Would you by a Salazar coaching book?????

I might buy a copy

I don't know. Would the book have a hole in the pages so I could go all Shawshank Redemption and hide pills in it?

I would for sure.

gopetego wrote:

https://www.amazon.com/Alberto-Salazars-Guide-Running-Revolutionary/dp/0071400664

An update would be great. Published in 2002 so no real insight to his best coaching years.

gopetego wrote:

https://www.amazon.com/Alberto-Salazars-Guide-Running-Revolutionary/dp/0071400664

this one seems tailored to beginners. I'd be willing to at least read a new training book for competitive runners.

Bummer that the title "50 Shades of Grey" is already taken.

I would not buy a Salazar coaching book because it would be meaningless, without the grey zone information. It is the same as bodybuilders posting exercises, reps and sets - useless and/or unattainable, without knowing their "supplement" protocol.

Survey Says wrote:

I would. 100%.

Features I would like-

1. A chapter dedicated to coaching/training philosophy.

2. Exercise Science chapter

3. Training broken down by event

----2nd edition---

Book scaled down for high school/beginner coaching/training

Of course. Maybe the most successful coach of world class American athletes ever.

A few things. Salazar doesn't know exercise science. So that chapter would be nothing.

Second, his workouts would be:

1. Short Tempo

2. Long tempo

3. Short Intervals

4. Long Intervals

Cycle through, over and over. That is it.

Short intervals will be something like 10-20x200. or 4-6 x 600 breakdown.

Long Intervals will be traditional things like 6x1mile.

Depending on the person 70-110mpw running. Extra 20-30mpw on underwater treadmill. Everything on soft surface.

I'll get a lot of flack and say that I don't know, it's more complicated than that. But that is the truth.

Salazar isn't a coaching genius. He's not a mad scientist, except with gray area things.

heard it was a hollow novel with prednisone inside.

not that hard to figure wrote:

A few things. Salazar doesn't know exercise science. So that chapter would be nothing.

Second, his workouts would be:

1. Short Tempo

2. Long tempo

3. Short Intervals

4. Long Intervals

I got in on the beta for his coaching website a few years ago; that is pretty close to what the marathon schedule was, only it went Interval/Tempo/Interval/Tempo with long-runs peppered throughout.

A couple things I know:

1) they do a lot of 300 repeats for speed

2) they combine long tempos with track workouts, such as Ritz's 10M(?), followed by mile repeats getting down below 4:20 in his wonder year.

not that hard to figure wrote:

Salazar isn't a coaching genius. He's not a mad scientist, except with gray area things.

I don't understand why anyone thinks he is a genius. I don't think he is a bad coach at all, but he does not seem to do better than all of the other coaches. How many runners has he actually created and developed? How many did not have success? Seems like Salazar can really only claim 1-3 runners.

Rupp certainly, but that took 10 YEARS and he still can't medal on the track.

Farah was already a 12:4x/12:50 guy before going to Salazar.

Centrowitz did improve 3-5 seconds in the 1500, but still can't consistently be a factor in races throughout the season.

Rowbury has only improved 2-3 seconds in the 1500 I think.

Hasay, Cain, Ritz, Puskedra, Erdmann, the Cam Levins, etc... what happened to them?

Seems like Salazar's true success is just the ability to recruit the top runners or people who are already elite level.

jjjjjj wrote:

A couple things I know:

1) they do a lot of 300 repeats for speed

2) they combine long tempos with track workouts, such as Ritz's 10M(?), followed by mile repeats getting down below 4:20 in his wonder year.

I other words, Salazar does what Dellinger had him doing in college.

Salazar's stuff is already in a book:

The Competitive Runner's Training Book by Bill Dellinger (1984).

"Your welcome."

To tear out the pages and wipe my sweet hairless ass with it, yes.

angry willy wrote:

Bummer that the title "50 Shades of Grey" is already taken.

I would not buy a Salazar coaching book because it would be meaningless, without the grey zone information. It is the same as bodybuilders posting exercises, reps and sets - useless and/or unattainable, without knowing their "supplement" protocol.

How about 75 Shades of Grey?

whowould wrote:

Rupp certainly, but that took 10 YEARS and he still can't medal on the track.

Umm forgetting Rupp's Olympic silver in the 10k?!

book worm wrote:

heard it was a hollow novel with prednisone inside.

Surely there's a chapter on secret training in Ethiopia. Perhaps there's something in there on holding a stopwatch like Jama does. Perhaps, a chapter on rubbing androgel on to avoid detection.