kennedy held american records for the 3000 m (7:30.84 min in 1998) and 5,000-meter races (12:58.21 min in 1996), he participated in workouts with kenyan athletes also coached by mcdonald at the group's training bases in the u.s., australia and england. mcdonald rarely gave his athletes goal times for workouts, and they regularly ran sub-4 minute miles in practice