What is the training regimen for Olympic 10000 meters golden award winner Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia?
Here’s where I read about her training regimen: There is one striking factor that separates Dibaba from the rest of the pack. The race starts, the pace heats up, and coming to the last lap everyone shows signs of fatigue and the running form deteriorates – forall except Dibaba. Silvia Kibet, who tried to match Dibaba in the Golden League races, gave a back seat driver’s view. “She just seems to have another gear more than everyone else in the lead pack, she never strains. You look up and she is 20meters ahead. Gone.” So what kind of training does Baby-Face do to run such out-of-this-planet performances? She is not a heavy trainer, which is confirmed by both her and Defar. Each day will be just over an hour, and some supplementary jogging. She runs speed work twice a week, often when in season running short repeats of 150 to 400 meters at a high pace with a short recovery. The number of intervals is kept to a minimum, however, allowing the body to reach that rapidity. She does not go to
Tirunesh Dibaba also known as Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene (born October 1, 1985 in Bekoji, Arsi, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian long distance track athlete and the outdoor 5000 metres world record holder. She is the current Olympic 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres champion. She has also won four world track titles and five world cross country titles. She is nicknamed the “Baby Faced Destroyer”. Born in the village of Bekoji, Tirunesh was the 4th of 6 children. She is a member of the Oromo ethnic group, and was raised in the high-altitude Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region. She began doing athletics at the age of 14. She moved to the capital Addis Ababa in 2000. Tirunesh is part of an athletic family, with older sister Ejegayehu also making her mark on the international stage and brother Dejene marked as a future star. Their sister Genzebe won the junior race at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships.[2] 1992 and 2000 Olympic champion Derartu Tulu is also their cousin. She continues the successful
