2023-04-20 07:00:00
How does it feel to train in the new running shoes?
Konstanze Klosterhalfen: Changing shoes is always a bit sensitive, but I get along very well with the new Puma models. I almost always run the Deviate Nitro Elite for speed training on the track. I immediately noticed that the carbon shoe gives me a real kick. We female track runners also benefit from the development of the shoes, which have provided a major boost in performance on the street. I mostly do my training runs on the road in the ForeverRun Nitro, which is also great.
Your range of performance from the 800 meters to the half marathon is incredibly large. So far you have been most successful in the 5000 meters with gold at the 2022 European Championships in Munich and bronze at the 2019 World Championships in Doha. Which route are you focusing on in 2023?
Konstanze Klosterhalfen: My strongest distance is currently the 5000 meters. But I will now devote myself more to the 1,500 meters once more, following I wasn’t able to train so intensively for the shorter distances in recent years due to injury and lost sight of the 1,500 meters a bit. I also need the shorter ones for the speed on the 5000 meters…
… so a change to even longer distances is not an issue despite the super strong half marathon in Valencia?
Konstanze Klosterhalfen: I really wanted to try a half marathon. And to experience a marathon like the one in Boston is fantastic. On the flight here, the pilot on the plane already wishes good luck to everyone who is running. But I don’t want to get stuck there just yet. Maybe sometime later. At the moment my focus is on the shorter distances on the track. Now we’re working on getting my legs really fast once more. The new charms do me good. I also think that as an athlete it helps me to leave old patterns and be open to new things. But I also notice that the endurance-oriented training for the half marathon and the subsequent altitude training in Kenya brought me to von. I can currently train in areas where I haven’t been on the road before. I can handle higher volumes and intensities better. It is then also necessary to bring this onto the track…
… when do you start for the first time in the 2023 outdoor season?
Konstanze Klosterhalfen: My first official race will be the 1500m at the Diamond League meeting in Doha. Then it goes up once more to specially prepare the 5000 meters. Kenya was up for debate, but we’d rather stay in the United States. This is followed later by altitude training in St. Moritz.
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