David Rudisha: Typical Saturday & Sunday (Base Period)
The Sweat Elite team spent May 2017 training with St Patrick’s athletics group in Iten, Kenya – David Rudisha’s training group. We learnt the ins and outs of their unique training program that has produced many sub 1:45 800m runners.
Base training for David Rudisha’s training group involves quantity of around 50-60 miles per week (80-96km), lots of steady state running and a large focus on stretching and core stability work, to prepare them for the track work beginning in late February.
Typical Saturday – Base Period
9:00AM: Hard 10-13km run on a hilly loop.
They will take the first 1-2km easy (at close to 5min/km) to loosen up before they get rolling. From this point, the pace for the 800m guys will typically be at around 3:50-4:00/km which on sea level/flat would be closer to 3:25-3:35/km.
This isn’t a specific workout for them, it’s purely a longer tempo run, again on plenty of hills.
PM: No Training
Typical Sunday – Base Period
Rest. They never run on Sunday’s and they fully understand the purpose of the day off.
See other Typical Days for David Rudisha in the list of David Rudisha articles here.
