The Olympic 5000m finalist tells Katy Barden about his simple and traditional approach to training
Innovations in science and technology have influenced athletes hugely, but Olympic 5000m runner Andy Butchart’s approach to training is simple and traditional.
“For me, it’s about cumulative weeks of hard work rather than fancy sessions and drills,” he says. “I think the way to perform at an elite level is to find the training methods that work best for you and applying them.
“Then, if the training you’re doing isn’t working for you, it’s having the courage to change the training and to test something else.”
