Sweat Elite

A chat with Thomas Potzinger - assistant coach to Renato Canova. Renato Canova is one of the most successful elite distance running coaches in the world. He has coached more sub 2:05 male and sub 2:22 female marathoners than any other coach in the world. Thomas Potzinger (interviewee) has worked closely with Renato Canova in Kenya for many years and has learned the ins and out of his training philosophy. In this podcast episode we discuss Renato Canova's training philosophy in detail. We discuss how Potzinger met Canova, Canvoa's training princples, Canova's key ingredients, the training of Sondre Moen (Norweigan 2:05 Marathoner coached by Canova), how short hill sprints can be beneficial for long distance runners, measuring data and more. George Kusche is a 3:58 miler (sub 4:00 before age 20) and 1:47 800m runner who is now studying at, and competing for the University of Nebraska. In this podcast episode George shares details of his experience at the University of Nebraska, debunks some myths about the exp