hi everyone -
i think i've posted a few times about my adventures in kenya this year - i'm working in eldoret, on the edge of the rift valley. it's also home to a lot of the best distance runners in the world.
i've signed up for the local half marathon - though so has eliud kipchoge, so a win might be tough. i've been sick, busy with work, and generally distracted lately, so i figured a proper boot camp was in order.
i've come up to Iten, it's at about 2400m altitude and is where most of the local and international teams have their camps. i'm now halfway through a slightly modified kenyan itinerary of 2/3 runs per day, as follows:
friday evening: 6-7k moderate before dinner
saturday morning - 20k long and easy
saturday midday - track session, 10k total
saturday evening - 5-6k moderate
sunday morning - might actually go 7-8k moderate
sunday midday - quality - either pace work or long
the meals are all terribly healthy - lots of carbs (rice, pasta, veg) and a little big of meat, usually as a little stew. dessert is fruit. and always lots of milky tea.
all sorts of embarassingly fast people around; exactly 1 other white dude and 2 ethiopians. generally they're quite focused on the run, but friendly enough. running has so much currency here that the locals all want to check out your stride and your gear and say hi.
fun times.
-mike
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https://lshtm.academia.edu/MikeCallaghan
http://howtobeswiss.blogspot.ch/
i think i've posted a few times about my adventures in kenya this year - i'm working in eldoret, on the edge of the rift valley. it's also home to a lot of the best distance runners in the world.
i've signed up for the local half marathon - though so has eliud kipchoge, so a win might be tough. i've been sick, busy with work, and generally distracted lately, so i figured a proper boot camp was in order.
i've come up to Iten, it's at about 2400m altitude and is where most of the local and international teams have their camps. i'm now halfway through a slightly modified kenyan itinerary of 2/3 runs per day, as follows:
friday evening: 6-7k moderate before dinner
saturday morning - 20k long and easy
saturday midday - track session, 10k total
saturday evening - 5-6k moderate
sunday morning - might actually go 7-8k moderate
sunday midday - quality - either pace work or long
the meals are all terribly healthy - lots of carbs (rice, pasta, veg) and a little big of meat, usually as a little stew. dessert is fruit. and always lots of milky tea.
all sorts of embarassingly fast people around; exactly 1 other white dude and 2 ethiopians. generally they're quite focused on the run, but friendly enough. running has so much currency here that the locals all want to check out your stride and your gear and say hi.
fun times.
-mike
____________________________________
https://lshtm.academia.edu/MikeCallaghan
http://howtobeswiss.blogspot.ch/