Renato canova is arguably one of the best distance coaches in the world. In december 2017, sondre nordstad moen, set a new european record on the marathon with 2. Ngong, nairobi florence kiplagat went to 2009 amman world cross championships as one half of the couple out to etch their names in the events history as the first reported husband and wife winners of the senior men and women titles. He began humbly in 1956, when, as a 12yearold watching a televised track meet among italy. Florence kiplagat training program by renato canova. Renato canova is an italian athletics coach biography. Renato canova, famed coach of many of the worlds best middle and long distance runners mostly east africans made the transition to china, to coach their top athletes, for the purpose of restoring competitiveness to the chinese athletics team. They both favour more marathon specific work as race day nears, i. If you dont want to use a credit card, a bank transfer seems possible as well ugrigridrop. Part 2 of a visit with coaching legend renato canova. Renato canova, an italian distance coach who formerly trained qatars team and now works in kenya, argues athletes have the right to switch to escape tough competition for squad places at home.
Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the biography submission guide. In 1998 he attended one of the nairobi rdcs high altitude training camps as a coach and lecturer. His runners routinely medal at world championship and olympic races and place highly at major marathons. Question, are you saying that long runs in which you alternate race pace with 1km reps at 10% slower than race pace is a good simulator or conditioner for the marathon. Athletics coach renato canova says to win big races you need to be a little wild but discipline and caution trump wild in japan, where finn sees only tension on the starting line. Coach renato canova speaks about marathons in 2011 and. Preparing for championship races with renato canova. Renato canovas move to china athletics illustrated. An international coach has criticised the calling of the olympics team to camp before the national trials are held. International association of athletics federations as at. Marathon training methods by renato canova ita read here roberto who just ran an amazing 2. Aug 22, 2018 for the canova side of things i am mostly using marathon training. Its important to discuss how this is calculated, because it is not straightforward. Renato canova, now aged 73 in 2018 has dedicated much of his life to pioneering the training of the worlds most renowned athletes.
On altitude training and the future of the marathon. I bought the book on larry brents recommendations, and it has a great chapter 4 on different types of hill runs, progressive runs, etc and their. Coach renato canova training methodology running science. Im of course very happy about caleb, not only because his victory, but also because he followed both training and competition strategy in. In part 1 of our profile of italian coach renato canova, we learned his eclectic approach to developing athletes, and how he believes that. His athletes have won multiple world athletic championships and major marathons including new york and boston. Florence jebet kiplagat is a kenyan longdistance runner. Renato canova talking in valencia, spain on september 23, 2017.
Renato canova on marathon preparation valencia spain powerpoint. One of the biggest changes implemented by the likes of italian marathon coach, renato canova coach of world record holder, wilson kipsang and multiple world champion abel kirui is the addition of a final specific phase of preparation. With thanks to coach renato canova, here is the training of sondre moen between running 59. Renato canova, a lecturer for international amateur athletics federation iaaf. He qualified for the 2002 iaaf world cross country championships held in belfast, where he finished tenth in the junior race. Renato canova is a widelyrenown coach of some of the most elite middle and longdistance athletes in the world. Here the rising star of norwegian road running talks in some detail about smashing the landmark onehour barrier for the halfmarathon and a lengthy period of injury frustration for his high and low moments. Qatar worlds highlight tracks many nationality switches. European marathon recordholder sondre nordstad moen made a sensational breakthrough in late 2017. He has also been successful in cross country running, having won the silver at the 2007 iaaf world cross country championships as well as team gold with kenya in 2007 and. My opinion i follow some ethiopian too is the following. Renato, again, many thanks for sharing your wisdom and experience. Canova also coaches florence kiplagat, who is a twotime iaaf world cross country champion, wilson kiprop 10,000m best time at altitude 2726, silas kiplagat, iaaf world track and field silver medalist, sylvia kibet who also earned a silver in the world championships at the 5000m distance, imane merga, 2011 world cross country champion and. Repeated sprint training in hypoxia improves speed endurance.
Jun 29, 2012 renato canova computes many of the paces he prescribes based on percentages of an athletes personal record. Steve magness is a runner, coach, exercise physiologist, and a writer. Mostly 800m training but also general training info. One unique individual having absorbed the elusive tools of coaching wizardry is renato canova of italy. The iaaf publications order form, updated in august 2016, mentions his book. Renato canova computes many of the paces he prescribes based on percentages of an athletes personal record. Energy production muscles, the runners engine, can be extenden and contracted. Magness is the current cross country coach at the university of houstonand coaches professional runners including jackie areson 15th at 20world championships in the 5k, and multiple time world indoorcompetitor sara hall.
A scientific approach by renato canova and enrico arcelli which they originally wrote for the itilian athletic federation and which the iaaf published in a bunch of languages. He competed for kenya at the 2004 olympic games and went on to take 10,000 metres bronze at the 2005 world championships in athletics. Jan 21, 2009 part 2 of a visit with coaching legend renato canova. Renato canova interview london olympic games athletics. Renato canova marathon training 21 sport of athletics. Marathon training methods by renato canova ita the author of this article is based in italy and during his more than 20 years experience in coaching the marathon he has produced numerous champions. Renato canova of italy and coach of double world marathon champion abel kirui of kenya issues instructions ahead of a group training run in angily on february 4, 2012 in nairobi, kenya. Just arrived from kenya, im reading your discussion about kenyans and ethiopians. Instead, schoenlebe destroyed himself and his career with this training. In total, canova has coached athletes to thirtytwo personal bests better than american records in events from 800meters up to the marathon. Ser att ni tagit lite inspiration av renato canova.
If the normal basic level of lactate in an athlete is 1. In december 2017, moen was able to sum up a successful first year together with canova, among other things, victory in the fukuoka marathon with a european record. Renato canova is well known for coaching kenyanborn qatari saif saaeed shaheen 3000m steeplechase world record holder along with a plethora of other great athletes including 10,000 meter runner nicholas kemboi 26. Particullary mo farah has increased specific workouts for basespeed without losing anything for longdistance resistance. She is a twotime world champion, having won at the 2009 iaaf world cross country championships and the 2010 iaaf world half marathon championships.
The country of course is not happy when you change citizenship, but the. Under his guidance, his athletes in accumulation have achieved 42 olympic and world championship medals, and has been involved in over a dozen world records, all in the sport of midlong distance running. Details his theories on middle distance, long distance and marathon training. Ive done a good bit of writing on this blog about his training methods, and those posts are some of the most popular of all of my articles. For the canova side of things i am mostly using marathon training. You can order the marathon training book by arcelli and canova through an order form at the iaaf website. It looks like we dont have any biography for renato canova yet be the first to contribute. Athletics kenya has written to the countrys immigration authorities seeking to know the status of itenbased italian track coach renato canova who criticised the associations preolympics. Jul 19, 2018 for the canova side of things i am mostly using marathon training. I cant remember exactly how to get it, but its under publications or something.
Renato canova on marathon preparation valencia spain. The country of course is not happy when you change citizenship, but the point of view is the individual point of view. Renato canova marathon training 21 free download as excel spreadsheet. Renato canova tells of watching thomas schoenlebe run a workout of 3 x 500m at altitude with all the 500s under 60 seconds before the 1988 olympics. The orderly succession of extensions and contractions produces variations of the angles between body segmentes, and allows. Mo was absolutely improved in his runningtechnique more efficient now thank also to a specific job done with alberto salazar for this thing. It was in this occasion that he joined the management of the italian gianni demadonna, and started to be coached by renato canova, that developed his talent from the youth category up to the current international level.