> Ed, do you seriously believe the reports that Tergat was running sub-60
> halfs and sub-27 10k's
> on merely 60 miles a week? I don't even trust Khannouchi when he claims he
> is doing
> only 90 miles a week...

> http://www.runnersworld.com/dailynew/archives/2001/April/010403.html
>
> "The competition: IAAF London correspondent Duncan Mackay reports that
Paul
> Tergat is training over 150 miles a week for the London marathon,
sometimes
> running a marathon a day at altitude"

No, of course I don't believe that.  Any more than I believe that many sub
2:15 marathoners do a lot of long runs at 6:50 pace as someone earlier
suggested they should.

Given the various contradictions, I don't think we know what Tergat is
doing.

- Ed Parrot

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