As part of the England Athletics endurance mentoring scheme, Head of Endurance Shane Smith has recently attended two workshops together with some of the middle distance squad giving a terrific insight into Nutrition, Foot & Ankle conditioning, and training for longer 5000m & 10,000m events.
At the last workshop world class long distance legend Ian Stewart gave a fascinating insight into his career which saw him win a bronze medal in the 1972 Olympics, and become European 5000m Gold medallist in 1969, Commonwealth 5000m Gold medallist in 1970, European indoor gold medallist 1969 & 1975, world cross champion in 1975, and set a 10 mile world record in 1977 to bring his illustrious career to an end.
Steward who also helped Mo Farah make the transition into a world class athlete was also a former Head of Endurance for UK Athletics so there was plenty of pressure when Shane was asked to do a 20 minute presentation to Ian and the other coaches/ athletes present on Kettering Town Harriers Middle Distance set up, and explain the some of the challenges facing a club level coach and give some insight into the training the squad undertake. All seemed to go well and the talk was well received, a copy of the presentation can be found here: www.ktharriers.com/userfiles/file/newsletters/Club%20Level%20Coaching.pdf
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