Jack Daniels died this morning

His book was so helpful for millions of runners. I met him once or twice and he was super nice. You will be missed.

I met him a few times. He stopped to talk to me, a random runner on the street, who said, "Are you Jack Daniels?!"

I've read a bunch of books about training for runners, but I don't think any of them have influenced me as much as Daniels's book did. It's an incredibly impressive work. You might not agree with every single thing that's in there, but I think it's a hugely useful template for all sorts of runners and coaches, from novices on up.

May he rest in peace.

RIP. I checked out his book to get inspiration for an R workout I was planning to do earlier today, not knowing he had died.

We raced against his runners all of the time and he drove over from Cortland once and gave a presentation. This was years before his book came out but he had some handouts, which I kept around and used for years. RIP JD, still a giant in the sport.

This is absolutely correct. Mike Smith pretty much plagiarized JTuppers entities training and has profited of it. Sadly, Smith also tarnished the Daniel's running formula by putting his NAU kids on the method, and then having them run cool-downs at a really fast T-pace, something that Jack warned against.

Really Mike, if you are going to plagiarized another coaches methodology, do it all the way. Don't do it 99 percent and then disrespect the author or the method by hammering the kids with fast cool downs. Jack would be heartbroken.

A big loss for someone highly influential in the running world and truly left a positive impact on the sport.

Sadly...on a supposed running message board...this legend won't even be the most discussed death this week.

Congratulations David, looks like you've rubbed some of these incels the WRONG way today!

Probably the most important figure in bringing US distance running training to where it is today. Modern coaches like Mike Smith still use his terminology in their training. He will be missed.

Wow, he was such a huge influence. One of my most impactful running experiences was reading his book and then doing my best to train according to his principles. My running performances were so much better I couldn't believe it.

RIP

RIP Coach.

Same here. I have never had a running coach in my life.

His Running Formula was the most important book I have read about running. It taught me how to build training plans and how to be my own coach.

If you think you've never had a running coach, you certainly didn't consider Jack your coach. So it's not really same here, is it?

Wish people would think before they post.

Thanks,

-David Christ

His books have influenced my running for as long as I can remember running. Truly a legend in the sport, a household name among people who "train" beyond simply running for health (which is a perfectly valid way to engage with the sport). His impact on the sport will be remembered fondly for a long time. Rest in peace, Jack.

RIP. His book was the thing that got me back on track after a decade-plus away from school. I wanted to see if I could get kinda fast again and had no idea where to start except vague memories of workouts with no understanding of progression, phases, proper paces, etc. The way he organized and explained it all made things click. I especially appreciated his admonition to run workout paces you'd proven you could handle, rather than paces based on wishful thinking about how fast you were going to get.