ALBERTO SALAZAR
Lesson #5: Train Your Mind – Alberto Salazar (World Famous Coach)
“You might not be competing against top runners from East Africa anytime soon, but you can, and should, work on your mental game. Remain relentlessly positive and focus on the things you can control in training and racing rather than be rattled by the things you can’t. And last but certainly not least, have confidence in yourself and your abilities when you step on the starting line. Without that key component, none of the other stuff really matters all that much.”
Lesson #4: Learn How To Sprint – Alberto Salazar (World Famous Coach)
Yes, like Usain Bolt. While sprinting isn’t going to compromise a majority of a distance runner’s training, it’s worth paying some attention to every week.
Lesson #3: Work on your running form – Alberto Salazar (World Famous Coach)
* Land lightly. Avoid crashing your heel into the ground with each stride and instead “think light” and try to strike more toward your midfoot. The lighter you land with your feet underneath your center of gravity..
Lesson #2: Find good training partners – Alberto Salazar (World Famous Coach)
Though the years, members of the Project — as in any training group — have come and gone, but at any given time there has always been a group of highly motivated, extremely talented athletes working together every day in the pursuit of one common goal: improvement.
Lesson #1. Take a long-term approach – Alberto Salazar (World Famous Coach)
Let’s face it: we live in a results-driven world where many people subscribe to the philosophy that something needs to get done as soon as possible or else it’s not worth doing. Running, unfortunately, is no different.
Mo The Marathoner
“Do I give Mo 150 miles a week outside and have him face a tremendous risk? If he gets injured, he is done,” Salazar says. “We are shooting for extra miles in a safe way that will get the exact same benefits.”
What It’s Like To Be Coached By Alberto Salazar (Mo Farah’s Coach)
Running as a professional is like living at running camp. You get up, eat, do your first run, follow up with drills and weights, eat lunch, take a nap, do an afternoon session, eat dinner, and typically get some kind of massage or injury preventative/maintenance work done.
Alberto Salazar: Locating the Line Between Acceptable Performance Enhancement and Cheating
Regulating authorities in the sports world and the public need to recognise what all athletes striving to be their best have learned early in their careers, that everything they do to prepare for competition is with the hope that it will enhance their performance.
10 Golden Running Rules of World Famous Coach: Alberto Salazar
1. BE CONSISTENT. Find a training plan that you can stick to long-term. If you can run four days a week, every week, you are going to get 90 percent of the benefits of training seven days a week.
To Make It To The Next Level, Strength Training Is A Must
Strength training has become a more and more important focus of elite distance running. Because of its ability to boost performance, Salazar’s group is setting time aside for running specific strength training – often lifting heavy weights with limited repetitions – to perfect their form.
Lesson #5: Train Your Mind – Alberto Salazar (World Famous Coach)
“You might not be competing against top runners from East Africa anytime soon, but you can, and should, work on your mental game. Remain relentlessly positive and focus on the things you can control in training and racing rather than be rattled by the things you can’t. And last but certainly not least, have confidence in yourself and your abilities when you step on the starting line. Without that key component, none of the other stuff really matters all that much.”
Lesson #4: Learn How To Sprint – Alberto Salazar (World Famous Coach)
Yes, like Usain Bolt. While sprinting isn’t going to compromise a majority of a distance runner’s training, it’s worth paying some attention to every week.
Lesson #3: Work on your running form – Alberto Salazar (World Famous Coach)
* Land lightly. Avoid crashing your heel into the ground with each stride and instead “think light” and try to strike more toward your midfoot. The lighter you land with your feet underneath your center of gravity..
Lesson #2: Find good training partners – Alberto Salazar (World Famous Coach)
Though the years, members of the Project — as in any training group — have come and gone, but at any given time there has always been a group of highly motivated, extremely talented athletes working together every day in the pursuit of one common goal: improvement.
Lesson #1. Take a long-term approach – Alberto Salazar (World Famous Coach)
Let’s face it: we live in a results-driven world where many people subscribe to the philosophy that something needs to get done as soon as possible or else it’s not worth doing. Running, unfortunately, is no different.
Mo The Marathoner
“Do I give Mo 150 miles a week outside and have him face a tremendous risk? If he gets injured, he is done,” Salazar says. “We are shooting for extra miles in a safe way that will get the exact same benefits.”