David Rudisha Quotes

Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.

A lot of the people I know, they don't train like that. They do a lot of quick stuff, just speed drills. But I run long distance. I've always been like that, though, even when I was in high school. That's just how I train myself.

At least for soccer players, it comes down to a blend of two types of fitness - your base endurance, which comes from longer distance running, and your speed, which comes from sprint-based workouts.

I am basically turning football players into sprinters for a while. When we first talked about it, I didn't know how my expertise could be used.

A lot of people think track, you just run, that's all you do. No. There's a lot of technical aspects to it as well. A sprinter is not just going to get out of the blocks and start running. You do that, you're going to get embarrassed every time.

I have to improve on my speed endurance, and I am working on it.

I already have natural speed, which I don't need to work on, so in training I've been working more on my endurance.

Three half-mile repeats on the track at 5-K race pace with a short recovery jog in between shouldn't scare anyone away-and it will improve your speed.

Twice a week I'll run fast quality workouts either on the track or road.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

But I plan on dedicating specific training to track this winter for the next racing season.

I can run a good few miles. I box a little.

If you go too soon, you can come unstuck with 50m left when the guys are going past you.

For obstacle racing, you wanna be as light, lean, and fast as possible. So, if I lift a lot of weights, I'm gonna be a little bit heavier, which will make it harder for me to hold myself up.

You have to run 75 to 100 miles a week if you expect to break the four-minute mile.

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.

Working your core always, your foot speed, jumping rope, push-ups and sit-ups - things like that are really important. Those things will pay off more than just doing what a bench press will.

I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.

I still do intense interval training. I like miles and quarters best. In races I can set my mind, and I believe I could break 2:20 again.

Hills are speedwork in disguise.

As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.

I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.

The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn.

Running back-to-back races requires a certain tactical prudence. Going too hard in any one race might jeopardize your performance in another. Maintaining proper hydration and caloric equilibrium also becomes increasingly critical.

Train at the same pace day after day, week after week, year after year, and that's the kind of running the body adapts to. But break out of that comfort zone with a little speedwork now and then, and the body will learn to deal with the new demands.