From the Clouds: The Career of Yuriy Borzakovskiy
Written by Sam Burke - © 2017 Runner’s Tribe, all rights reserved
“Borzakovskiy is already out of this race”.
Sebastian Coe commentating during the Sydney Olympic 800m semi-final when Borzakovskiy trailed the field significantly after one lap. Borzakovskiy went on to win the...
“There are lots of elements to running a successful marathon and I’ll bet insights into them are woven throughout all of the interviews in this book!” – Lisa Ondieki from Australian Marathon Stars
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Lisa Ondieki certainly rates as Australia’s top female marathoner, her...
“Electrifying” – Alan Webb’s Top 5
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"When all is said and done, people will consider him the greatest distance runner America has ever had." – Steve Scott
– Country: United States
– Born: January 13, 1983
Personal Bests
800m: 1:43.84
1500m: 3:30.54
Mile: 3:46.91
3000m: 7:39.29
5000m: 13:10.86
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“The marathon was what it was all about in those days.” – Pat Carroll
Profile
Coaches: Pat Clohessy, Dick Telford
Date of birth: 17 August 1961
Personal Bests
1500m: 3:39.03
3000m: 7:47.66
5000m: 13:25.49
10,000m: 28:30.55
10,000m road: 28:00
Half marathon: 61:11
Marathon: 2:09.39
Career...
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“If I run with others then all sessions become full-speed burners; thus I prefer to run with others just for speed sessions” - Paul Tergat
Sources:
Running to the Limit - Training Plans, Tips and Secrets. By Paul Tergat.
‘Train Hard, Win Easy. The Kenyan...
“The Entertainer” - Steve Ovett’s Top 5 Races
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“When I won the 1500m at the European Championships in Prague, back in 1978, I enjoyed the moment so much that I gave the crowd a playful little wave as I motored down the home stretch”...
“In Europe, maybe most youngsters think it is safer to go to university and then get a high paying job. After all, there are easier ways to earn a living than as an 800m runner!" – Andre Bucher
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Sources
IAAF Andre Bucher Interview 2001.
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“Special Methods” – The Training of Said Aouita
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“We have special techniques. We always train alone. And we always run alone” – Said Aouita
A lot of the below information about the training of Said Aouita was taken from the book ‘Running with the legends’, by...
‘Before Rudisha’
Wilson Kipketer’s Top 5 Races
“This man is one of the toughest competitors we have ever seen” - Steve Ovett
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Kipketer was the man to beat in the late nineties over 800. With three world championship gold’s, three 800m world records, and one...
Tani Ruckle is Australia’s 12th fastest female marathon runner of all-time.
Introduction by Len Johnson
First, she couldn’t run. Then she couldn’t run without outside pacemaker assistance.
Then – well, OK, she could run, but she was just some slightly wacky Canadian fitness trainer with the crazy ambition of representing Australia. Running...
