Ahead of his first appearance at the Boston Marathon, the Kenyan superstar sat down with us to share his vision for a better future.
in the evening. And Sunday is a long run day, it’s an easy 30 kilometers or 25 kilometers. So that’s how my week will be.I eat normal food, normal Kenyan food. I eat beef and ugali in the evening. Lunchtime, I just take beans and potatoes and rice, and I’ll take bread and tea in the morning. So it’s simple, but a well-balanced meal.You are totally focused on Boston right now, and the training is your life. I’m doing New York in 35 weeks, and I have just a few hours a week to get in shape.
I want them to understand that if you work hard, you can achieve it. And if you work hard, you can set a standard and get something. Because they know that if I won a race, they’re happy, and they’ll go places, they’ll go to school, they’ll be comfortable. So they’re also working hard knowing that it’s a responsibility.What if one of them decided to become a marathoner? Would that make you happy? Would you be concerned?It’ll make me happy. Yeah.
If you go to the gym, you cannot get a lot of muscles if you train for 10 hours. But you can get a lot of muscles when you go for six consecutive months and maintain discipline. What I mean is this: People should train and wait for the money to come slowly. They should not rush for financial gain. What makes people dope is financial. What makes people dope is pushing them about the performance.
If all of us can [recognize] that what we are doing is for our lives and for our next generation, doping will go away. But we need a lot of time to teach the young generation and tell them, “Hey, let’s treat ourselves in a positive way, and treat the sport in a positive way, by making it a real profession and building it as a career.”
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