Meeting with Hicham El Guerrouj

Today I got to meet the World Record holder in the mile and 1500 meter Hicham El Guerrouj. We walked into him and the rest of the Marroccon team together with coach Kada at the track in Runaway Bay. He was relaxed and friendly – as an old friend of…

the Norwegian head coach. So we chatted for a while, and took some pictures. His english is actually quite good, even though he only wants to be interviewed in french. He feels ready to race fast, and was now used to the time zones of Australia. So watch out for that man 🙂
It was a great moment for me, as I have now met and talked to (at different occations) all three of the great long distance runners down here – Kipketer, El Guerrouj and Haile Guebrselassie. And it does seem like there is a connection between great character and great performance…
Not much new here except that. Still doing fine, and looking forward to racing.