“I perform 80 percent on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday and then at 50 percent Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.” Balance the Body Though challenging, the workouts are controlled. The goal here is to build overall volume-Kipchoge runs 124 to 136 miles each week-and ensure he’s ready to run fast for his next workout. That’s starting at four minutes per mile slower than his marathon pace, and still two minutes per mile off his marathon pace at the end. (Photo: NN Running Team)įor Kipchoge, recovery runs start at a shuffle, typically an 8:30-to-8:45-minute-mile pace, and slowly build up to finish around 6:30 to 7 minutes per mile. Even at the considerable altitude, Kipchoge clocked 1:38 for the distance, for an average mile pace of 5:15. Cultivate Controlled Consistency Kipchoge (second from right) and his training partners during a 19-mile run on the roads around Kaptagat.

Here are five training principles I observed, plus a look at Kipchoge’s weekly training schedule. What can the rest of us learn from Kipchoge? To find out, I spent three days in October visiting the NN Running Team camp in Kaptagat, which sits at 7,870 feet elevation, as Kipchoge returned to training following his latest Olympic success. The 36-year-old’s performances have been otherworldly for many years, but his lifestyle has stayed the same-humble, simplistic-while his training involves doing the basics well day after day, year after year. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the marathon world record holder, and, of course, the first man to break the two-hour barrier for the distance.

After that he’ll show up and-almost without fail-dominate his rivals on the world stage.īetween 20, Eliud Kipchoge won ten consecutive major marathons.

For four months before every race, at his base in Kaptagat, Kenya, the fastest marathoner in history will churn through slight variations of the same workouts, week in, week out.

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