Interview with Haile Gebrselassie, Renowned Marathon Runner (Pt. 1) HQ

Interesting insights from World Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie.

Q. What is your race plan for the Berlin Marathon?
I am thinking about just the possibility to run more faster for the marathon just sounds good you know just to run, to
run you know just 2.02 sounds really nice and well when I said to people I'm going to run a 2.03 OK now very close to
I mean 2.03 still you know 2.03 doesn't matter about no-one talk about 59 second. Now I wonder if I can run just 2.02
it means you know just kind of good to say 2.02 you know nice thing.
Q. How Important is breaking the World Record?
Absolutely, yeah really very important even if I can not do you know just 2.02 I can play you know just very close to
that you know like even you know 2.03.30 it's possible surely very possible in Berlin and for next time just preparing
well and it will be possible. But 2.02 is something very special and of course it needs hard thing for that, hard training.
We'll see, who knows?
Q. How many marathons can an elite athlete at competition pace run in a year?
Mm, it's better not more than 3, 3 is the maximum and I myself you know just I'm doing you know just 2 marathons a
year the rest you know just half marathon, 10K, 15K something like that. You can have it, you can do up to 4
marathons a year but a question is just how long you can keep just that kind of programme you know can you run just
4 marathons every year for 5 years or something?
Q. How important is the relationship between the athlete and the coach?
A coach is really a very important person, a coach and athlete they have to stick together, I mean they have to
understand each other like sometimes it's more than you know father and son or more than mother and children
because you know the coach is always you know the one he knows everything all your secret, all your problems, all your obstacle you know you have to tell to your coach that's why coach and athlete they have to speak on one word
there is no secret you know just you have to tell to I mean even if there is you know just very small obstacles the first
person you know you tell it to I mean it's your coach that's why athlete and the coach has to close each other like I
don't know it's very difficult to describe you know just the relationship between the coach and the athlete you know,
sometimes you know people they think oh I don't need a coach. OK maybe they don't need, I mean maybe he knows
you know just how to practice, how to train and everything but he need the athlete to know just the one he take the
time and the one he understand you you know just what's going on, what's your family, how your daytime or what's
you know just your last night, you know, you worry you know, just sleep well or not you know something like that.

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[IveGotYourOats]

Me working my ass off doing speed work is a normal pace for someone like this on an easy 20 mile run. Damn, thats just amazing.

[salvadorallende73]

he's the best, as simple as that

[rutabega234]

Not very humble, huh?

[Peter3761]

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