caveman" is Duncan's summary of key elements for marathon training. It was his approach to break 2:30.
Apparently, Ducan tries to get rid of his past as it was hard to track back the rules (even google cache did not cooperate). Gladly, I remembered that I had posted them some time ago on a board. Here you go:
"There's several key elements to the Summer of the Caveman:
1. Caveman Shit
2. Mileage that will make you cry "straight off the boards."
3. Marathon pace, marathon pace, fucking marathon pace!* Use the 40 second bracket plan.
4. Recovery
5. Smart Racing
6. Magna Carta adherence
7. Weight control and discipline in all things. Discipline. Structured discipline first and foremost.
8. Beards and hair. Beards are a must and hair must be Lance Armstrong-short--maybe shorter.
9. Chicks. Whatever man. I'm not spending a damn dime more on the timeless and incalculable ritual of trying to move seminal fluid a matter of inches (ha!) across a membrane. It's either in the works or its not. Note to self: monks may be on to something
10. Diet. Meat will be required."
* If you ever come across the acronym "FMP" in a run training plan, here's where it originates from!
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