November 2015, he resigned from this position, in spite of having a contract until the end of 2016, since it was not possible to change the Chinese organization for the specialisms of endurance, following his plan. At the beginning of 2016 he returned to Kenya, creating a group of track runners of international level, managed by different agents. Canova's training system is based on increasing race-specific endurance. His Fundamental Period begins with high volume and low-intensity running along with uphill sprints and technical exercises. During the Special Period, training sessions move toward speeds that are closer to the athlete's goal race pace but still relatively far away. In the final Specific Period, all sessions focus on speeds only slightly slower and faster than race pace but with a goal of performing more and more work in each session. Throughout the training cycle, more and more recovery sessions are included as hard session become longer and more fatiguing. Because of this, Canova very rarely uses weekly or even bi-weekly training cycles in favor of adapting to the effect of each individual session. References Interview: Renato Canova from Men's Racing Renato Canova: The Wizard From Italy from Running Times Italian athletics coaches 1944 births Living people Sportspeople from Turin